City Gardening

a gardening journal by Lorraine Flanigan

Archives for the ‘Summer’ Category

Gardening Gals Get Cooking

By Lorraine • Sep 8th, 2009 • Category: Dig in, Summer

 
 I should know by now that gardening life rarely leads us down a straight and narrow path. But a cooking show, and a healthy one at that? But that’s exactly where  my gardening friends, Carol Cowan, Carol Gardner and Lorraine Hunter and I wound up. Last week, W Network’s Healthy Gourmet, televised on the VIVA  channel, taped its [...]



In Praise of Late Summer Gardens

By Lorraine • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Dig in, Summer

How and when did we start thinking that back-to-school time signals the change in seasons from summer to fall? Technically, summer is with us until September 22, so there’s a whole lotta summer left to enjoy. If you’re one of the many who think that June is the peak of the gardening season, listen up [...]



Edgy Edger

By Lorraine • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Dig in, Summer

Walking to the store the other day, I passed my neighbour, Mr. Grillo, who was cutting a fine edge on his lawn where it meets the sidewalk. Smitten by the ancient tool he was using to do the job, which was held together by wire in typical Mr. Grillo style, I stopped to marvel at [...]