My Shady Garden
A gardening adventure in Toronto, Canada.
Starting a garden; in shade.
Welcome!
Welcome to my garden diary. Here I post weekly about the happenings in my garden or other things that come to mind. Stick around if you love gardening and want to discover underused plants.
The Garden Diary
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June 2022 – Week 3
Double digging a new vegetable garden. Garden Tasks: Digging to one spade length; Forking manure and compost into sub-soil; The lower layer of forked soil When creating a new border, there are two main methods: dig and no-dig. In recent years, the no-dig method has become increasingly popular due to its ease of set-up and
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June 2022 – Week 2
Pinching and planting out dahlias. Garden Tasks: Pinched Dahlia ‘Karma Choc’; Dahlia planted in the ground; Canna planted in the front garden. As Spring ends, it is time to pinch and plant out the Dahlias (and Cannas) that I’ve started in pots at the end of April. Although I already pinched out most of my
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June 2022 – Week 1
Native woodland wildflowers of Ontario. This week, I went camping in Mikisew Provincial Park, near Algonquin, about a three-hour drive north of Toronto. Because most of the week was spent away from the garden, I thought it would be appropriate to showcase a few of the special native woodland wildflowers seen on my trip in
My Shady Garden 