Kat Fox – Page 6 – Garden Making

How to plant garlic

February 4, 2019October 17, 2012 by Kat Fox

'Candy' garlic that I'm hoping to harvest in my own garden late next summer.

Here is a basic guide on how to plant garlic. In order to harvest your own tasty garlic next year, you need some tasty garlic to plant this year.

Choosing conifer trees

February 5, 2019October 12, 2012 by Kat Fox

Our native white cedar (Thuja occidentalis). Photo from Humber Nurseries.

Choosing conifer trees is a big deal. It’s no wonder new gardeners (and maybe not just new gardeners!) start to get nervous when making their choice.

Recommended flower bulbs

February 5, 2019October 4, 2012 by Kat Fox

‘Dark Dimension’ hyacinth could bring some drama to your garden. Photo from Veseys.

I reached out to bulbs companies to find out what they think is new and exciting this season, and they gave me a lot of options for flower bulbs.

Student Design Challenge at Evergreen Brick Works

February 5, 2019September 20, 2012 by Kat Fox

The blue-green path resembling a river at the newly designed site at Evergreen Brick Works.

I went to the official opening of a new site at Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto this week. The design of Gloria Perez and Jessica Gafic won the inaugural Ontario … Read more

Easy garden edging ideas (and more from my gardening friends)

February 5, 2019September 17, 2012 by Kat Fox

Jason cut a spike into one end of each wooden plank to make them easier to pound into the ground with a mallet. The planks are about 6 inches (15 cm) in the ground, but they can be pushed lower if desired.

Over the past few weeks, I visited two friends and found them in the middle of garden construction projects. Because I’m an excellent friend, I got down in the dirt … Read more