A quick update on my last post. The weed I was worried about is probably (98% sure) not Japanese knotweed, according to a friend of mine who had it in her previous garden. She looked at the pictures and assures me it isn’t it. I’m waiting until she sees it IRL (in real life) before...
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Resuming Ordinary Life
I’m back in Montreal, getting into the groove of life. Cleaning up the house, laundry, the usual. Part of it is assessing what needs to be done in the garden of course. After 11 days, there’s much to do. When I was walking around James’s garden, which he and Jeremy christened Fiachre’s Glebe (look up...
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Paradise on Gambier
I’m back on Gambier Island for the second time in two years. I’m visiting my nephew, Ryan and his wife, Emily and their two kids, Eloise and Lawrence. Gambier is a magical place in B.C. that has somehow remained largely unspoiled, despite much logging in the past. Some is still going on, but the forests...