https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/categories/gardening/Recent content in Gardening on The Half-Assed HobbyistHugoen-CAAndrea GaudetMon, 19 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/tomato-babies/Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/tomato-babies/This whole gardening year I have had high hopes that I would have enough tomatoes to make this savoury tomato jam. With the devastating falling over of my giant tomato plants, I…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/chastity-thy-name-is-spider-plant/Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/chastity-thy-name-is-spider-plant/I love my plants like my own children, well, if I had any. My houseplants and my outdoor garden, all my plantlings are precious to me. But it’s extra special when my baby plants…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/how-does-your-garden-grow/Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/how-does-your-garden-grow/My babies are out and about now! Well not about. But still outside in the lovely sunshine! I was asked by a fellow friendly what containers I use for my plant babies so I’m going…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/sprouts-to-seedlings/Mon, 04 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/sprouts-to-seedlings/It’s been a month and a bit now since I planted the seed babies so it’s report card time! I had some luck this year, but not as much as I’d hoped. The tomatoes did amazingly. I…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/balcony-gardening-take-2/Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/balcony-gardening-take-2/It’s that time of year again! End of February is seed sowing time! It always seems so early, with the weather still below freezing and the sunlight still under 5 hours a day. BUT!…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/the-orchid-continues/Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/the-orchid-continues/As I attempt to not die from whatever lung disease I caught over the holidays, I have had one amazing delight that’s helped me through the phelgm iest illness parts: My orchid is…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/plantlings-to-ploddlers-to-tiny-tomatoes/Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/plantlings-to-ploddlers-to-tiny-tomatoes/The gardening season is coming to a close. Within the next couple weeks my tomato babies will be grandparents, nearing the end of their time living on my balcony. (I was warned…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/the-last-sunlight-bender/Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/the-last-sunlight-bender/As previously said, I am an amateur gardener (in the most generous sense). My grandfather was the real gardener in the family and among the books and plants I also inherited from…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/seedlingupdate/Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/seedlingupdate/Quicky Update!! My baby plants are growing up! I’ve thinned out the scraggly seedlings (poor little guys… it was hard to do!) and transferred the heartier guys to some new tubs…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/theseedystart2015/Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/theseedystart2015/I’ve started my own seedlings for two years now but it still seems brand new every year. My gardening stuff unfortunately did not make the move to ON so first step was to get a…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/repottingorchids2/Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/repottingorchids2/Well someone had to say it. I recently repotted my orchid (for the second time) and, frankly, the roots look like an Ood’s moustache. (Doctor Who Reference. Check). That being…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/my-secret-garden/Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/my-secret-garden/My Dad has this huge back yard. Years ago, before my parents divorced, it was one of the favourite places to be outside. (I was one of Those kids that hated bugs and didn’t do any…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/theorchid/Sat, 23 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/theorchid/I have always thought that orchids were hard to care for and hard to grow. Turns out that is kinda incorrect. While the answer to “can anyone make an orchid grow” is probably no…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/tamingthealoevera/Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/tamingthealoevera/The Aloe Vera is possibly one on my most treasured possessions. When my grandfather moved into an assisted living complex he didn’t want the fuss of taking a huge plant with him…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/thegreenthumb/Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/thegreenthumb/I have found that gardening is one of those hobbies that is best to fantasize about. Unless you like getting dirty and mildly frustrated. I started gardening (and by ‘gardening’ I…