Helen Lang

HELEN LANG: A little bit of paradise here on the Peninsula

Other things you could seed might be broad beans, corn salad, kale, pac choi and radishes.

HELEN LANG: From cyberspace to the garden space

I started this a couple of days ago but somehow that column vanished. I’ve heard about cyberspace but don’t know that much about it.

As spring nears, thoughts on what to plant abound

This is such a wonderful time of year, all sorts of nice things going on in the garden and a gardener’s blood starts to boil

HELEN LANG: You win some, you lose some in the garden and the house

I wonder if you can imagine my mingled delight and horror when I found a sprouted begonia tuber growing in the dark, in my utility room

I can hardly wait for the next growing season

Today it is sunny with lovely, fat white clouds drifting across the sky.

HELEN LANG: In between holiday festivities, how about a column?

Probably no one will have time to read this, as it’s Christmas time, so if it is full of spelling mistakes you won’t see them

HELEN LANG: Gardens give way to Christmas

Memories, at this time of year they come crowding in, mingling with the smells of Christmas baking, filling me with nostalgia

HELEN LANG: Pick your charities carefully

I want to do what I can to help as many as possible, but there comes a time when I can do no more.

Early thoughts and plans of Christmas

Holy smokes! Its December and the goose is getting fat, put another penny in the old man’s hat

HELEN LANG: How to use up a lifetime supply of carrots

Home again after a whole week of being totally spoiled. Actually I don’t approve. You get lazy, and expect instant attention.

Expecting too much this late

I swear I won’t mention Christmas again until the beginning of December

Fall for the bulbs and birds

Columnist offers a few suggestions about what we need to do at this miserable time of year

HELEN LANG: Backyards are for the birds

My balcony garden is looking pretty sad but there are birds flying by, and they seem lively

HELEN LANG: A gardener must be patient

Shallots haven’t shown up, but maybe it is too soon to expect action

HELEN LANG: Eat your carrots before your dessert

Just think of all those wonderful winter squash, turnips, beets, kale, carrots and parsnips still growing in local gardens.

HELEN LANG: Colours a’changin’

Nights are getting darker earlier and temperatures are dropping

HELEN LANG: Dog days of summer fool area gardeners

Mist and dew on the ground indicate fall is on its way

HELEN LANG: Flowering plant likes to take over

Unsual flower, crocosmia, could be called an invasive species if it wasn't so beautiful

HELEN LANG: Summer’s end brings different garden goods

Variety grows wider as weather grows cooler says Lang

HELEN LANG: This butterfly doesn’t bring joy

Columnist laments damage done by white cabbage butterfly