Martha Uniacke Breen
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 14, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Ottawa Citizen
- Top 500K sites
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- Jul 20, 2026
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The city gardener: The darling buds of … September? (opens the original)
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We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. September is my favourite time in the garden. It’s not quite so hot, the garden is usually gratifyingly lush and full, and it’s a great place to just stretch out with a book (or, it being 2026, my phone), and just chill. September marks another milestone as well, since it’s the perfect time to walk through your garden and take a close inventory of what needs doing. If the spring
The city gardener: The butterfly effect (opens the original)
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We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. In Greek mythology, Atlas was condemned by Zeus to hold the Earth on his shoulders for all eternity, for the crime of leading his fellow Titans in a war against the Olympian gods. But the sentence had a practical purpose as well: holding the Earth aloft kept it from crashing down onto Heaven, destroying both realms. In an almost literal way, Atlas lives today – actually, countles
The city gardener: How much rain is too much? (opens the original)
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We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. July was a crazy month for rain here. It was bad enough in Toronto where I live, but we had nothing on poor Ottawa: Canada’s national capital smashed through a record that had stood since 1899, with 291.8 mm. That’s some serious rain. Heavy rain, especially over an extended period, can cause serious stress to gardens. In fact, it’s worse than drought in some ways. It can have the
In the garden: Water, water everywhere! (opens the original)
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We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. Like a lot of gardeners, I’ll take warm weather over cold any day, but even I had to admit the recent heat wave here in southern Ontario was pretty gruesome. But if you think it was hard on us humans, imagine what it was like for our gardens. Unlike us, they can’t go for a dip in the pool or head inside to the air conditioning. So they’re depending on us to help them not just thr
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