http://blogs.bttoronto.ca Behind the scenes of Breakfast Television: Toronto's best-loved morning show on Citytv Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:45:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today I set out to build the Disney Fairy Garden @ Canada Blooms. As I’m writing this the arrival of 5 trailer loads of materials are being unloading @ the Direct Energy Centre. I’m tired just thinking about it but the good thing is we have a team of over ... http://blogs.bttoronto.ca/frankie/the-building-of-blooms So are tiny little small flies buzzing around your home and creeping you out? If so you have either two things: Fruit Flies or Fungus Gnats. Often they get confused for each other but here is a way to identify them and control them: Fruit Flies: Identification: Tiny almost flea like flies ... http://blogs.bttoronto.ca/frankie/fruit-flies-and-fungus-gnats The last few days have been crazy! Last weekend I had a wonderful weekend in Stratford speaking at their 10th Annual Garden Festival – those attending gave me a warm welcome by singing happy B-day (See attached video). I also got to enjoy some of the great places in Stratford ... http://blogs.bttoronto.ca/frankie/stratford-searching-for-plants-for-canada-blooms-and-don%e2%80%99t-jump-on-spring-too-fast Spring is definitely in the air this week!! Temperatures are on the rise and it looks like loads of sunshine to end off the week! Realistically spring is still few weeks away officially that is (spring arrives March 20th this year) however you have the chance to bring spring indoors ... http://blogs.bttoronto.ca/frankie/breathe-in-spring-wednesday-march-3 This weekend I traveled up to the small village of Dorset just out of Huntsville. Dorset was celebrating it's annual Snowball festival and to take advantage of the awesome weather my family along with the Perry family decided to take our children tobogganing….the rest is documented on my video blog. http://blogs.bttoronto.ca/frankie/warning-children-can-exhaust-you love my job!! I always find that it takes me to some wonderful places and yesterday and just another example of the Gem's we have in the City of Toronto!! One gem the Toronto Botanical Gardens (of course I knew about this one) is hosting an event this weekend called Jump ... http://blogs.bttoronto.ca/frankie/a-gem-in-the-city-of-toronto Are you thinking about Seed starting?? If so ask yourself a few questions: Do you have time to seed start?? Do you have adequate light to support growth after germination?? Do you really need that many plants?? Do you have the space to germinate trays of seed?? Finally if you decide to seed start always ... http://blogs.bttoronto.ca/frankie/frankie%e2%80%99s-cool-seed-picks http://blogs.bttoronto.ca/frankie/valentine%e2%80%99s-weekend-at-mistura-%e2%80%93-behind-the-scenes Yesterday I was invited for a sneak peak into the construction of the new Evergreen headquarters at the Brickworks. If you've every traveled down the DVP you most likely noticed and know the Brickworks. This site is truly amazing and has a long history as the source of red bricks ... http://blogs.bttoronto.ca/frankie/evergreen-brickworks-sneak-peak First let me say that any vacation that you get to spend time with family and friends in a tropical destination is a good one. Traveling with two children under 3 is challenging but totally manageable. Yes it does create a little extra luggage we had 3 large suitcases, 3 ... http://blogs.bttoronto.ca/frankie/back-from-jamaica-%e2%80%93-my-trip-with-two-boys-under-3