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Live Christmas Trees – To Do List
Tips to keep your live Christmas tree healthy and vibrant through the holiday season. Maximize your live tree’s longevity!
What to Do in November
One idea per day for the month of November to help you winterize your home and garden.
Fertilize Now to Overwinter Lawns
The hot dry summer we had this year has caused lots of damage to the grass in our lawns.
Lawn Destroying Hawkweed
We have been having frequent inquiries about a low growing weed in lawns…
Guess Who’s An Old Tart in the Garden?
Rhubarb is the answer.
This Old Queen is Sitting on the Fence
Providing a few basic rules are followed, clematis is easy to grow and will provide enjoyment for years to come.
Oh No! Is Your Lawn Sick With Lime Disease?
Lime is needed for a beautiful lawn.
Fertilize Now for the Best Results
The numbers, such as 10-10-10, refer to the macronutrients in each bag.
Planting Guidelines
Different crops are planted at different times.
About Cold Crops
Don’t wait until June to plant these veggie seeds.
Cleanliness and Seed Starting
Cleaning used trays and pots will help ensure that your seedlings will be healthy and thrive.
What is it? Wednesday: Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass
If you’ve never grown grasses before, this is the one to start with.
Forcing Branches into Bloom
Three of the easiest plants to force are forsythia, cherry and pussy willow.
It’s Never Too Late to Add a Perennial
These perennials are long lasting, easy to grow and available to be planted now!
Lavender Love
An easy to grow, reliable and disease-free plant known to induce calmness and relaxation.
Rose Mallow: A Perennial Hibiscus for Canadian Gardens
Easy to grow, disease and insect free, rose mallow is an exotic for our climate.
Garden Help: Cutworms
Is something eating your veggie seedlings? Cutworms may be the culprit.
Garden Help: The Viburnum Beetle
The life cycle of the beetle is the primary reason it can wreak so much havoc and devastation.
Plants to Know and Grow: Boxwood
Common box (Buxus sempervirens) is one of my favourite shrubs, both in my garden and also to use in designing.
Plants to Know and Grow: the Marigold
As a child, I used to sow African marigold seed directly into the garden, where it formed a two-foot hedge by August and flowered almost to November.
Fertilizer by the Numbers
What do the numbers mean?
Hope is Growing!
Plant Hope in 2021.
This Week in the Garden: Dormant Oil Spraying
Swollen buds indicate it’s the proper time to apply the annual dormant oil spray to fruit trees.
This Week in the Garden: Summer Bulbs to Plant Now
If you’re looking to start something inside to plant outside for the summer, these bulbs are something that are worth the consideration.
The Healthy Benefits of Houseplants
They benefit our daily living in many ways.
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