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Growing 101
Your Harvesting Calendar Spring Summer Fall “Be patient and wait for due harvest.” Lailah Gifty Akita The best part of vegetable gardening has to be the harvest. There’s just nothing like finally being able to
Mindfulness in the Garden What is Mindfulness? A Mindful Garden Mindful Gardening Exercises “Wherever you are, be there totally.” Eckhart Tolle Amidst the chaos and clutter of today’s world, it seems like the thought on
DIY Landscape Design Tips Getting Started Try This “Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.” David Hockney By far, one of the hottest trends on the market right now is the Do-It-Yourself project. With home
Best Tips for Pulling Weeds Tips for Weeding Prevent Weeds “On an exhausted field, only weeds grow.” – Henryk Sienkiewicz Weeds are the bane of every gardener’s existence. Just when you think you have a
Nematodes and Japanese Beetles Japanese Beetles in Our Gardens Nematodes Using Nematodes in the Garden “Never stop fighting till the fight is done.” – Eliot Ness With the time and energy that we put into
Rhododendrons Rhododendrons vs. Azaleas Picking a Rhododendron Growing Rhododendrons Caring for Rhododendrons “The poetry of the earth is never dead.” – John Keats Rhododendrons have been a favourite of gardeners across the globe for hundreds
Container Gardening Trends By Rob Sproule Colour of the Year Water Garden Containers Succulents Galore “The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Gardening is, at once, unchanging, yet always in motion. The essentials
Mason Bees 101 By Rob Sproule The Buzz about the Bee Do They Sting? How Much do They Pollinate? Housing Them “The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But
Succulent Birdcage By Rob Sproule What You’ll Need The Succulents Building It Beyond Succulents Sometimes the best way to display your decorative plants is to use contrast. And new trends will have you using the
Focus on the Fiddle-Leaf Care to Keep it Awesome By Rob Sproule Light Water & Fertilizer Transplanting Other Tips Fiddle Leaf Figs (Ficus lyrata), are the designer’s “it” plant. Their dark green, cello-shaped leaves with
Aloe Vera By Rob Sproule Aloe Vera Care Watering Basics Health Benefits Dividing Them “I believe the 21st Century will confirm Aloe Vera to be the greatest medicine mankind has ever known.” – Lee Ritter
Pet Friendly Houseplants By Rob Sproule African Violet Spider Plant Ferns Phalaenopsis Orchid Succulents (Usually) Palms Bromeliads Lipstick Plant Prayer Plant Peperomia A Caveat to All This A lot of people want more houseplants. They
The Art of Kokedama By Rob Sproule Wabi Sabi The Basics What You’ll Need Assembling It Basic Care “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen Kokedama is
Tillandsia Xerographica By Rob Sproule The Xero Basic Care Designing “All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.” – Marjory Stoneman Douglas Let’s start with some
Grow Lights 101 By Rob Sproule Bulbs What’s on the Menu Our tomato plants are frozen solid 🙁 but that doesn’t mean the end of home grown veggies! Let’s talk about how to ripen tomatoes
Houseplants in the Winter By Rob Sproule Less Light = Less Water Dry Air Beware the Draft “Say aloe to my little friend.” – Scarface? Less Light = Less Water: Feeling sluggish? Light levels plummet
Types of Succulents By Rob Sproule A World of Succulents Aeoniums Aloes Crassula Haworthia Kalanchoe “The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.” – Felix Mendelssohn A World of Succulents: Feeling overwhelmed in the
African Violets By Rob Sproule Where Do They Come From? African Violet Care 101 Watering & Fertilizing Getting Them to Flower Are African Violets Poisonous? “I perhaps owe having becoming a painter to flowers.” –
Dos and Don’ts for Freezing your Harvest By Rob Sproule Why Freeze the Excess Freezing 101 Blanching “Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.” – Bethenny Frankel Why Freeze the
The Hidden Benefits of Evergreens by Rob Sproule Energy Conservation Privacy Wildlife Air Quality They’re big. They’re foolproof. They kill the grass. But what else do you know about evergreens? How about that they can
Heat Waves By Rob Sproule “¨When to Water, and When Not To Keeping Roots Cool Minimizing Heat Stress When a heat wave hits, it’s not just humans and pets who get uncomfortable. Prolonged high temperatures
Training Tomatoes: How to Run a Sugar Factory By Rob Sproule Before you cut Tomato Behaviour Rules of Thumb Troubleshooting “Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a
The Fake News on Earwigs By Rob Sproule Earwigs & Fake News Spotting Them Controlling Them Protecting Your Home They look like tiny prehistoric nightmares with a stereotype to match. But as long as you
3 Reasons to Trim Back your Annuals By: Rob Sproule How to Pinch Back Does the idea of hacking back your beloved annuals make you squeamish? A lot of flowering plants not only tolerate
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