Spring in the Garden: Just Let Ma Nature Do Her Job
If your flowerbed looks a bit messy in the spring, just wait a few weeks. All the so-called refuse willContinue Reading
Category: Fall Clean-Up
Conservation Group Encourages People to Leave Their Leaves on the Ground
Text and photos from The Nature Conservancy of Canada The information included in the following press release is essentially the sameContinue Reading
4 Ways of Shredding Fall Leaves
Photo: inhabitat.com When fall hits and leaves start to drop off trees in droves, gardeners have to decide what toContinue Reading
Don’t Clean Up Your Garden in the Fall
If you feel the need to clean up a flower bed or vegetable garden (and many gardeners insist on doingContinue Reading
10 Resolutions for Laidback Gardeners
Learn to switch from being an overworked garden (left) to being a laidback one (right). Source: Claire Tourigny, from theContinue Reading
How Garden Plants Adapt to Cold
Plants do best when they can acclimatize slowly to cold. Source: libreshot.com If you live in a cold climate, you’veContinue Reading
Leave the Leaves Alone: Nature Group Tells Canadians Not to Rake Their Lawns*
Don’t rake your lawn: those leaves are still useful. Source: ksenvironmental.com.au *Yes, I know I’ve written about not cleaning up gardensContinue Reading
Don’t Let Leaves Accumulate on Your Lawn
When leaves start to build up too much, to the point where no light is getting through, they start toContinue Reading
Store Leaves for Next Year’s Compost
Put aside a few bags of chopped leaves for next year’s compost pile. Source: katob427.com Don’t use all your fallContinue Reading
How to Do Fall Clean-Up When There are Still Flowers?
Why would anyone want to empty a garden that’s still full of flowers? Source: A hikayeler.me & hanslodge.com, montage: laidbackgardener.com Question: WeContinue Reading