Bananas From Quebec? Easier Than You Think!
Ah, bananas! These yellow, potassium-rich fruits that come to us from faraway lands, transported by boat and truck for thousandsContinue Reading
Category: Fruit trees and small fruits
Answers to Your Questions: Apples, Pears and Voles, Oh My!
Pear and Apple Trees Do Not Fertilize Each Other Question I had two ‘Flemish Beauty’ pear trees that I boughtContinue Reading
Browning Leaves on an Indoor Avocado
In this practical article, first published on November 15, 2018 and ranked as the 11th most viewed article, Larry HodgsonContinue Reading
Grow Your Own Pineapple
Like some plants in winter, the Laidback Gardener team will go “dormant” during the month of January, to replenish itsContinue Reading
Lime Trees in Northern Gardens
A memory from a trip to central Mexico. In a small local restaurant, the owner, short of limes, goes toContinue Reading
Discover Quebec’s First Figs!
Late August is the perfect time to go sightseeing in Quebec: the weather’s nice, it’s not too hot, the vegetationContinue Reading
Wonderful Walnuts
By Julie Boudreau Nut trees are a catch-all category that includes just about anything that grows in a hard shell:Continue Reading
Why I’ll Never Work on a Cranberry Farm
Following my article on holiday traditions and cranberry jelly, many of you begged me for more information on this littleContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Raspberries That Don’t Produce
Question About 5 years ago, I moved my raspberry bushes from one end of the garden to another, and theyContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Tough Apples
Question About ten years ago, we bought a dwarf apple tree (cultivar ‘Yellow Transparent’). Every May, we apply dormant oil.Continue Reading