What Causes Bland-Tasting Tomatoes
By Larry Hodgson Question: My homegrown tomatoes are bland tasting. What can I do? Vivian Answer: This is actually quite a frequentContinue Reading
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Beautiful Flowers, Wrong Season
By Larry Hodgson Question: My magnolia is blooming again in the middle of summer! There must be at least twenty newContinue Reading
Herbs Repel Insects… Sometimes!
By Larry Hodgson Have you ever noticed that herbs are rarely affected by predatory insects? Or even by mammals (rabbits,Continue Reading
Berried Treasures: Perennials with Decorative Fruits
By Larry Hodgson Gardeners mainly grow perennials for their flowers (think of astilbes, daylilies, peonies, etc.) or, if not, theirContinue Reading
Wasps in Your Garden: What to Do?
Social wasps (the ones that live in colonies) are usually striped yellow and black or white and black, a visualContinue Reading
Taste the Sunny Goodness of Sunflowers
Cheery, bright sunflowers: they’re the perfect plant to entice pollinators, add garden drama (the good kind, that is!), lure little onesContinue Reading
Get involved in Tree Check Month across Canada this August
The following article was derived from a press release by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and specifically concerns tree pestContinue Reading
A DIY Bird Bath
By Larry Hodgson Birds love to bathe, but you don’t have to fork out money for a commercial bird bathContinue Reading
Tips On Controlling Plants With Wandering Rhizomes
By Larry Hodgson Sometimes gardeners are faced with a plant with creeping rhizomes, that is, underground stems that produce numerousContinue Reading
Black Spots on Crabapple Leaves
By Larry Hodgson Question: I have a crabapple tree in front of my house that has come down with the sameContinue Reading