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Here’s a little family project for this summer: Sowing your own butterfly garden! By Larry Hodgson Summer is fast approaching,Continue Reading
Ill.: Dr.PAS & Efengai, depositphotos & www.nicepng.com, montage: laidbackgardener.blog By Larry Hodgson Question: To add an extra room to our house,Continue Reading
Par Larry Hodgson Squashes are masters at crossing with their neighbors. Even varieties that are very different in appearance, suchContinue Reading
By Larry Hodgson As you sip your morning joe to help bring you out of the grogginess of early morningContinue Reading
By Larry Hodgson Comment: I just saved the lives of three bees that were trapped inside a female squash flower thatContinue Reading
By Larry Hodgson If you’re fairly new at home gardening, you may find growing cucurbits (cucumbers, squashes, melons, etc.) aContinue Reading
By Larry Hodgson I regularly receive letters from gardeners concerned that their fruiting vegetables might cross-pollinate, that is, that byContinue Reading
Par Larry Hodgson Question: I’ve been told that tomatoes self-pollinate and don’t need bees to pollinate their flowers. What other vegetablesContinue Reading
By Larry Hodgson If you grow fruit-bearing vegetables like squash, cucumbers, eggplant, okra or melons, you always need insect visitorsContinue Reading
There are more and more beehives in urban centers. Photo: Manoushka Larouche, mielmontreal.com By Larry Hodgson For the last decadeContinue Reading