Gardening in Containers or in the Ground: What Do You Need to Know?
Container gardening has been on the rise for a number of years now. Once very marginal and mainly reserved forContinue Reading
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Autumn Leaves, a Resource to Be Treasured
I’m always amazed by the colorful spectacle of foliage as autumn sets in. And what fun it is to playContinue Reading
What Can You Store in a Garden Shed Over Winter?
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The Box Tree Moth Is Officially a Pest in Canada
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Moor Grasses: Fireworks in the Garden
Fall is a wonderful season to talk about ornamental grasses, even if we should talk about them all year round!Continue Reading
How Do You Clean Up When the Flowerbed Keeps Blooming?
Question I don’t mind tidying up my flowerbed for winter, but last year the flowers lasted until the end ofContinue Reading
Getting Ready for Winter: How to Harness the Magic of Summer
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Spiders… Nature’s Outcasts
Few people like spiders. Instead, they inspire fear and revulsion, just like earwigs, sowbugs and millipedes. It has to beContinue Reading
BaNQ’s Gardening Book of the Month
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Getting your Christmas Cactus to Rebloom
The Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) is a short-day plant, that is to say, it blooms only when there is less than 12Continue Reading