Hey Bugs! Can I Clean My Garden Now?
Waiting for spring temperatures to stay above 10°C (50°F) before tidying up your flowerbeds is a common practice for preservingContinue Reading
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10 Small Native Plants to Beautify Your Garden in Spring
By Julie Boudreau It’s not a secret, every motivation to make our world a better place always end up withContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Where Can I Find a Hardy Banana Tree on Canada?
Question Where can I buy a hardy banana tree? I’m told that this tree doesn’t stand up to our winters.Continue Reading
Lunar Superstitions
Open your chakras, light a stick of incense and get out your favorite stones: we’re talking about the moon andContinue Reading
No Mow May? Really?
Following the launch of the Dandelion Challenge in 2021 (Quebec’c version of No Mow May), several municipalities have launched campaignsContinue Reading
Gardening Book of the Month: April 2024
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)’s monthly gardening e-book suggestion. 100 Plants to Feed the Birds Turn Your HomeContinue Reading
Ferns in the Spotlight
Ferns are among the few houseplants that don’t flower at all. In fact, the vast majority of houseplants do flower,Continue Reading
Aim for 70% Native Plants
In 2018, graduate student Desirée L. Narango and Douglas W. Tallamy, professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife EcologyContinue Reading
Noble Oaks
By Julie Boudreau If there is a majestic tree in the forest, it is the oak: strong, stretching its branchesContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Cedar Hedge Eaten by Deer
Question What can you recommend to a homeowner whose 40-year-old cedar hedge was eaten this winter by deer to aContinue Reading