How to Preserve Your Herbs
Whether it’s for flavoring my dishes or making my herbal teas, not a day goes by in the year withoutContinue Reading
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Those Darn Mosquitoes! I Can’t Take It Anymore!
In the same vein as “why tomatoes didn’t grow in 2023”, here’s “why there are so many mosquitoes in 2023”.Continue Reading
Tradescantias: The September 2023 Houseplant of the Month
One of the pleasures of growing plants is propagating them. One day, a study will look into the chemical processesContinue Reading
The Clash of the Titans
Many of the perennials I love are just a little too invasive for my taste. You plant them in aContinue Reading
Of Lawns and Neighbors
Every time we publish an article here on the subject of lawns, there’s an outcry. On the one hand, thereContinue Reading
What is this Insect? It’s the Calligrapha
By Julie Boudreau The arctic willow hedge needs to be trimmed. But just before plunging the shears into the hedge,Continue Reading
Northern Gardeners Need Own Root Roses
Most rose bushes sold around the world are grafted (budded) onto the easy-to-produce and vigorous rose ‘Dr. Huey’. And that’s notContinue Reading
Cultivate: Fill Up on Horticulture
I don’t know if you’re like me, but I always watch with a mixture of excitement and nostalgia for theContinue Reading
What’s Happening to My Tomatoes?
I’m officially declaring that the summer of 2023 in Quebec is a load of… manure! Nice, big, smelly, still-warm manure.Continue Reading
Learning to Live with Spider Mites
The red spider mite (also called the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae) is widespread in nature. In fact, it isContinue Reading