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How To Winterize Roses and Rose Bushes
Depending on location and type of rose, there are a variety of ways to winterize roses and rose bushes. The key is to start early.
Bringing Lantana Indoors, Raspberry Royale, Red Malabar
We cover simple tips on bringing Lantana indoors for the winter, on how to propagate Raspberry Royale and on harvesting Red Malabar Spinach.
Harvest Tasty Fall Vegetables
Fall is a great time to harvest vegetables. Here are popular fall vegetables that can be harvested up until the first frost.
Gardening in the Month of September
For Ottawa – Zone 5 Stop pruning and fertilizing, as you don’t want to encourage new, tender growth just before…
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Benefits of Container Gardening
Gardening can be really hard work, and we don’t all have time to perfectly arrange a series of lawns and…
Improve Your Garden Soil This Spring
Improve garden soil with the the right nutrients, it’s vital if you want to grow anything from flowers to vegetables in your garden.
Tips On How To Clean Leaves On Houseplants
Houseplants are a great way to spruce up your home and require relatively little maintenance. You may be surprised to…
25 Beautiful Birds From Around The World
Discover what makes each of these beautiful birds of the world unique, where they live, what they eat, and what they look like.
How Solar Powered Landscape Lighting
Adding solar-powered landscape lighting to your landscape is one of the easiest ways to use the clean, abundant energy from the sun.
White Pine Uses
White pine uses include the sensation of opening the lungs, throat, and sinuses, leading to a feeling of warmth, comfort, and stimulation.
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Lance-Leaved Figwort
Figworts are plants that don’t have the most attractive appearance However, they provide a lot of nectar and they equally…
Lesser pyrole
A bit of a mystery plant, there is very little information on it. Research shows 5 main types of Pyrola…
Silver Wormwood
Silver Wormwood is an attractive, fragrant, silvery-white shrub-like plant with stems and foliage that are covered with woolly gray or…
Gardening Basics
How To Start, Germinate and Care for Seeds
How to start seeds, germinate, grow and care for them is a gardener life skill. Many plants and vegetables fare better when started indoors.
Gardening Hand Tools for Planting and Cultivating
Just how important are garden hand tools? Well, you wouldn’t have much of a garden…
Low Maintenance Landscaping Ideas for the New Gardener
Focus your energy on new skills if your landscaping demands too much of your time. Embrace some low-maintenance landscaping principles.
Seven Easy Outdoor Plants for Everyone
These seven easy outdoor plants will set you on your way to sprucing up that backyard in no time. And they require very little care.
How To Use Plastic Sheeting And Mulch In The Garden
Plastic sheeting or mulch in the garden proves to be a useful tool for some garden crops. These innovative products have many uses.
Softened Water and Your Garden
Softened water can be severely damaging to plants. Using softened water should be done in a controlled manner, and avoided whenever possible.
On fertilizing your vegetable garden
New gardeners and even some veteran gardeners add far more garden fertilizer than their vegetables need, maybe causing plants to struggle.
Ways To Minimize Transplant Shock
Some of your trees or plants might wilt or die after transplant. Prevent transplant shock by taking these preventative measures!
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Reasons to Revamp Your Garden Every Season
Whether you have a small plot, backyard, or balcony, revamping your garden regularly will enable you to make the most of the space.
Hardiness Zones are Shifting With Climate Change
Hardiness or climate zone map are shifting, affecting many factors for growers: seedling death, water, extreme weather, environmental risks.
5 Essential Garden Tools For Every Gardener
The right gardening tools will make cultivating your plants easier. Here are the 5 essential garden tools to help you work on any garden project.
All Seasons Gardening Tips
All season gardening provides many benefits. The right type of gardening in your routine, you can save money on your grocery bill.
What To Look For In A Garden When House Hunting
A great garden is a top selling point when house hunting, not just green thumbs looking to live off their own land.
Growing Bell Peppers For Gardening Beginners
Growing Bell peppers is a great crop for getting started in gardening. With a short crop cycle and easy care, you can achieve great results.
Summer Blooming Flower Ideas For Your Garden
There is a wide range of summer blooming flowers that start from bulbs. Here is a primer to help you select great summer flowers.
Top Five Houseplant starters
If you are starting from scratch, here are some great houseplant starters. They are easy-to-grow and require little maintenance.
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Deadhead Flowers For More Flowers!
Deadheading flowers is a very important job to do in the garden as it helps to increase the number of blooms on your plants.
Acid Loving Plants That Like…
Learn about the abundance of acid loving plants such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, and trees, that grow well in acidic soil.
Diatomaceous Earth Keeps Insects Away
Diatomaceous earth is an organic substance that is effective at keeping insects away from crops and keeping soil and plants healthy.
Five Easy Ways To Get…
A quick guide to getting rid of fungus in mulch. Learn about yellow fungus and artillery fungus, how you can get rid of them.
10-10-10 Fertilizer: Use And Benefits
Generally, you won’t go wrong applying 10-10-10 all-purpose, complete, balanced fertilizer. Explore usage, mixing with water and precautions.
FERTILIZER FOR GROWING COFFEE AT…
Knowing about the best fertilizer for growing coffee plant becomes necessary for the plant to reach its fullest potential.
Going to Seed
Several flowers and vegetables are going to seed. I took the opportunity to carefully collect Sweet Cubanelle pepper seeds
Wild Parsnip Rash and Around the Vegetable Garden
I don’t like to cut or pull wild parsnip on a sunny day. It’s sap likes to splash, and I have scars from the rashes from the wild parsnip.
Veggie Bites – Peonies
Peonies are very particular about their depth of planting. If you cover up the base of the peonies with soil, you will not get blooms.
Veggie Bites – Rose Petal Jelly
I brought a four-cup measuring cup with me and filled it with rose petals. My first batch of rose petal jelly is ready to eat.
Veggie Bites – Sage and Dragon Fruit
This zone nine sage is a favourite of mine but needs a long growing period if I am ever going to see flowers.
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