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On Best Mosquito Repellent Plants
Discover the most effective mosquito repellent plants for indoor and outdoor. Also, learn about companion plants that repel mosquitoes and other insects.
Beneficial Insects and Good Bugs For Your Garden
Discover how beneficial insects can control pests, save money, and enhance your garden ecosystem in Ontario. Identify and attract these beneficial bugs.
Homemade Insecticidal Soap Recipe Choices
Discover how to create homemade insecticidal soap using natural ingredients for effective and safe pest control in your garden.
Trout Lily: Photogenic and Useful
Trout lily has stunning yellow flowers that bloom in the early spring. Trout lilies can blanket the forest floor as they mature. Read on.
Caring for a Prince of Wales Juniper (Juniperus virginiana ‘Prince of Wales’)
Discover expert tips on nurturing Juniperus virginiana ‘Prince of Wales’ in cold, dry climates and thriving landscaping options in Alberta.
Companion Planting
Discover how companion planting with tomatoes and vegetables can attract beneficial pollinators and predators for a healthier garden.
Wild Bergamot
Discover how to cultivate wild bergamot from seed. Learn about sowing, growing, and attracting pollinators with this drought-tolerant prairie perennial.
Strategies Promoting Healthy Soil
Discover strategies, including minimizing soil disturbance, to enhance soil health, prevent erosion, boost plant growth, and reduce global warming effects.
A Model for Companion Planting and Crop Rotation
Learn about the benefits of companion planting and crop rotation. Improve soil fertility, control pests naturally, and boost yields sustainably.
Lance-Leaved Figwort
Prized in native gardens and restoration projects, discover the real value and beauty of Lance-Leaved Figwort to attract bees, butterflies, and birds like the Ruby-throated Hummingbird!
Barren Strawberry Quick Growing Guide
Discover how to enhance growth and appearance of Barren Strawberry with expert tips. Ideal for woodland gardens and groundcover in Ontario.
Understanding Soil
Explore the five soil layers and how they impact plant growth. Discover the importance of soil composition for healthy plants.
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Grow a Garden Full of Memories
Celebrate loved ones and honor ancestors by choosing specific plants that hold special meaning. Grow a garden full of cherished memories in your own backyard!
Favorite Easy-To-Grow Wildflower Combinations
Discover the best wildflower combinations like Zinnias and Cosmos for long-lasting blooms and attract bees, butterflies, and beneficial bugs to your garden. Easy to grow and perfect for colorful solutions in any space!
Gardening In Small Spaces
Discover how to optimize your small garden space with layers of plants and create stunning color combinations for year-round blooming.
Spectacular Annuals for Containers
Annuals for container gardening are great for novice gardeners or anyone who wants to add interest and colour to their porch or patio.
Tropical Hibiscus and Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus are hardy perennials, while others are annuals, shrubs, or tropical plants. Hibiscus plants are grown for a variety of uses.
Hydrangea Care: an Easy Guide for Beginners
Learn simple tips to keep your hydrangeas thriving with proper care, watering, and light conditions for beautiful blooms.
Garden Brick Ideas for an Attractive Landscape
Garden brick ideas can be elegant, functional, and can make your landscape even more inviting and exciting. Read on to explore ideas with us.
Flowering Perennials for Four Seasons of Interest
Flowering perennials, carefully curated to combine varying heights, colours, and textures, make the most intriguing gardens.
Plants That Love The Sun
Plants that love the sun may provide vitality and colour to bare regions in the landscape. Read on for ideas.
Acid Loving Plants That Like Acidic Soil
Learn about a variety of acid loving plants that add beauty to your garden. From azaleas to hydrangeas, unlock a colorful world of gardening possibilities.
Geraniums are Easy Care Summer Darlings
Geraniums are a plant that is easy to care for and will produce flowers from spring until fall. In most zones, geraniums are an annual plant.
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Trumpet Vine Growth, Care and Pruning
The orange trumpet vine plant is prized for its clusters of crimson and brilliant orange trumpet shape blooms. It is easy care, can grow fast.
The Amazing Life Cycle of the Aphid
Discover the amazing life cycle of aphids in your garden and why they are crucial for the ecosystem. Learn to embrace these tiny garden visitors!
Cutting Lettuce with Scissors
I find the best way to harvest lettuce is to cut it as needed. The lettuce will continue to grow and can be cut at least two more times.
Starflower
Starflower is a plant that grows in the forest understory or as a groundcover in damp, shaded soils, occasionally on the banks of rivers and ponds.
Companion Plants For Tomatoes
Uncover the best companions for tomatoes like lettuce, carrots, beans, and peppers to enhance growth, taste, and protection in your garden.
My Mulberry Decided to Bear Fruit
Discover the excitement of harvesting mulberries, experimenting with microgreens, and enjoying the ripening vegetables in your garden. Get inspired by this gardener's journey!
How to Collect Tomato Seeds
Collect seeds from heritage or open-pollinated tomatoes. With seeds from hybrid tomatoes, there is no telling what tomato will come.
Hairy Beardtongue Is Perfect for Many Gardens
The Hairy Beardtongue is a tough, small, easy-to-control plant that does not spread widely, with attractive and delicate blooms.
Rough-stemmed goldenrod
Discover the native Rough-Stemmed Goldenrod: a clump-forming plant with serrated leaves and bright yellow blooms. Attract pollinators to your garden by adding native species – an excellent addition to any garden in late summer and early fall. Plus, debunked studies have confirmed that it isn't the cause of hay fever!
Hügelkultur for Winter Compost
Learn about hügelkultur raised beds for composting and attracting wildlife. Improve soil fertility, water retention and provide for sustainable plant growth.
On Using Ornamental Grasses In The Landscape
Ornamental Grasses are very decorative, and well-placed specimens can create very eye-catching points of interest.
Care and Use Colorful Coleus Plants
The Coleus plant with their bright colors, a wide variety of foliage colors, leaf shapes and forms are easy to grow and durable
Canada Violet
Canada Violet produces stunning, fragrant white flowers with a purple tint for many months from summer to fall.
Spike Mats Solution To Plants Being Dug Up
It is time to clear up the mess left by chipmunks and salvage my garden. Join me as I describe my battle with nature, some tips for keeping chipmunks away, and prepare for the colourful blooms of peonies in this article.
When to Start Seeds
Discover the best timing for starting seeds and ensure successful plant growth. Learn the factors to consider and get expert tips for a thriving garden.
Maiden Grass: How To Care For And Use
Maiden grass is a popular, rich, tall, full-bodied herbaceous perennial and hardy ornamental grass. Learn how to use and care in your home.
Marsh Marigold, a Favorite Spring Bloom
Marsh marigolds resemble massive buttercups. It is a popular spring plant because of its vivid yellow blooms that bloom in moist soil.
Janet Craig Dracaena: Low Light Houseplant
Dracaena Janet Craig is an interior floor plant or mass planted in beds. It survives low light levels, grows best in filtered light.
A Garden to Welcome Beneficial Insects
Discover the importance of pollinators, predators, and decomposers in maintaining a healthy garden. Learn how to attract and support beneficial insects.
Experimenting with Vegetable Gardening
The marigolds, calendula and alyssum are planted as tomato companion plants. Marigolds attract beneficial insects.
Caring for a Preston Lilac (Syringa x prestoniae)
Learn how to care for your Preston Lilac. Tips on planting, soil, watering, pruning, and more for a thriving garden addition.
FERTILIZER FOR GROWING COFFEE AT HOME
Knowing about the best fertilizer for growing coffee plant becomes necessary for the plant to reach its fullest potential.
Bee Hotel Research
See how Judith observes and researches bee & wasp diversity in her backyard. Learn how she prepares the area to attract more with the help of a summer installation of a bee hotel and other features like water sources and natural spaces.
Beneficial Insects and Good Bugs For Your Garden
Discover how beneficial insects can control pests, save money, and enhance your garden ecosystem in Ontario. Identify and attract these beneficial bugs.