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General Gardening Tips

Spit Bugs and Aphids

Just wondering if there’s some connection between spit bugs (you know, those little white foamy bits that look like someone’s been spitting in your plants) and aphid infestations. Seem to be lots of both in certain areas of the gardens this spring.
As for the spit bugs (aka spittlebugs and froghoppers), they never do a whole [...]

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Three Favorite Shrubs

Coming from cold harsh northern Alberta to BC’s mild and moist coast meant I had to learn a lot of new stuff about which plants worked and which didn’t. Every landscape needs shrubs, and over the years as I worked on landscaping around our home, I kept discovering new ones that I’d never seen [...]

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5 Fast Growing Groundcovers for Difficult Spots

There are times when any gardener needs a quick growing type plant for fast covering of bare soil in beds or on a sloped bank. Perhaps you have just started a new perennial bed, and would like a way to fill in the bare spots until the perennials have reached their mature growth. Or you [...]

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8 Tips for Growing a Low Risk Garden

As vegetable gardeners, many of us expect a heck of a lot from our small planted areas. Because the plants are often close together and fertilized beyond what nature would, they are more susceptible to a wide range of ailments, from pests to disease.
Insects and garden pests are always present in gardens, and it’s not [...]

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Feeding the Soil

The vitality and health of the plants you grow depends on more than feeding them during the growing season. To have healthy plants your soil must have reserves of plant foods and nutrients. These nutrients not only maintain plant growth, but encourage the growth and activity of the micro-organisms in soil that contribute to plant [...]

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5 Uncommon Herbs for Your Garden

We all are familiar with the more common culinary herbs like basil, oregano, thyme and parsley. Here are 5 more uncommon herbs you may want to plant.

Comfrey in bloom

Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is a striking perennial herb to include in the garden. It is a bold and leafy plant, with 4 to 5 foot [...]

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Natural Weed Control for Your Gardens

Have you got a handle on weed control in all your gardens? There’s an old gardener’s saying, “One year’s weed equals 7 years of seeds.” If you allow weeds to go to seed, those seeds can be viable for 7 years or more. Once the right conditions happen, they will germinate. Just bring them to [...]

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How to Plant a Tower Herb Garden for Your Balcony or Patio

Strawberry pots make useful upright containers not only for a small crop of strawberries, but for flowering annuals or a small herb garden. These pots, supplied by most garden centers, have several pockets or openings for placing plants in a vertical array.
Using a strawberry pot for a small tower herb garden [...]

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