Super Simple Composting

Fall is a great time to start a compost pile, or to try a new method of super simple composting.
Composting happens no matter how you make your compost pile or how much attention you give to it. There are almost as many ways to make a compost pile as there are gardeners. Each [...]

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Spinach for Fall Planting

Right now in late August is a great time to plant some of the greens that hate hot weather, so you have fresh greens for the fall and early winter. Lettuce and spinach are best planted in early spring or late summer, since neither does its best in hot weather. Both will bolt in summer’s [...]

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7 Landscaping Mistakes

We all want to have a beautiful yard, with easy care landscaping that is the envy of our neighbors. And, being a nation of do-it-yourselfers, many of us create our home landscape design by looking at garden magazines with inspirational articles, plans and pictures.
But it takes more than photo inspiration to make a workable garden [...]

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Hens and Chicks – A Surprising Twist

For the first time this spring, my pot of hens and chicks – Sempervivum tectorum – has decided to flower! A complete surprise to me, and it’s been fascinating watching the flower stalk grow… and grow… and grow.
Starting out as a slightly raised center of the base rosette, it has, over the past month, grown [...]

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Why a Mini Greenhouse is a Good Investment

Greenhouses do not have to be large and spacious to be useful. The big ones are great if you are a commercial grower, or live on an acreage, but if you have only a small space for growing, then a mini greenhouse can serve you quite well.
Mini greenhouses can be located [...]

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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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Growing Indoors With the Hydroponic Cart

Have you ever thought about growing fresh herbs indoors using a hydroponic system? This is the best way to have them at your fingertips all year long. With the hydroponic cart, and its controlled lighting and feeding, your indoor plants won’t get leggy and feeble in the shorter winter days. Lots of room for your [...]

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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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