Gardening

With summer upon us, our expectations are for another relaxed season at home and in the garden. But a warming climate and intense weather systems across Canada are demonstrating the need for quick strategies to […]

Whatever the weather this day, consider it spring! The time has come to search for hints and outright signs of early growth, indicating good things ahead. We can encourage plants to flourish, but it’s best […]

Winter weeks are a good time to contemplate the changed growing conditions in Canadian gardens. Warm winters with longer frost-free periods and record-breaking summer heat with erratic rain can turn a garden upside down. It’s […]

With eager plans for trips coming up, there’s still an opportunity to address gardening problems that are best solved in autumn. Don’t we all want more and better peonies? And how about giving the lawn […]

It’s finally summer and we should enjoy the moment, while considering how to get the best from roses blooming in the garden right now. But the early arrival of fall bulb catalogues suggests the intriguing […]

After a long winter, the butterflies of spring and summer are already on the wing, returning from their winter sojourn and headed your way. Providing key plants to suit their appetites ensures that you’ll have […]

With no petals to distract us, winter is a good time to consider basic issues such as a thinning lawn. If repeated fertilizing is at best a temporary solution, consider a more lasting renovation. As […]

Preparing for days in a warmer climate, take some time to review how the garden tolerated the heat wave of the past summer. New strategies for sustaining plants through excessive heat and rain will be […]

Once again at home, summer is a familiar setting of colourful blooms, soft breezes and yourself in a lounge chair. But what’s that in the air? Could it be a perfume so intoxicating that it […]

Welcome home to a spring garden already on its own blooming schedule. In this impatient season, you can count on the earliest spring flowers from deeply scented hyacinth lilacs. But don’t rush the roses with […]