April Showers Bring May Flowers
Spring Flowers The earliest flowers in my cold Calgary garden are always alpines and woodland plants. The same is true in my mild west coast garden. But while the order of bloom is the same in different regions, the exact bloom time and quality of bloom changes with...
Dwarf Tomatoes for Greenhouse Growers
Once I dig in I discover there are 139 varieties listed on the Dwarf Tomato Project website and I know I can’t try them all. I specifically want to try a few new varieties for my greenhouse without reading all the many plant descriptions so I ask an artificial intelligence program to suggest the top ten dwarf tomato varieties
Cutting Roots on a large tree spells trouble
I have learned you can never really “see” what is going on in your yard, especially below ground. And even though I am an experienced gardener I didn’t know my large spruce tree was about to fall down.
Aphid watch : Good Bugs to the Rescue
I am washing lettuce when I see a smallish “worm” on a leaf. Not a slug – that is usually a greyish-brown colour. The insect on my lettuce is white to clear-bodied, with black inner organs showing through the skin. The bug is about 1/2 an inch or 1 cm in...
Introducing the Best Compost Bins
Introducing the Best Compost Bins Are you tired of having to knock on your compost bin to scare the rats or mice away before you open the lid? Or have you seen squirrels chew through your plastic city-supplied compost bin, leaving easy rat-access holes? Then,...
