Tag: Homes
Growing Concerns: Temperature tells us to get moving on fall garden chores
Wow, what a change in the weather! This time of year when a storm in the oceans to the east can change our weather in days, hours or minutes.
Growing Concerns: Put your leaves to work for a better garden next summer
The calendar may say it is fall, but there are still lots of summer days left.
Growing Concerns: Fall opens whole new decorating time for gardens
Fall is the time for many of us to change the décor in our planters.
Growing Concerns: Save your tropical plants from frost
It’s time to start thinking about moving your tropical plants indoors or into storage. The weather could change at any time now and we could get a frost.
Growing Concerns: ‘Dew’ repair your lawn at this time of year
I have had lots of questions recently about lawns and the care they require now that fall is just around the corner.
Growing Concerns: Your garden can help monarch butterflies
Spend a few minutes to invite the butterflies to your garden.
Growing Concerns: Late summer calls for change in gardening habits
The rain finally came and, boy, did it make a difference in both lawn and garden.
Growing Concerns: August often the forgotten month in the garden
As the colours of spring flowers have faded and the summer heat has played havoc on many of our plants, you might notice the wow factor has faded from your garden.
Growing Concerns: Time to think about spring bulbs
I’m a planner and listmaker, and with summer about half over, I’ve been reading through my garden journal. And I’ve begun to notice all the notes I made about spring-flowering bulbs and what I want to plant where.
Growing Concerns: Help your garden beat summer heat
We’re more than halfway through 2022, where did the time go? It feels like we were just waking up the garden and getting things ready for the season.