Tag: Homes
Growing Concerns: Timing key to putting your lawn in order
I know you want to get out in the garden and start working. Tulips and daffodils have broken through and on their way to creating that beautiful show of spring colour. This week. I’m focusing on lawn care. It is important not to do too much too early, or you can really damage your lawn. […]
Growing Concerns: Timing key to putting your lawn in order
I know you want to get out in the garden and start working. Tulips and daffodils have broken through and on their way to creating that beautiful show of spring colour. This week. I’m focusing on lawn care. It is important not to do too much too early, or you can really damage your lawn. […]
Growing Concerns: Get a jump on pests with dormant oil spray
With the coming of spring, there is something you can do in the garden right now.
Growing Concerns: Now’s the time to book your landscape project
With spring just around the corner, folks are looking to start new gardening projects or to have someone maintain their existing property, so here are a few tips on looking for and booking landscape work. Now’s the time – don’t wait till later, because many companies are booking up fast. This was the first year […]
Growing Concerns: Lots to do indoors before spring lets us outdoors
March is here and I noticed the other day, after all the rain, that I had a small clump of snowdrops starting to bloom.
Growing Concerns: Be ready to nurture awakening indoor plants and seedlings
From a plant perspective winter is important. Plants in our area require several months of cold temperatures and a good blanket of snow to help them rest, rejuvenate and prepare for another growing season. We often forget plants rely on the water table to provide them with water naturally, and rain and snow are required […]
Growing Concerns: Savour a greenhouse visit as gardens nap
We all want winter to be over, but we must remember that all our plants in the garden are having a nap. Yes, a nap. They’re building up energy so they can produce those beautiful leaves that change colours throughout the season and the blooms that produce the rainbow of colour in our garden. Last […]
Growing Concerns: Starting seeds takes a bit of know-how
A lot of us are wishing for the snow to go and spring to come. Many have turned to starting seeds. This can be a rewarding adventure or a frustrating one. I’ll share a few things I have learned along the way. You don’t want to start all seeds at once or you will run […]
Growing Concerns: Celebrate with red for year of the garden
Over the past two years of pandemic, it has been hard to get excited about anything, but I have found something all gardeners can be enthusiastic about: 2022 has been proclaimed the year of the garden. The proclamation was made by Communities in Bloom and the Canadian Garden Council in honour of the 100th anniversary […]
Growing Concerns: Brighten your winter, plan garden colours now
It’s late January and many of us are dreaming of and planning the changes in our garden.