Dandelions: Weed or wildflower?
By Shauna Dobbie When I was a young child, I was allowed to pick pansies and tulips sometimes, crocuses never, and dandelions any time at
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January 27, 2023
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Dissecting Canada thistle
By Shauna Dobbie I bet you wish you could actually dissect all the Canada thistles out there and trash them. This plant is not native
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January 27, 2023
What to Plant to Attract Butterflies
If you want to have monarchs and other butterflies in your garden, plant nectar-rich flowers. Make sure your choices bloom in fall to give the
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January 27, 2023
Blue Jays Don’t Deserve Their Bad Reputation
By Dorothy Dobbie They look blue. You’d swear they are blue, a very striking, and intense blue kind of blue. But they are not. In
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January 27, 2023
Dissecting Bleeding Heart
By Shauna Dobbie My grandmother had a big bleeding heart in her garden, next to her front door. As a child, I was fascinated by
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January 27, 2023
Greenhouses: How to Choose One?
Hartley Botanic is one of England’s oldest and most respected greenhouse manufacturers, with an increasingly large following in the US & Canada. The business is
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November 28, 2022
The Garden of Kenneth MacDonald
Story by Shauna Dobbie, photos by David Johnson Visiting the garden of a collector is always a wonder. How many varieties of the plant do
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November 4, 2022
The Garden of Robert Wrigley & Arlene Dahl
Story by Arlene Dahl, photos by Dorothy Dobbie When my husband Robert Wrigley and I moved into our home in Winnipeg, landscaping the garden was
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November 4, 2022
Building a Shed
The summer started and ended in the blink of an eye. It seems to have faded into memory now as I sit and watch the
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November 4, 2022
The Garden of Ken Popove
Ken Popove of Chilliwack, B.C.Story and photos by Dorothy Dobbie When you are in politics, especially civic politics, your life is hardly your own. So
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November 4, 2022