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When to Work the Garden Soil

Fall is an ideal time to work on improvements to the soil in your garden beds and to the garden

What is the difference between bulbs, corms and tubers? And what about all those other things? To start, they are

Rabbit deities appear in mythology as tricksters and fertility symbols. What childless couple wouldn’t want to be able to “breed

Deer, and rabbit, has been a headache to a lot of gardeners. We always look for different deer repellants that

When I was a kid, grownups used to call us “tads” – for tadpole, I guess. And we certainly had

Brilliant colour, florid bloom, exotic foliage: all of these are important to the garden. But garden scents can stimulate an

The talkative blue jay By Sherrie Versluis One of the most popular and widely recognized backyard birds is the blue

Here’s a little video for you, with tips on weeding those pesky dandelions that somehow manage to appear year after

The patio is just big enough for dinner with a couple of close friends.

A woodland path tames tough city terrain The long, skinny garden is a layout many city gardeners contend with. Some

One of the first things you notice about the garden of Irene and Dan is the wonderful health of her