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Saturday, January 24, 2026

10 Neat Things about kalanchoe

Most people first meet the kalanchoe houseplant (kal-uhn-KOH-ee) without ever learning its name. It is the compact flowering plant

Cold weather transforms the landscape in ways that are both practical and surprisingly beautiful. When temperatures plunge, familiar physics

Winter tree damage is something you may not see until spring. Trees and shrubs have a hard time both

Growing ginger in Canada feels like bringing a bit of the tropics into your own home. You start with

Have you ever brought home a bowl of paperwhites only to watch them shoot up overnight, lean toward the

Do your tropicals have leaves turning pale and speckled, looking as if someone dusted them with tiny white dots? Then

In winter, evergreens keep the landscape alive with colour when everything else has gone bare. From towering spruces to creeping

Every autumn, migrating birds in Canada take to the air in one of nature’s grandest spectacles. From tiny warblers

Halloween may be about ghosts and goblins, but in the garden, the night has its own kind of magic.

Kale in winter gardens is a sight of quiet triumph. While most plants fade at the first frost, kale