About Love-ly flowers
1. Love in a mist. (Nigella.) This freely self-sowing, cheery annual takes its romantic love name from the airy, lacy bracts that surround the flower. It
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February 14, 2020
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Starting Seeds
1. Inhibitors. Starting plants from seeds are not always easy. Some seeds, like tomatoes, come from the mother plant coated with enzymes that actually inhibit
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February 7, 2020
About Container Gardening
1. Vegetables. It used to be that just about the only edibles that people grew in containers were herbs and tomatoes. Now you can grow
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January 31, 2020
About Herbs
1. Herb or ‘erb? Dropping the h-sound at the beginning of “herb” is an American affectation, so if you’re from south of the border, you
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January 24, 2020
About Waiting
1. Waiting to plant. Across Canada, with the possible exception of the West Coast, Canadians wait till Victoria Day, which is the traditional planting
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January 17, 2020
About Raccoons
1. Smart cookies. Raccoons are highly intelligent with excellent memories. One study showed that they could remember very well for at least three years. It
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January 13, 2020
10 Neat Things about Annuals
1. Live fast, die young. In the plant world, an annual is a plant that completes its life cycle in one season, from seed to
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January 10, 2020
10 Neat Things about House Plants
Shade dwellers. One of the most important things to understand about house plants is that most are shade or partial shade dwellers in their natural
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January 3, 2020
About Reindeer
1. Is a reindeer like a caribou? Yes; in fact, caribou is the North American name for reindeer. As a North American, I will call
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December 19, 2019
About Bugs with Wings in your Home
1. Things with wings. Pesky little bugs fly around the house and everyone believes they are fruit flies. You should hope not. Fruit flies are
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November 18, 2019