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Monday, September 9, 2024

Flora & Fauna Episode 16:Nutrients in the garden with Robert Pavlis

Did you know that you can give too much compost to your garden? Also, there isn’t a “best” fertilizer for tomatoes or

Plants require macro nutrients, of which the big three in most fertilizers are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, followed by calcium,

As the chill of winter gradually gives way to the warmth of spring, gardeners and farmers across Canada eagerly await

In spite of common perception, vinegar is not an effective herbicide. Vinegar will indeed burn the herbaceous parts of plants

Nobody likes slugs. Well, nobody except, maybe, five-year-old boys. For gardeners, they chew holes in foliage and leave a very

Worms are really just dirt processing factories toiling away underground night and day. They eat dead organic material such as