10 Neat Things about Winter Phenomena
Cold weather transforms the landscape in ways that are both practical and surprisingly beautiful. When temperatures plunge, familiar physics
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Garden Info
Source: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Plant Hardiness Zone Map (1991–2020). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
About Zones
Gardening Zones in Canada If you garden in Canada, you’ve probably memorized your Zone. Maybe you’ve even celebrated a recent
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Bright pink astilbe
Astilbe brings colour to the shade
Astilbe, sometimes called false spirea, is a perennial favourite among gardeners looking to add a splash of colour and texture
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Time to harvest hardneck garlic! Ten Neat Things
If you planted cloves last fall, now’s the moment you’ve been waiting for. Harvesting garlic isn’t complicated, but a
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Dividing perennials is good for your pocketbook.
Increase perennials for free
How to increase your perennial garden By Shauna Dobbie You love your perennial garden soooo much, you’d like to
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Leaves of 'Bloodgood' Japanese maple. Photo by Jonathan Billinger, CC-SA 2.0.
Japanese maples and lookalikes
Graceful small trees for every zone: Japanese maples and lookalikes The beautiful Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) is a prize for
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Water while you’re away: 10 Neat Things about keeping the garden hydrated
Summer holidays are calling, but what about your veggies, shrubs and flowers? Whether you’re off for a weekend at
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Thinning is winning: Why thinning seedlings leads to a stronger garden
It feels counterintuitive to plant a row of seeds, nurture them to life, and then snip off half their
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Weeding: Pull less, grow more
10 neat things about weeding smarter, not harder Let’s be honest: few of uslove weeding. But staying ahead of
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La Chasse-Gardée du Marais: A storybook garden in Chelsea, Quebec
Story and photos by Dorothy Dobbie This story was published in Volume 4, Issue 4 It is a smoky early
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