How plants breathe?
Understanding how plants breathe and preventing winter burn Plants breathe through their leaves. It is estimated that the total water
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Gardening for Beginners
How to grow mushrooms at home
By Tania Moffat Growing mushrooms is unlike growing any other vegetable. Fungi grow from spores rather than seeds. These spores
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8 perennials that attract our friends the bees
Are you looking for ways to attract more bees to your garden this year? More and more we are learning
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Peonies are the perfect flower
When peonies burst into bloom, they scent the air with their musky fragrance. Everyone with a garden should have
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A house isn’t a home without a plant
By Tania Moffat Plants transform our living spaces indoors and out, but those that are invited into our homes do
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What insects are in your backyard?
By Robert Wrigley It was a late afternoon when I decided to relax by reading a book in my backyard
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6 soft and fuzzy plants
Story & photos /Dorothy Dobbie When we think plants along with soft and fuzzy or velvety leaves, Lamb’s ear springs
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Growing peas
By Dorothy Dobbie Technically and botanically, peas are a fruit, because their seeds are developed from the ovary of the
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Dandelions: Weed or wildflower?
By Shauna Dobbie When I was a young child, I was allowed to pick pansies and tulips sometimes, crocuses never,
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Soil Rejuvenation
Now that the days are starting to get longer it’s a great time to think about spring! You can start
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