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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Garden Info
What to Plant to Attract Butterflies
If you want to have monarchs and other butterflies in your garden, plant nectar-rich flowers. Make sure your choices bloom
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Greenhouses: How to Choose One?
Hartley Botanic is one of England’s oldest and most respected greenhouse manufacturers, with an increasingly large following in the US
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Building a Shed
The summer started and ended in the blink of an eye. It seems to have faded into memory now as
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A Quebec Family Analyses a Year of Data
How much work does it take to grow most of the produce our Quebec family eats in a year? How
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About Sun and Shade
1. Deadly shade. Very little will grow in deep, deep shade, say right beside a north facing wall with overhanging
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About Soil
1. You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die. Fortunately, that old saying does not apply to
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Sunflowers for Ukraine
Sunflowers are Ukraine’s National flower. Many young men, fathers and grandfathers have left their families behind, picked up arms to
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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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Layering Vines
Layering involves pinning the nodes of a young, flexible vine stem to some nicely prepared earth and letting the vine
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