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Gardening Tips: A tour through the garden

Gardening Tips: A tour through the garden

It's time to prune the trees and shrubs that weren't done in early spring
Gardening Tips: Tips for all-season colour

Gardening Tips: Tips for all-season colour

This is the time of year that all the garden centres are full of people choosing plants carefully so that joy of colour can last all summer long.
Gardening Tips: Be on the lookout for pest problems

Gardening Tips: Be on the lookout for pest problems

Hopefully we have finally seen the last snow for this spring! With the arrival of warmer weather, it's time to walk around your yard and inspect for insect problems.
Gardening Tips: Are you planting on the Victoria Day Long Weekend?

Gardening Tips: Are you planting on the Victoria Day Long Weekend?

As the May long weekend approaches gardeners prepare to do some planting. Hopefully we are past the worst of the cold spring weather but to be on the safe side, have some frost blanket on hand.
Gardening Tips: It's all about the fragrance

Gardening Tips: It's all about the fragrance

I will admit it, I am a fragrance addict. I love to stick my nose into scented flowers and ‘pet’ plants with fragrant foliage. My personal favourite is Woolly Thyme; the foliage is both fragrant and incredibly soft.
Gardening Tips: Tips for Early Spring Planting

Gardening Tips: Tips for Early Spring Planting

As gardeners, we are always watching the weather forecast.
Gardening Tips: Feed plants in spring to get them off to a good start!

Gardening Tips: Feed plants in spring to get them off to a good start!

Now is the time for an application of fertilizer to help plants thrive
Gardening Tips: Early spring is the time for dormant pruning

Gardening Tips: Early spring is the time for dormant pruning

One of the most frequently asked questions at the garden centre is how or when to prune a particular tree or shrub. Pruning done at the wrong time or in the wrong way can really damage a plant.

Gardening Tips: Not quite over yet!

Although we have had our first small snowfall already, this gardening season is not quite over yet! As I sit down to write this article, the sun is shining and that white stuff is quickly melting.

Gardening Tips: Planting spring colour

I am sitting at my computer on a very cold, blustery October day dreaming of spring. I really do love the colours of autumn but nothing beats seeing the first flowers blooming after a long winter.