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CONTAINER GARDEN MAINTENANCE TIPS
by The Savvy Experts All of us at Savvy Gardening enjoy putting together multiple container gardens each year. Some are full of veggies or berries, some show off interesting flower and foliage combos, and others feature both edibles and ornamentals—or, as we like to call them, garden … Continue reading
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THE SECRET HEALTH BENEFITS OF FLOWERS
By: Bianca Vierra on 07.25.2018 NEWS Flowers are often reserved for special occasions and the part of our spending budget that we label frivolous. But what if you were told that flowers can actually bring health benefits? Would you purchase them … Continue reading
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WHY NO IMPATIENS?
I get asked this question almost daily at our garden centre — “Where are the Impatiens?”. For the answer, Mark Cullen says it best and offers his suggestions for alternatives to impatiens in your gardens and planters. This is from … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, GENERAL INTEREST, Lawn & Garden Care
Tagged begonias, caladium, downy mildew, downy mildew in impatiens, impatiens, impatiens alternatives, impatiens walleriana, lobelia, Mark Cullen, plasmorpara obducens, shade-tolerant plants, torenia
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Mark Cullen’s May Garden To-Do List
Mark Cullen is an expert gardener, author, broadcaster and garden editor of Reno and Decor magazine. Get his free monthly newsletter at markcullen.com, and watch him on CTV Canada AM every Wednesday at 8:45 a.m. Follow him on Twitter @MarkCullen4 … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Lawn & Garden Care, Lawn Care, Uncategorized, Vegetable Gardens
Tagged black earth, cattle manure, composted manure, dig & divide perennials, garden to-do list; starting veggie seeds; start vegetable seeds indoors, Golfgreen Iron Plus, lawn care for spring, lawn preparations for spring, Mark Cullen's May Garden To-Do List, mowing height for lawn, organic compost, organic composted manure, organic manure, overseeding lawn, planting evergreens and roses, planting trees & shrubs in spring, preparing your soil for vegetable garden, sheep manure, soil amendments, soil prep for gardens, start from seed indoors, topdressing your lawn with seed, vegetables to plant in early May
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PANSIES — My Favourite Way to Bring in the Spring!
Pansies are one of the most popular and recognizable cool weather annuals. Breeding has produced pansies that are better able to stand up to the cold, but there hasn’t been much luck producing more heat tolerant varieties. Many pansies are … Continue reading
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Tagged baskets, cheery faces, containers, cool-tolerant plants, flower, hardy spring annual, Pansies, pansy, planters, planting spring flowers, pots
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THINGS TO DO IN YOUR GARDEN IN SEPTEMBER
***This list is courtesy of Mark Cullen 🙂 Peonies. September is ‘peony splitting’ month. If you have one that is too big for the space that it is in or if you just want to move it, now is the time. … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, GENERAL INTEREST, Lawn & Garden Care, Lawn Care, Vegetable Gardens
Tagged apply nematodes, cut back flowering shrubs, deadhead roses, fall bulbs, fall harvest, fertilize, fertilizer, lawn seeding, pruning, pruning raspberries, split peonies
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HOW TO PREPARE YOUR ROSES FOR WINTER
Cold-Climate Instructions: 1. In early fall, stop cutting roses and let plants form hips (seedpods) as they prepare naturally for winter. 2. After the first frost in fall, protect plants from the potential damage caused by freezing and thawing cycles by piling soil over … Continue reading
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FALL CHECKLIST FOR YOUR GARDEN, HOME & FARM
Fall has officially arrived with its first killing frost taking away any last remnants of our summer flowers, planters and baskets leaving us all with lots of clean-up and winter preparation work to consider around the farm and in the … Continue reading
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Tagged fall, fall checklist, garden checklist, planting bulbs, preparing for winter, protecting roses
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