Winter Indoor Plant Care
As focus shifts from outdoors to inside at this time of year, I really enjoy caring for my indoor plants. Every time I go by one of them, I am…
A Beginners Guide to Growing Orchids
I have had a request for an article on how to grow and transplant orchids. Some orchids are easier to grow than others. Cattleya, Phalaenopsis and Paphiopedilum orchids are amongst…
A Tribute to an Incredible Person
There have been many people who have influenced my life in horticulture. I have written about a few of them over the years. You still hear occasionally about how I…
Planting a Memorial
As we navigate through another pandemic lockdown, many of us are thinking about spring already. Mild temperatures we have been experiencing so far this winter are fueling dreams of getting…
Loving Indoor Plants
I have always been fascinated by how so many ‘new’ trends are just previous fads having come around to popularity again. There are numerous examples of this in the gardening…
The Late Fall Garden
I was looking out my front window on this grey cold day, trying to find inspiration for writing this week’s article. We have gotten our yard ready for winter, so…
How to Prevent Winter Damage
By the time you are reading this article, the calendar will have turned a page to October. As typical in Northern Ontario, fall weather has been all over the map!…
Growing Garlic in the North
I have been getting quite a few questions about growing garlic, so I thought I would devote this week’s article to the subject. Garlic is quite easy to grow. The…
On the Move: transplanting trees and shrubs.
I often get asked how to move trees and shrubs. Here is some information to help you with that task. There are two appropriate timeframes for transplanting small trees and…
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Some Garden Pests
Wondering about about red ‘pimples’ on maple leaves? The culprit causing that damage can be either a bladder gall mite or spindle gall mite. The leaf reacts to the attack…