Asparagus: Healthy diet in a spring sprout
By Dorothy Dobbie Love your first feed of asparagus in springtime? No wonder. Here’s a short list of the health-giving
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Gardening How-to
The tomato – fruit or vegetable?
By Heather Klein Is it a fruit or is it a vegetable? This age-old question regarding the tomato actually has
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How to grow your own tea garden
By Tania Moffat Tea is a wonderful and healthy beverage. It can soothe most of what ails us — lack
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Test your garden knowledge
What’s the buzz about pollination? Test your knowledge by answering true or false to the following questions. 1. Seedless watermelons
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What’s new, what’s Hot for 2023
Note: Seed produced by F1 hybrid plants may not produce fspring true to the parent. Flowers ‘DoubleShot Orange Bicolour’ snapdragons:
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Tips for adding colour to winter gardens
By Shauna Dobbie If you long for colour outdoors in the winter garden, don’t despair. Study your garden over the
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Shade plants can be the most rewarding part of the spring garden
Story & photos by Dorothy Dobbie In my garden, under the shade of a young green ash, a garden is
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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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