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Lucille Crighton's Garden

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Ontario Garden: Lucille’s Garden

October 25, 2019October 28, 2019 Caroline Fu 1516 Viewsbeautiful garden, Ontario Gardener

Lucille Crighton Toronto, Ontario People often talk about weaving texture, colour and form into the garden, making an educated guess

ripening tomatoes

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Ontario Story: Ripening tomatoes

October 15, 2019November 7, 2019 Caroline Fu 1382 ViewsEdibles, Gardening for Beginners, gardening how-to

Tomatoes are climacteric, which means they will continue to ripen after they’ve been picked from the vine. This really matters

Ontario rose garden

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The Ontario Rose Garden

July 17, 2019July 19, 2019 Caroline Fu 2768 Viewsbeautiful garden, Ontario Gardener, rose garden

The rose, adored for its beauty and grace, is perhaps the most romantic flower in the garden. This is why

Ontario Gardener Trees & Shrubs

The White Pine

February 5, 2019 Caroline Fu 1206 Viewsconifer tree, history of white pine trees in canada, Ontario Gardener, Trees & Shrubs, white pine tree

by Chris Conway Excerpt from The Lake used with permission from Great Plains Publications. The ragged breaks in the tree

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A living laboratory

November 12, 2018 Caroline Fu 1493 Viewseco-friendly garden, english garden, Garden design, native flowers, Ontario Gardener

Evolving over the last 12 years, this garden has been a series of experiments in eco-friendly beauty – a living

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Eco = beauty

November 12, 2018 Caroline Fu 1962 Viewsbeautiful garden, eco-friendly garden, edible plants, Ontario Gardener, Perennials

Proof that any garden can be beautiful, this Oakville oasis is primarily composed of plants that are

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The garden at the end of the road

May 9, 2018 Caroline Fu 1604 Viewsbeautiful garden, magazine, Ontario Gardener, wildflowers

Story by Tania Moffat, photos by Veronica Silva, Ben Goedhart and Klaus Roder. At the northern tip of the Bruce

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Easy-care Perennials

November 27, 2017March 1, 2019 Caroline Fu 4303 Viewseasy-care, Flowers, garden, low maintenance, Ontario Gardener, Perennials, Plants

These easy-care perennials are the old reliables of the garden. It’s not that they live forever, their lifespan can be

easy care houseplants

Hard to kill houseplants

Indoor & Tropical Ontario Gardener Plants

Easy care houseplants (part 3 of 3)

November 14, 2017June 24, 2020 Caroline Fu 4103 Viewshouse plants, Ontario Gardener, radiator plants, spider plants, tropical plants

Plants transform our living spaces indoors and out, but those that are invited into our homes do more for us

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10 tips for a better lawn

June 12, 2017February 12, 2019 Caroline Fu 3840 Viewsbeautiful lawn, Gardening for Beginners, Local Gardener

1. Leaf it be. We used to spend backbreaking hours raking leaves and grass, piling them into bags and carrying

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