Drought Tolerant Annuals Garden Clippings for May 31, 2025 Someday, someday, we will put away our sweaters and jackets and put on our...

Cedars explained Garden Clippings for May 3, 2025 My guess is that it would have been 40 or 50 years ago that the original homeowner...

Creeping Charlie Garden Clippings for May 10, 2025 A year ago, when it was still acceptable behavior to travel to the US, I attended a...

Brunnera, Ligularia & Hellebore Garden Clippings for May 17, 2025 Hostas will always be king of the shade garden. Hostas are extremely...

Our front lawn has never looked better, thanks to rainfall once a week for June, July and August. Even September’s mini drought was good...

There is little joy to be found for folks behind the wheel when driving along the 401and 402 in Southwestern Ontario unless you...

Back in May someone asked me to help choose flowers for her containers around the pool.  There was a wedding planned for August, and she...

Four years ago I planted 22 native trees in our back forty.  Two of each, like Noah and the Ark.  We have a narrow, deep lot.  Our front...

In early July I could read the newspaper outdoors at 9:30 in the evening. These days I turn the lights on at the patio at 7:30. In a few...

Nighttime temperatures this week crept down to 6 or 7 degrees; a bit unusual for the first week of September.  Last year, we did not get...

The future for Boxwood looks grim. Boxwood, abroadleaf evergreen, has long been a staple for landscaping.  It is appreciated for its...

When Potato Beetles eat the leaves of your home-grown potato plants, your yield at harvest time can be reduced substantially. If Bean...

A client couple asked me to look at their Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia  nummularia ‘Aurea’).  A few weeks earlier it was vibrant as ever,...

Among the many trees that went down on Thursday, July 20, was a huge White Pine on the property of Dunlop Central United Church.  Several...

Our backyard is at its finest.  The summer flowering perennials have begun to display their brightness.  The annual flowers, both in pots...

Thistles do not have the best of reputations.  They are an invasive perennial that farmers hate because a thistle infested field can...

My son and daughter in law have a Bernedoodle.  I know nothing about dogs, but I have learned that Bernedoodles have no purpose in life...

Not a coat of arms.  Not a collection of stars and stripes.  Not a moon or star.  A simple Maple leaf.  One colour with a white...

Go to the Maple section of Connon Nurseries catalogue, one of Canada’s largest, and you will find 3 pages of Maples.  With 24 per page,...

Prof Vandersteen taught me a thing or two at Michigan State University.  The best time to transplant a Pine is August 27.  The best time...