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Fall Lawn Care
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...
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Asters
There is little joy to be found for folks behind the wheel when driving along the 401and 402 in Southwestern Ontario unless you...
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Annuals Review
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...
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Winners and losers - Native Trees
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...
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Fall Tasks
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...
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Fall Vegetable Crops
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...
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Boxwood Tree Moth
The future for Boxwood looks grim. Boxwood, abroadleaf evergreen, has long been a staple for landscaping. It is appreciated for its...
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Natural Insecticides
When Potato Beetles eat the leaves of your home-grown potato plants, your yield at harvest time can be reduced substantially. If Bean...
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Bugs
A client couple asked me to look at their Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia  nummularia ‘Aurea’). A few weeks earlier it was vibrant as ever,...
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Wind, Wind
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...
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Winners & Losers
Our backyard is at its finest. The summer flowering perennials have begun to display their brightness. The annual flowers, both in pots...
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Thistles
Thistles do not have the best of reputations. They are an invasive perennial that farmers hate because a thistle infested field can...
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Fun Facts about Hydrangeas
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...
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Maple Leaf
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...
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Maples
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,...
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Fall is for Planting
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...
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Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day
Enough rain already. Summer of 2023 is going on record as the rainiest ever. For the most part, the above average rainfall boded well...
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How to keep Mums
Garden Mums are heroes of the fall garden. Easy to care for and inexpensive, mums will give a splash of colour that will last until we...
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Address Number
Where do you live? Whether you live at 123 Main Street or the third house past the corn crib on the 9th concession, your municipal...
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Goldenrod vs. Ragweed
My friend Mandi became frustrated with the situation at her daughter’s school. A few years ago, the school decided to carve out a corner...
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