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...

Enough rain already.  Summer of 2023 is going on record as the rainiest ever.  For the most part, the above average rainfall boded well...

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...

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...

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...

In the Parable of the Sower, we are told of a farmer who sows seeds indiscriminately.  Some seeds fall on the roadside with no soil, some...

Monday’s City of Sarnia Council meeting was the usual fare of what is normally covered at a City Council meeting: approval of the agenda,...