Plants and Seeds
Plant care, Pest control, Q&A, Notes from the Field.
Tips on How To Grow Garlic Successfully, year after year. Garlic is a fairly easy crop to grow but this past season I used a special technique on how to grow garlic that really increased the size and health of … Continued
How is it that a feeder with a few specks of black or a content going stringy or worse, slimy can cause premature death to tiny hummingbirds? Helpful tips to continue to provide for safe ongoing enjoyment of hummingbirds year … Continued
Acid-loving Rhodos preference for a woody bark mulch environment, mimicking the organic matter of the forest floor, means that in the garden, Rhododendrons appreciate being planted in straight bark mulch. Provide good drainage and space dug at least two feet … Continued
Our first Winter snowfall! Observing snowflakes as they wisp about the Saltspring Nursery air, got me thinking about the snowflake man. An incredible triumph made from one mans intrigue and great persistence. Could you imagine the rush in order to … Continued
To keep sweet peas blooming, dead head often. Remove seed pods from sweet peas every couple of days for continuous bloom. To get the most out of your cut sweet pea flowers, take in the cool of the early morning … Continued
Turns out last year with the weather as it was the reed canary didn’t get cut. Therefore we were short on strawberry mulch and mulch for the vegetable garden. When the garlic was put in last fall, I did manage … Continued
It’s time to start planting out our annuals. First start with the ultimate slug control. Not much is more frustrating than to plant out our annuals only to come back the next morning to see them annihilated by slugs. With … Continued
Whimsical Garden Quotes for pleasing reminiscence while blissfully enjoying the tranquility of our garden. A pleasure to read, sometimes funny, often true and never without initiating us to stop and think. How many times have you come across a garden … Continued
The yellow buttercups can take over in a matter of just a season if we are not vigilant in their removal. Such a nice bright sunny yellow. I remember when we were kids, holding a buttercup flower under our friends … Continued
A season to be remembered! What a difference between last year 2016 and this year Winter 2017! I do recall we got poured upon for days in April of 2016. Rivers were flowing down our property. Unseen to quite that … Continued
Wild Bird Food Preferences Seems not all birds are alike when it comes to what they prefer for their source of food. It is interesting to note that certain birds seem to prefer certain types of feeders as well. Such … Continued
