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What’s Bugging You? Black spot on Roses

Black Spot on Roses It’s likely one of the most common blights of rose gardeners everywhere, black spot is the fungus that just keeps coming back. It loves hot, humid/wet conditions (sound like this year or what?) so it’s beginning to pop up on leaves everywhere. The first phase of this fungal disease is its namesake as black spots begin to show on the surface of the leaves. As the spots get larger yellow emerges […]

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Red Haven Peaches – Why all the hype?

There are over 2000 varieties of peaches on this planet, so it goes without saying there’s a lot more choice than most of us will every need. One of the most popular peaches remains the The Redhaven – the peach that all other peaches are judged against. A medium fruit with brilliant red over yellow skin; yellow flesh is juicy, sweet, and fine grained. Redhavens are ready for picking around the end of July to

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Peach Crumble Recipe

Peach Season has arrived a little early this year, and I for one am not complaining. I love peaches, peach jam, peach pie, peach tarts and of course biting into a fresh delicious peach is an outstanding flavour all on its own. But I must say probably my favourite peach dessert has to be peach cobbler. Sweet & flaky and great with ice cream, whip cream or even a piece of sharp cheddar cheese this

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Proper Lawn Seeding Technique

Despite that layer of snow that has covered our lawns recently there IS a lawn under there aching to come out. We need to ensure that this turf gets the care it needs to deliver a lush green lawn throughout the summer months. One critical element in treating a sparse or damaged lawn is over seeding Over seeding is the technique of adding new seed over an existing lawn to both fill in bare areas

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Tip of the Week – Benefits of Trees

• Planting trees remains one of the cheapest, most effective means of drawing excess CO2 from the atmosphere. • Trees act as a carbon sink by removing the carbon and storing it as cellulose in their trunk, branches, leaves and roots while releasing oxygen back into the air. • A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of 48 lbs./year and release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support 2 human

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