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Summer in a Jar: How to Make Homemade Canned Peaches 🍑

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There’s something about a perfectly ripe Ontario peach that just tastes like summer. Sweet, juicy and almost impossible to eat without making a little bit of a mess, fresh peaches are one of those seasonal treats we wish would stick around a little longer. The good news? They can. Canning peaches is a surprisingly simple way to capture that fresh summer flavour and enjoy it long after peach season has ended. And when you start […]

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Think Water Is Enough for Your Hanging Baskets? Think Again.

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Every spring, gardeners lovingly pick out gorgeous hanging baskets and colourful patio planters, hang them up, give them a good drink of water… and then wait for nature to do the rest. A few weeks later, they’re wondering: “Why did my neighbour’s baskets explode with flowers while mine look like they’re taking an early retirement?” The answer is almost always the same: Water keeps plants alive. Fertilizer helps them thrive. Your Hanging Basket Is Living

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What to Prune in March in Ontario: Small Fruits & Garden Shrubs

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March is the perfect time for pruning many fruit plants and shrubs in Southern Ontario. While plants are still dormant, pruning encourages stronger growth, better fruit production, and healthier plants throughout the growing season. If you’re preparing your garden for spring, here are the small fruits and shrubs that benefit most from March pruning. Pruning Raspberries in Early Spring Raspberries produce best when old canes are removed each year. In March: Remove dead canes that

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Garden Harvest Tips

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While preparing for this week’s blog I stumbled across an article that covered everything I wanted to say so the info below has been been replicated from a fabulous site Burpee.com When harvest time comes, it comes big-time. For the gardener, the challenge now may be to keep ahead of a tsunami of vegetables.It’s best to take a basket out to the garden every day to see what has ripened. Picking vegetables as soon as

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To Mulch or Not to Mulch?

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To mulch or not to mulch…. That is the question. Or maybe it isn’t, maybe you are thinking of adding decorative stone to your landscape. Each has its inherent strengths, so which one is right for your project? There are numerous benefits to applying mulch or rock in your garden. Familiarize yourself with both by reading this week’s blog. Mulch The most common type of compost that is used in garden soil. Mulch is most

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Beamsville, ON L3J 1N5

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