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

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

Garden Tips, Instructional / Serina

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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Christmas Flora Steeped in Tradition

Garden Tips, Instructional / RidgeView

I often wonder about why certain plants become embedded in holiday traditions. Undoubtedly the most celebrated in our neck of the woods is the Christmas Season which has no shortage of plants woven into its celebrations. Why do we cut Christmas trees? Adorn our tables with Pointsettias or kiss beneath the Mistletoe? When did this start and who did it first? So with that, I was off, my fingers dancing their way through the

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Garden Harvest Tips

Garden Tips / RidgeView

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?

Instructional / Serina

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

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

Christmas Flora Steeped in Tradition

Garden Harvest Tips

To Mulch or Not to Mulch?

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