As a brand-new gardener, we all have to start somewhere. If you’d like to make as few mistakes as possible, then this guide should help make your first growing season a smooth one. I remember when I was first bitten by the gardening bug. We had just purchased our first home and my husband had built some beautiful cedar planters for our deck. Although I could maintain my own life, and the life of my pets, I had a vicious history of killing every houseplant that had the misfort

No matter where you are in Canada; you’ve probably experienced a bit of early winter this year. This is just Mother Nature giving us an earlier reminder to get our gardens ready for when winter comes. Here is a great checklist to follow to get your garden in tiptop shape for the spring season. Tidy Tidy up your garden by raking leaves, removing debris, cutting back dead foliage, and remove any weeds. A quick, easy, and less painful way to collect the leaves from your lawn is

What is companion planting? Companion planting is the idea that certain plants can benefit from each other when planted in proximity. A perfect example of companion planting is the “Three Sisters.” The three sisters, Corn/maize, Pole Beans, and winter squash were all planted together harmoniously by the Native American’s* because they recognized the value that each plant brought to the other. The stalk of the corn provides a pole for beans to grow up, the beans trap nitrogen