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Add a tropical touch to your garden with easy-to-grow figs
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Gardening Brian Minter: Appreciate local food by picking it yourself
In today’s high-density living, how many folks have actually picked a fresh fruit from a plant and enjoyed its rich natural flavour? -
Gardening Brian Minter: Create patio envy with a 'thriller' this summer
Are your patio or balcony plants looking a little tired? How about some garden art to perk things up? No, not a Monet or a Henry Moore sculpture, but art ...
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Gardening Brian Minter: Basic watering skills crucial for summer plant survival
How are your garden and container plants holding up in our vacillating summer weather? Dirk Muntean, a horticultural consultant to growers in Western Canada and the U. -
Gardening Brian Minter: Make your lawn more eco-friendly with micro clover
Can our lawns be more environmentally friendly? Already they produce oxygen for us to breath, collect pollutants, sequester carbon, hold soils together, minimize dust and give us a soft place ... -
Gardening Brian Minter: B.C. seed company's new Ladner facility sparkles under the Diamonds
On the wettest day in June (yes, it was pouring!), I had the pleasure of attending the grand opening of West Coast Seeds’ new facility in Ladner. -
Fashion & Beauty Sweet succulents: Desert plants hottest greenery of the season
Social media has a funny way of making people — and things — famous. -
Gardening Brian Minter: Garden Days should be celebrated all year in Canada
As we look forward to celebrating 150 years as a country on July 1, there are numerous activities in which Canadians will be engaged and enjoying the many aspects of ... -
Gardening Taking tropicals outdoors takes some adjusting
At this time of year when we tend to spend many more hours outdoors, more folks are creating a tropical living space on their decks and patios. -
Gardening Brian Minter: Add flavour to your patio with vegetables in containers
Growing vegetables successfully in containers is so easy. It can be very productive when a few key issues are looked after, and one of the most important is the variety ... -
Gardening Brian Minter: Celebrate Canada's 150th with patriotic red and white blooms
It was interesting last fall to see Canadians from coast to coast planting millions of the ‘Canada 150’ or the ‘Canadian Celebration’ tulip to commemorate the significant 150th birthday for ...
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Gardening Brian Minter: Chilliwack growers bring magic of herbs to B.C. gardens
Of all our food plants, herbs have quickly become one of the most popular ingredients to complement our cooking, baking, drinks and salads. -
Gardening Brian Minter: Berries can perform well in small spaces or containers
When was the last time you picked a fresh berry off a plant and savoured its rich flavour? For many of us it was quite some time ago, and we’ve ... -
Gardening Brian Minter: Scented stars to add fragrance to the garden
At the end of a long stressful day, it’s nice to come home and just relax on the deck or patio with a cool beverage and the evening paper or ... -
Gardening In the Garden: Here's what I am doing in my garden this year
What is Steve Whysall doing in his garden this spring? Well, after the long,hard, wet and wearisome winter, there is a lot of repair and replacement work to do. But ... -
Gardening Top pots: Three easy-peasy planters for non-gardeners
Three easy-to-do planters for those who consider themselves hopeless non-gardeners. -
Gardening In the Garden: Patio privacy in your personal paradise
Creating privacy in your own backyard can take a subtle touch. Erecting a wall or high hedge is not always the answer. To get the privacy you want in your ... -
Gardening In the Garden: With a trendy pot of summer flowers in mind
If you intend to plant some beautiful containers for your patio, deck or balcony, the first thing you need to think about is exposure — will the pots sit in ... -
Gardening In the Garden: Solid touches that give a garden shape and style
Landscapers call the permanent structural elements of a garden, such as walls and paths, arches and arbours, ponds, water features, patios and decks, the “bones” because they literally hold the ...
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A dad's guide to backyard chickens
Perhaps you have never raised birds from infancy. Nothing should stop you from proceeding to do so. -
Why living with wildlife makes life a little livelier
I live in a delightful community where neighbors talk more about wildlife sightings than the upcoming election. -
A gardener's passion for daylilies blooms anew
If you garden long enough, your relationship with certain plants changes. You play the role of Tudor monarch, allowing your fawning courtiers to fall in and out of favor. -
Another helping of hosta? Some ornamentals taste good too
Many of the plants that add colour and texture to our yards also contain the right stuff for enriching our menus. -
Fixing an apple tree that fails to fruit
From your description it sounds like the tree is a very vigorous grower. The problem with this is that the tree spends all of its energy producing new wood rather ... -
We're mere guests in our own gardens
Starting a vegetable garden involves a lot of backbreaking soil work, not to mention the trial and expense of building raised beds, fences, gates and the like. -
Life Strawberry beds get a boost from renovation
If you saw my strawberry bed, you might think I don't like strawberries. The leaves have been lopped off, some plants were ripped out of the ground, and those that ... -
Right at Home: Tents take a stylish turn, indoors and out
Whether they're providing cozy shelter from the elements outdoors or top-secret privacy in the playroom, a number of style-savvy new tents put the "fun" in a functional structure. -
House Works: Growing Potatoes 101
Potatoes are one of the easiest vegetables to grow, and they deliver a lot of food energy from a given patch of soil. -
Outdated Riverdale home becomes exquisite contemporary digs
"The same family had lived in the house for 60 years, and now the father was living alone on the main floor and lower level, while the rest of the ...
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