Watering: The Great Reminder
Well it has been almost three weeks now, and still no rain again. In typical Manitoba ...
Grafting: The Franken-trees?
Have you ever pondered this in your own yard… a flowering crab apple tree is growing a...
The Bishops…Gout…Weed?
Bishops Goutweed, Snow on the Mountain, Gout-wort, Ground Elder, Wild Master Wort: wha...
Russian Flowering Almond: The Flower from Siberia
To increase the variety of trees and shrubs we can plant in our landscape we often bri...
Beating the Heat… And the Weeds
We all wait for summer and then when it gets hot and sticky we wonder what were we wai...
Chamomile: When life gives you lemons…make tea?
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Unfortunately we can’t even grow lemons...
Survival of the Well Informed
Summer has finally arrived. I have been looking forward to this for months. The longer hours of sunlight, the thunder...
Portulaca: Fixing the Reputation
Let’s talk Portulaca. Now I know what you are thinking, “Isn’t that a weed?” or “Don’t...
Gardening 2.0
Judging by the spaces in our greenhouse and fruit tree selection I would say everybody, and their dog are planting so...