September is the wise uncle of the months. He looks at us and says: “Now I don’t want to preach, but you can see for yourself. You did not plan to plant enough flowers that bloom late, and last spring, […]
September Gardening Tips
Just because a frost is predicted doesn’t mean you have to say goodbye to your lettuce, peas, and other fall crops. Cloches (individual plant coverings), cold frames, and other tools for retaining heat from the ground during a cold night […]
Summer Water Pond care and Algae
Summer care and Algae By the Pond Lady Summer is here and everything in your pond is in full rhythm, flowers are blooming, and your fish are active. Algae is growing, and you’re wondering what do I do about that […]
MYSTERY CACTUS – Gardening
Last week, I dropped in to see one of my daughter’s former teachers. The teacher has a warm, sunny classroom with an array of flourishing potted plants on the windowsills. It was a midwinter treat to see such luxuriant geraniums […]
POTS AND PLANS – Gardening
Gardening fads and fashions are as perennial as gardening itself. This spring giant plants such Colocasia (elephant ears) and Alocasia are all over the covers of gardening magazines and catalogs. Next year miniatures will probably return, only to be supplanted […]
How to grow Onions
Onions When the seeds are to be sown directly in the soil where the plants are to grow, the bed should be well prepared. Digging and manuring will have been carried out during the late autumn or winter and the […]
Growing and planting Marigolds: African and French Marigolds
Useful and Easily Grown Flowers for Garden and Greenhouse Tagetes (Tage’tes) are annuals of great decorative value during the summer and autumn months. They are natives of Mexico and South America and belong to the Daisy family, Compositae. The name […]
How to grow Radish from seed
Radishes Seeds of this quick-growing vegetable may be sown for salads at intervals from early March to October. It is generally treated as a catch crop, being sown on a piece of ground which is intended for cabbages or some […]
Gardening tasks to Do in May
MAY is the joyous month of the year, when old and young are working in their gardens. Perennials are now coming into bloom, but the various bulbous flowers are putting forth every effort to distract our attention from their fair […]
Protecting Your Garden Equipment: An All-Season Guide
Picture this: you’re an enthusiastic gardener, ready for a weekend of fruitful toil, only to discover rust on your favourite shears or your lawnmower refusing to start. Sound familiar? Such is a common woe faced by garden lovers across the […]