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Growing 101

Author: Rob Sproule

Top 5 Herbs to Grow and Why

Whether you’re whipping together a quick salsa fresca to enjoy on the patio, preparing a roast chicken dinner, or shaking up some swanky cocktails, you can get so much out of a personal herb garden.

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Flower Power

Flower Power Gardening

Fresh, bright blossoms instantly add excitement and vivacity to any backyard landscape. There’s just something so uplifting about the display of colour and texture you can achieve with a flower garden.

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Growing Mint

Mint 101

Mint is one of the most versatile herbs out there. And it’s making a huge comeback – not just in cooking, but even in design!

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How To Plant A Container Garden

How To Plant A  Container Garden by Rob Sproule So you wanna plant a container garden? It can be intimidating, especially if you’ve been  surfing the net looking for inspiration on professional gardening sites.  Stop

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Poplar Borer Insect

Poplar Borer

Poplar Borer by Shirley Martin We have two small dogs who are getting up in years making more temperate weather ideal for walking them. My daughter and I decided to check out the local lake

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Himalayan Balsam

Himalayan Balsam by Rob Sproule   I love spy movies, ones like James Bond where the cars are fast, the suits expensive and you never know which beautiful woman you can trust. When I see

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Colorado Potato Beetle

Colorado Potato Beetle By Rob Sproule   The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), alias potato bug, alias 10-striped speaman, is the most destructive potato crop pest in Canada. After entering Canada via Ontario in 1870,

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Square Foot Gardening

Square-Foot Gardening by Rob Sproule   From lasagna gardening to vertical beds and hydroponics, I’ve seen a lot of trendy gardening techniques walk the stage and, usually, keep walking off the other end. Usually they’re

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Eat your Weeds!

Eat your Weeds! by Rob Sproule   Weeds. We either love to hate “˜em or just plain hate “˜em, but did you know that some people just plain love “˜em? To those in-the-know, weed control

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Drought Gardening

Drought Gardening by Rob Sproule   Drought is a sword of Damocles on the Prairies, ever threatening to swoop in and turn our lawns to burnt straw and our gardens crispy brown. When drought happens,

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Japanese Knotweed

Japanese Knotweed by Rob Sproule   I don’t like scary Journalism. If I see a news report that tells me to stay tuned to find out what common household product might kill me, I change

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What’s Wrong with my Tomato?

What’s Happening to my Tomatoes? by Rob Sproule   We’ve all been there. Your tomato plants are growing just as they should and you begin to have visions of juicy salads, delicious salsa and beefy

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The Magic of Peonies

The Magic of Peonies by Rob Sproule “A rose is a rose, but a peony is a friend forever.”  – Anonymous   Loving the spotlight, peonies’ broad blooms announce themselves in our yards every June

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Mosquito Repelling Plants

Mosquito Repelling Plants by Rob Sproule Our late night summer sun is one of the sweetest things about living Alberta. Sitting on a warm 9pm patio and letting the day drain away like cold beer

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Stink Bugs

Stink Bugs by Rob Sproule An alarming pest is popping up across Canada in increasingly greater numbers. Stink bugs are easy to spot and cluster quickly into frightening large numbers. The good news is that,

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Blueberries 101

Blueberries 101 by Rob Sproule With it’s recent rockstar, superfood status, it’s easy to see why so many people are asking about how to grow blueberries. When asked, I’m used to getting a double-take when

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Scarlet Lily Beetle

Scarlet Lily Beetle By Rob Sproule Whether it’s their ease of growth or stunning flowers or just that we’re surprised that such a gorgeous plant can survive here, lilies are many Canadians’ favourite flower. They

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Perennial Blooming Calendar

Perennial Blooming Calendar by Rob Sproule Every perennial has its season, and whether it be an iris, rose or mum, the goal of planning a bed or border is to make sure something is always

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Not All Bees Are Scary

Not All Bees are Scary by Rob Sproule I’m writing this article because it drives me crazy when people ask me how to kill the bees in their yard, assuming that all bees, wasps and

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Cactus and succulents sitting on a counter

Trends in Container Gardening

Trends in Container Gardening by Rob Sproule   Container gardening isn’t a trend, it’s a deep shift in how we garden. For decades, we’ve been shifting more of our flowering annuals out of the flower-bed

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Seed Bombs

Seed Bombs by Rob Sproule Seed bombs, also called Green Grenades, are pretty much the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. They’re the artillery of guerrilla gardening, projectiles that throw seedy shrapnel across vacant lots and

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