Growing 101
The Fake News on Earwigs By Rob Sproule Earwigs & Fake News Spotting Them Controlling Them Protecting Your Home They look like tiny prehistoric nightmares with a stereotype to match. But as long as you
Heavy Rain By: Rob Sproule Assessing the Damage Rainy Seasons “The green reed that bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak that breaks in the storm.” – Confucius Weather happens. Our
Synthetic VS Organic Fertilizers: Who will Win? By: Rob Sproule To Organic or Not to Organic How Organic Fertilizers Work How Synthetic Fertilizers Work Most Effective Organic Fertilizers “If the grass on the other side
Best New Edibles for 2017 By: Rob Sproule The New Gardening Tomato ‘Chocolate Sprinkles’ Thyme ‘Spicy Orange’ Pepper “˜Bhut Jolokia’ Cucumber ‘Salad Bush’ Kale ‘Prizm’ ” Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes.
Growing Asparagus in Alberta By: Rob Sproule Asparagus 101 The Art of Harvesting Good and Good For You Fresh asparagus is a short-season wonder that travels across our dinner plates like a shooting star. It’s
How to Grow the World’s Hottest Wild Pepper By Rob Sproule The Ghost How to Grow Them Why are they so HOT? “A good spicy challenge strikes a balance between flavour and fear.” –
Image credit: NASA Gardening in Space By Rob Sproule Growing without Gravity The Power of Plants Space Flowers “It’s a fixer-upper of a planet but we could make it work.” – Elon Musk, CEO
A Christmas Rose by Rob Sproule A Christmas Rose – The Story Warning: This Is Not a Gardening Article”¯ A Rose has sprung from a tender root, From Jesus, as those of old have
Best Terrarium Plants By Rob Sproule Baby Tears African Violet Ferns Succulents Building your own Terrarium isn’t as hard as you think, get the how to here! Everything old is new again. Terrariums, voted the
Christmas Cactus 101 By Rob Sproule Care Bloom Trouble Shooting What do the jungle covered mountains in southeastern Brazil have to do with Christmas? The small Schlumbergera genus clings to the damp rocks and moss
Kitchen Scrap Gardening By Rob Sproule We may be done with our fruits and veggies after dinner, but they’re not always done with us. The scraps we throw away often have the potential to keep
Darkness Dwelling Plants By, Rob Sproule ZZ Plant Peace Lily Chinese Evergreen I hear it daily. People wanting to have more plants in their indoor spaces, for health or aesthetics, but don’t have enough light.
What’s Wrong with my Herbs? A Trouble Shooting Guide By, Rob Sproule Not Enough Light Water-Logged Soil Softened Water Dry Winter Air Insects When the winter winds blow and everything outside, well, dies, a windowsill
Top 3 Reasons your Succulents are Dying By Rob Sproule You watered it too much Your soil is too sandy It’s in the wrong spot Succulents have become the new “it” plant. You’ve seen their
Microgreens vs Sprouts By Rob Sproule Safer Growing Conditions They Taste Different Nutritional Values Is it just me, or is no one talking about sprouts anymore? They trended like wildfire in the 90s, but a
Collecting Seeds By Rob Sproule There’s a glorious patch of poppies in our perennial border that my wife’s Nana planted decades ago. Every year my wife waits for the rattle in the pods and spreads
Plants That Make You Go HMMM By Rob Sproule It’s that time of year again where our fancy turns to thoughts of sitting at desks, staring at screens and books, pining to be outdoors. Few
Poisonous Perennials By Rob Sproule A vibrant, blooming perennial bed is one of the hallmarks of a gorgeous garden (and a savvy, dedicated gardener). But we forget that behind the aesthetics of perennials lie separately
In Search Of “Local” By Rob Sproule You don’t get buzzier than the buzzword “local”, these days. From small town Farmers’ Markets to nation wide grocery chains, everyone is waving the banner and trying to
Combating Nature Deficit Disorder By Rob Sproule Kids are spending less time in nature. We could argue about causes, whether it’s too much screen time, fear about getting hurt or heavily scheduled extra-curricular time, but
Cherry Maggots by Rob Sproule We’ve heard a lot about apple maggots lately and, unfortunately, the prognosis for backyard apple growers is pretty dire. For every fruit there is a pest, it seems, and for
Gray Mold by Rob Sproule Most fuzzy things are just plain cute. Who can resist an over-plushed teddy bear or a fuzzy caterpillar in the palm. This article is about one fuzzy thing that’s more
Laying Sod 101 By Rob Sproule Sod or Seed? You may not be able to buy love, but as far as a new lawn goes, you can buy time. When you either want a new
Ground Beetles: Gladiators of the Garden by Rob Sproule In old Hollywood movies you always knew who to root for. The good guys were handsome and the bad guys were ugly. It’s a money making
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