Mastering Spring Pruning, Part 2: How to Prune
While it’ll still be a few months before we can start filling our garden beds and containers, we’re right at the cusp of spring pruning season! If the thought of pruning still makes you a
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Mastering Spring Pruning, Part 1: When to Prune
While we all know pruning is a routine gardening procedure, it might surprise you how many people shy away from pruning their landscape plants. In fact, pruning questions are the most common kinds of inquiries
The Urban Farmer: Veggies, Fruit Trees, and Chickens
The last few years have seen a surge of interest in learning to be more self-sufficient. For some people, this means finding a way to go completely off-grid. But that’s not attainable, nor necessarily desirable,
Pruning in April
Pruning in April By Rob Sproule April is the gardeners’ pacing month. The snow has melted, the sun warms us and the brown, bare garden taunts us. When it’s too warm to be inside but
Operation Fruit Rescue: Micro-Orchard
Operation Fruit Rescue: Micro-Orchard by Rob Sproule The morning of September 13 had a crisp bite to it, and we pulled into the old McCauley public school with a van full of trees, notepads,
Growing Fig Trees
Growing Figs: The Cure for the Common Houseplant by Rob Sproule When you live in a cold climate like ours, it’s easy to think it’s futile to try and grow anything edible after the snow
Apple Maggots 101
Apple Maggots 101: by Rob Sproule We’re all heard murmurs about Apple Maggots (Rhagoletis pomonella) and how they pose a real threat to backyard apple production across Alberta. I’d like to be writing this
Growing the Perfect Apple
Growing the Perfect Apple by Rob Sproule There’s nothing better than plucking a ripe apple right off the tree. While this isn’t the Okanagan, there are dozens of varieties of apples that are
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