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
4 Creative Ways To Cook With Apples
Once harvest season rolls around, those of us with apple trees are always scrambling to find creative recipe ideas. One can only eat so many pies, tarts, and crumbles””as delicious as they are, you don’t
What To Do With Sour Cherries
You’ve probably heard the buzz about sour cherries and how they’re one of the most potent superfoods on the planet, but you might be a bit confused with how to actually eat them. They aren’t
How To Cook With Tomatoes: The Best Recipes For Gardeners
Tomatoes are one of our favourite things to grow in the garden because they produce such a high yield of edible fruit””the problem is, sometimes we’re left with more than we know what to do
Growing a Mixed Fruit and Vegetable Garden
The key to a great food garden is variety”” having a mix of fruits and vegetables gives you tons of options for experimenting, and it ensures you won’t get bored of having too much of one thing.
Fruit Flies
Fruit Flies by Rob Sproule We’ve all been there. You’re enjoying a ripe bunch of bananas and fresh summer peaches one day and they’re buzzing with little flies the next. Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) are
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,
What is Killing Our Bees
What is Killing Our Bees by Rob Sproule It’s impossibly to overstate how extraordinary bees are or how vital they are to our future as a species. Worldwide, about 200,000 species of bees pollinate
The Prairie Orchard
The Prairie Orchard by Rob Sproule I remember our family trips to Kelowna when I was a boy. To my young Albertan ears, “Okanagan” was a synonym for “delicious fruit that I can’t get
Growing Money: Save Money by Growing your Own Food
The Frugal Gardener: Can You Really Save Money by Growing your Own Vegetables? Are you getting sticker-shocked at the grocery store lately? Prices for fresh produce seem to keep going up while
Grow Your Own Citrus: Even in Alberta
Grow Your Own Citrus: Even in Alberta by Rob Sproule The Best Varieties to Grow Caring for Your Citrus Calamondin Oranges According to Feng Shui, a citrus plant wards off negative forces in the
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