Jacky

The garden usually rests around November in the Lower Mainland of BC, depending on the weather and when the rainy season returns. Usually the rainy season has long since arrived by the end of November and the gardeners of this area retreat to the dry warmth of the house. If you have a greenhouse, then … Read more

The Hosta is a fantastically popular and easy to grow perennial plant that’s commonly used in home gardens and containers. It’s another really good one for beginner gardeners. They’re easy to care for, have a very tolerant nature and very low maintenance life cycle. This plant is suitable for a wide range of growing zones, … Read more

What is a Skeletonizer?  The pest group called “skeletonizers” is a category of worms or bugs that will completely devour the entire green leafy part of a plant leaving only the inner structure of the leaf, the skeleton of the plant if you will. These are a very destructive creature that is highly traumatizing and … Read more

Some seed types form a very hard shell around the inner embryo that actually germinates. This occurs either naturally or when seeds get old. Even very old seeds can sometimes still germinate if the water can get inside. In order to do this scarification is required. The purpose of doing this is to soften the … Read more

It’s springtime, an exciting and rejuvenating time of year, seeds being planted, perennial sprouts emerging, spring flowers and summer flower buds are abundant everywhere. Well, what am I talking about then…carrot sprout carnage? Back up a little while when I created a small raised bed on a pallet about two weeks ago. This unique pallet was … Read more

Many people don’t yet know about the industrious little mason bee, although his popularity has grown a lot since our honey bee has been having problems. The Mason bee is much smaller than the honey bee but it pollinates about 75% more efficiently. Visually, it looks more like a common housefly but it definitely isn’t, … Read more