Topic
Plants
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Shady Places – Cool and Calming Gardens
Shade gardens can be delightful havens filled with movement, texture and, yes, even colour. Shade gardens repay your hard work with respite from the…
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July Garden To-Do List
Flowers – Cut back perennials (e.g. hardy Geraniums, Delphiniums & catmint) after the first flush of flowers to encourage new growth and further blooms.…
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Will spraying dish soap or detergent help me deal with the caterpillars and bugs in the garden?
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment, have asked that Master Gardeners NOT recommend home made solutions. These products have not been tested for safety…
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Lions, Tigers and Dragons
We often focus on insect pests in the garden, like aphids. In this post, I would like to introduce you to some of our…
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June Gardening ‘To Do’ List
Direct sow warm season veggies like corn, beans, cukes and squash and flowering annuals like nasturtium, cosmos etc. Spring Bulbs –Cut flower stems of…
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What can I do about Japanese Beetles?
Hand Removal in the morning or evening is one of the best solutions in dealing with Japanese Beetles, but here are some further suggestions…
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Berries in the Home Garden
by Halton Master Gardener, Liza Drozdov In this issue, the first of our 4 part series on berries, we’ll focus on strawberries and raspberries.…
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All About Groundcovers
Groundcovers can be useful and time saving plantings to incorporate into your garden design.
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From Seeds to Garden Transplants – Part 2 of 5
Last month I wrote about preparing your grow light set up for starting seeds indoors, and this month we will discuss planting your seeds…
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Starting Plants from Seeds Indoors (Part 1 – DIY Lighting Set-Ups)
David Marshall, Halton Master Gardener Editor’s note: I’m delighted to feature our 5-part series that step us through the entire process from building your…