Garlic chives going to seed Like many gardeners I go kicking and screaming into winter. Grey skies, slushy sidewalks and shor…

The growing season is winding down with shorter days and cooler temperatures, and our gardens are starting to look a little rough around the edges. It’s time to bring in the final harvests, tidy up…

When to harvest? Before the squirrels do! September is upon us and overflowing baskets of garden goodies are everywhere. But harvesting in Zones 5 and 6 is not just an autumn endeavour. It’s a seas…

A homestead in the city? I can almost see Groucho. Maybe so, but the urban homestead is quite real, if not yet popular. So, what is a homestead? We all know what a home is – a place where you live…

Pollinators range from butterflies, bees, beetles, small mammals, birds and bats that are responsible for facilitating 90% of the pollination of our world’s flowering plants. They may feed off poll…

I hate to say it, but frost is almost here, and freezing temperatures are next. Winter, so they say, is coming. Don’t worry, though. Spring is only five months away. Five…months… Here’s the thing a…