Tag: garden
How to take cuttings from a Saintpaulia leaf?
Indoor plant flowering all year round, the saintpaulia is a great classic for flowering all the rooms of the house. Its rosettes of green, fluffy leaves contrast with its clusters…
Speaker series kickstarts Year of the Garden in Stratford
News Local News Green thumbs patiently waiting for spring weather will want to dig into an upcoming speaker series organized by Stratford’s master gardeners. (Getty pictures) Green thumbs patiently waiting…
When and how to cut boxwood?
Boxwood is an evergreen shrub, widely grown in gardens to create borders, hedges and topiary. Despite attacks by box tree moths, it remains highly coveted. Cutting boxwood to propagate it…
Peas, when and how to sow them?
Crunchy, sweet and harbingers of spring, peas are very popular vegetables on our plates. Simple to grow, start sowing in February to harvest the first peas from June. You will…
Can a dog live happily in an apartment?
Adopting a dog should not be taken lightly. Because a dog is not an object. It is a sensitive being which has its own needs and which is no longer…
What is sowing under a warm layer?
From January, the gardener begins his first sowing despite the winter cold. To anticipate plantings and harvests, there is the technique of sowing under a warm layer in order to…
Canna: what is it?
With its decorative purple, green or variegated foliage, very close to the banana tree and its very colorful trumpet-shaped flowers, the canna illuminates gardens from July to October. The colors…
Which berries are used to feed birds in winter?
With the cold and the snow cover covering the ground, birds are running out of food in the dead of winter. Plant plants that produce decorative and nourishing berries for…
How to make a natural Christmas wreath?
The traditional Advent wreath will adorn home doors or decorate holiday tables to contribute to the magic of Christmas. Why not make your own wreath with natural elements salvaged from…
The dahlia, a fashionable flower
Michel Caron presents lovers of beautiful gardens the dahlia, a very particular plant that the Aztecs called chichipatli Where acocopatli and of which they consumed daily tubers. During the time…