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18/04/2018

Grow ten times more basil with these easy tips. This video has five main sections: 1. Tools and equipment needed 2. Preparing your container for planting 3. ...

15/07/2017

Get your garden looking glorious!! What are YOUR weekend plans?

http://321garden.com Discover gardening tips for your yard clean up from professional gardeners Jessica and Christian. Easy to follow, with loads of practica...

14/07/2017

Hydrangeas love to be watered, hence the name: hydra-ngea! Use a hand watering nozzle and give them lots of water around the base during the morning hours & you will be rewarded....in blossoms!!

12/06/2017

Grow superfoods at home. Grow microgreens from seed, it's so easy! http://321garden.com/grow-microgreens-at-home/

Microgreens are easily grown at home in soil or other growing medium, which sets them apart from sprouts that are grown in water. If you’re looking to grow some superfoods in your kitchen, Microgreens are the crunchy, flavourful answer to your super food needs.

11/06/2017

Amazing scented plants! Try growing honeysuckle vine in your garden for a sweet, fragrant smell. Note that Mandarin honeysuckles are not scented, so be sure to ask at your garden centre for a scented variety.

10/06/2017

Vegetable planting secret tip! You can plant your seedlings deep, burying some of the stem. This way plants will grow strong from a short base, reducing the risk of them falling over on those long slender stems. I do this every year with my tomato seedlings.

09/06/2017

Vegetable seedlings: thinning tips! Remove the weakest plants from your seedlings and plant the strongest, straightest, most advanced seedlings in your garden. Now is the time to transplant seeds that were started indoors to your outdoor growing space.

08/06/2017

Vegetable seedlings: time to transplant to the garden. Get your veggies growing out in the open, in your garden beds with as much sunshine as possible. If you have started seeds indoors now is the time to plant outdoors.

07/06/2017

Designer tip for gorgeous annuals: triangulate your plants! Plant in an alternating pattern, not just straight rows. When placing your flowering annuls, space them so they are the same distance from the two nearest plants so that they are forming an equal triangle together. Keep alternating plants in rows for an even, designer garden look!

06/06/2017

Get lots of fruit and vegetables! Use 10-15-19 fertilizer like this one from Evergro. Recommended by great gardeners such as Brian Minter (BC, Canada), this fertilizer really helps with fruit and vegetable production.

05/06/2017

Help! Something is eating my bean plant! These holes at the edge of the leaf are made by slugs. Look for shiny, slimy trails as proof. Treat the affected areas with diatomaceous earth (silicone dioxide), also packaged as crawling insect killer. Safe for use around kids and pets.

04/06/2017

What's eating my Acer rubrum (red maple)? It's bagworm moth! This is the time of year that these moths eggs are developing into larvae and caterpillars. They can defoliate your trees! Get out there and hand pick the eggs, larvae or caterpillars off. Or spray with a biological control BT (bacillus thurigiensis) which stops the caterpillars from feeding. You can also prune out infested branches & dispose of them in the garbage (not your compost!)