Crop rotation is a good gardening practice to care for your soil and to reduce the risk of pests and diseases affecting your vegetable crops.  It means that you do not grow the same vegetable in the same place in…

Continue to add vegetable scraps and other compostable household waste to your compost pile throughout the winter.  To keep your ‘greens and browns’ in balance, cover your kitchen waste periodically with leaves that you have saved or shredded newspaper.  Decomposition…

Many of our indoor plants require more humidity than our homes can provide.  Increase the humidity around your plants by standing them on a  lined with pebbles.  Fill the tray with water to just below the top of the pebbles…

Once a month throughout the winter, check to make sure that your stored dahlias, cannas and the like are not rotting or drying out,.…

As you pore over the seed catalogues that are fast arriving now, note the time required for your choices to germinate and then grow to harvest or bloom. Then make up a calendar to make sure you get your seeds…

Many succulents produce baby plants (pups) around the mother plant.  To grow plants from these pups, pull the soil back from the plant to cut the pup off where it joins the mother plant.  Leave the pup exposed to the…

Every vegetable is a member of a vegetable family.  For example – peppers, tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant are all members of the Solanaceae (tomato) family.   Members of the same vegetable family tend to attract the same pests and diseases and…

Every time you water your houseplants, check them for problems.  Look at both the top side and the underside of leaves.  Check the edges and tips of the leaves.  Lightly scratch the soil surface.  Gently brush your plant.  A problem…

January is the perfect month to review your garden catalogues and consider what you want to grow this spring.  Place your seed order as some plants need to be started indoors many weeks before their outdoor planting date.  …

  If you have not already done so, spend some time in your garden shed looking after your garden tools.  Clean and sharpen the blades of your digging and cutting tools.  Dry them completely and spray them lightly with a…