Hello Toronto Master Gardeners Volunteers. Thank you for taking the time to help. I’m not even sure if this is the right place to ask but I’m reaching out anyway. :)
We share a common area with our neighbors who…
Hi. My grass didn’t do well over the winter and some dog pee has made it worse. I’m so confused about what to do step by step to revive it as all companies coming in give contradictory info. What’s the…
I have an 8 inch gap between my fence and my neighbours’ fence that runs along the property line. I would like to use a ground cover that is low maintenance to avoid having to maintain any plants or tend…
We bought a house this past winter and just moved in a couple of weeks ago. This past weekend, we finally started working in our yard. To our horror, we realized that the landscaped garden was covered in brown rubber…
Last fall we moved into a house that had been uninhabited for 10+ years. As you can imagine, its been a struggle to wrestle the house and grounds back from nature (mice, birds, cockroaches, ants, fleas, squirrels, etc). The 3000…
I reviewed one query in your database about the following.
There’s a method of suppressing weeds during the fall/spring using newspapers layered over each other. Would it help during the winter, if there’s some snow/rain, as forecasted in west end…
Four times since the middle of May I have mixed Creeping Thyme seed with fine sand, spread and gently raked it in bare soil in a small area exposed to full sun. It has received plenty of water this year…
I live in Scarborough, Ontario – clay soil. Due to unprecedented rainfall this spring, there has been an unwelcome massive intrusion of the above weeds in my backyard. Please let me know how I can eradicate these as they are…
I was in Burlington over the weekend and the homeowners had a plant called deerfoot. It looked a bit like rhubarb. I want ground cover for a large shady area that often has pine needles on it. Grass will not…
Hi, I live in Niagara and want to plant creeping thyme in the vineyard at the base of the vines. 1. to provide a bee friendly environment and 2. to prevent tall weeds around the vine. It would need to…
