If you don’t have a lawn mower that can be used to chop your leaves, consider putting them in a large garbage pail and using a weed eater to chop them (small amounts at a time).…
Rake the soggy masses of leaves off your garden – chop them up and return them to your garden as a cozy blanket for your soil during the winter. The chopped leaves will decompose and add valuable nutrients to your…
Fall is the ideal time to move shrubs and trees but if you know you won’t be able to do so this fall, prepare the plant for a spring move by root pruning it. Plunge your spade into the soil …
Harvesting winter squash after a light frost will give you a sweeter squash but it will also give you a squash that won’t store as well. When cutting the squash off the plant, leave a 2-4 cm stem on the…
After the first heavy frost, carefully lift your dahlia tubers with a fork. Remove the tops to within 6 inches of the crown. Gently brush the soil off the tubers and lay them out to dry in the sun for…
Bush beans sown while the soil was still cool and wet showed a poor germination rate and those plants that grew were diseased and attacked by pests. The beans sown a few weeks later when the soil had warmed up…
Planting a tree too deep can cause the death of a tree. The flare (the base of the tree where the trunk becomes wider – just above the roots) should always be left exposed. If the flare of the tree…
Problems in some flower or vegetable beds? Wondering if your soil could be at fault? Now’s the time to test it so that you know how to plan for next year.
We recommend the City of Toronto’s Guide for Soil…
Order spring-flowering bulbs now and plant them as soon as they arrive. Work bone meal into bottom of planting holes for better growth. By using “lasagna” layers (or bunk bed layers as one nursery man calls them), with the late…
As we move into the fall and winter months, make sure you clear all diseased material from your garden to prevent pest and disease problems next spring. Burn the diseased material or put it in the garbage, not in your…