Ideas
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Organic and Inorganic Tick Control for Properties
Ticks and the Lyme disease that can come along with them have become a real concern in Nova Scotia particularly on the South Shore. The reality of the trends we see reported is that certain homeowners now own properties with substantial and established tick populations. Not only can this have a real gross-out factor it…
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Trees on the Property Line are a Bad Idea: Plant a Hedge Instead
I’ve been saying for years that trees on the property line are one of the worst ideas out there and Fiona helped make that point for me this year. While I don’t fall trees like these I know a guy who does very well. Plus I earned my gold star in dragging and hauling brush…
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Grow Veggies for Growing Children
Personally, I’m a big advocate for growing food in our gardens no matter who you are but it’s doubly important to show children where our food comes from. Not everyone wants to have vegetables in their gardens though. If you have children, or maybe grandchildren, in your life I think it’s a great idea to…
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Plastic has no place in a garden
It seems oh so tempting doesn’t it? They sell nice long, sturdy rolls of it at the building center and you cover it up anyway. Why not just use vapor barrier (or another plastic) as your weed barrier? This year and last I spent and extraordinary amount of time taking out plastic weed barrier and…
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Very early spring projects
Here on the east coast of Canada we are enjoying some better than average spring weather. A few nice days can encourage anyone to get out there in the garden but is there anything that can be done this early while the ground is still frozen? Yes there’s plenty and I’m already hard at work…
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Should you invest time in weeding or money into expensive barriers?
Every season all the gardeners out there swear that this year is going to be different. This is the year we’re going to stay on top of the weeds and not let them get out of control. In fact we might even lessen the number of weeds for next year by carefully digging each and…
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How to avoid over planting
While both can look great for a time there is a big difference between a full garden and an over planted garden. Many people want their gardens to look lush, full and overflowing few have the time and patience to deal with one that is over planted. What is an over planted garden? While like…
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