Gardening offers relaxation, exercise, and the satisfaction of watching plants grow. To ensure plant success and garden health, you must understand the fundamentals of gardening. Check your garden’s soil before planting and make any necessary adjustments to ensure your plants have enough nutrients. This may necessitate the addition of compost or other organic matter, the correction of pH, and the improvement of soil drainage.
Gardening necessitates regular watering. Most plants will suffer from root rot if they are overwatered. Water plants deeply but allow the soil to dry between waterings to avoid waterlogging. Garden plant selection is also critical. Plants should be chosen based on climate, sun exposure, and soil. It is critical to choose plants that can withstand heat, drought, and shade.
Maintain your garden on a regular basis to keep it healthy and beautiful. Pruning, fertilising, and pest and disease control are all important. These tasks will keep your garden healthy and productive for many years.
Gardening is a fun activity that requires some fundamental knowledge. Understanding soil preparation, irrigation, plant selection, and garden care will allow you to grow a beautiful, healthy garden for many years.
Spring pruning is more than just trimming your plants. It’s a botanical ballet, a delicate dance between growth and restraint. Our comprehensive guide will help you master this dance, ensuring your garden in Ontario bursts with vitality and charm all season long
Revive old potting soil for eco-friendly, cost-effective gardening in Ontario! Remove debris, break up clumps, add nutrients, adjust pH, and sterilize if needed. Give new life to used soil, save money, and reduce waste. Embrace resourceful gardening and enjoy the rewards!
Discover the magic of composting with used coffee grounds in your Ontario garden! Boost plant health, deter pests, and improve soil structure. Mix grounds with compost materials or apply directly as mulch or side dressing. Enjoy eco-friendly, cost-effective gardening!
The Seeding Square is a simple yet ingenious color-coded seeding template that takes the guesswork out of planting seeds, ensuring that you achieve optimal plant spacing for maximum growth and yield. This handy gardening tool is perfect for gardeners of all experience levels, from seasoned green thumbs to first-time plant enthusiasts.
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To figure out which plants are appropriate for your garden, just check the hardiness zone indicated on seed packets or plant labels. Opt for plants with a hardiness zone the same as or lower than your area’s zone to guarantee their ability to withstand winter conditions.
Vertical gardening is becoming popular among gardeners looking to expand their growing area and add visual interest to their outdoor living spaces. Gardeners can use walls, trellises, and hanging baskets to create living walls, green facades, and vertical gardens....
Hay bale gardening, commonly referred to as straw bale gardening, has grown in popularity in Ontario recently. Instead of utilising conventional pots or garden beds, this type of gardening uses straw bales as plant containers. For gardeners with little room or bad...
Growing different plants together to improve their growth and health is an ancient agricultural practise known as companion planting. This method is based on the idea that some plants naturally help each other by interacting in beneficial ways, such as repelling pests...
Spring is the perfect time to start planting vegetables in your Ontario garden. The soil is beginning to warm up, and the days are getting longer, giving plants the ideal conditions they need to grow. But what should you plant, and when should you plant it? In this...
The neat and tidy winter garden is for many a thing of the past. Gardeners interested in wildlife habitat realize that perennial and annual flower seedheads are a boon for birds, and that many kinds of moths and butterflies overwinter in leaf litter. With these...
BAHCO ERGO BYPASS PRUNERS It’s a fact: good gardeners need good tools. Here are a few of our suggestions for tools that will make you a better gardener. The Right Stuff Bypass Pruners are a better choice than anvil pruners, which crush stems when they cut. There are...
The neat and tidy winter garden is for many a thing of the past. Gardeners interested in wildlife habitat realize that perennial and annual flower seedheads are a boon for birds, and that many kinds of moths and butterflies overwinter in leaf litter. With these...
Even if you don’t have access to a greenhouse, you can create conditions that will allow seedlings to thrive. Tops on the list of essentials are: a good source of light, air that circulates, adequate heat, and soil that holds water without becoming waterlogged. And it...
Way back in 2015, we shared a list of members’ Favorite Gardening Resources. The books chosen for this were time-tested and time-honored. Here we offer a list of more recent books. Some are surely destined to be tomorrow’s classics For the Vegetable GardenerThe New...
If you’re new to gardening, growing food and flowers in containers is a great place to begin. Some can be started from seed, right in the container. Here are some tips for success. Before You Start The bigger the container the better. This is especially important for...