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Dear Tony: How does a strata corporation manage access to common areas that contain mechanical equipment or are not intended for recreational or casual use? We have a council member who is insisting that he be given keys to our electrical rooms, elev

Gardening friends have been expressing concern as they ponder the summer ahead and the prediction that it will be long, hot, and dry. How will I keep the garden watered, they wonder.

Embarking upon the total renovation of an enormous, century-old mansion on a large estate is not for the faint-hearted or shallow-pocketed.

Unusual approach to home sale in Alberta is not the only such contest to attempt to outsmart the down market

Dear Helen: I have grown foxgloves for more than 50 years, but this spring I聽found the most unusual foxglove growing in my garden. The top floret is fully open and looks more like a hollyhock.

Dear Tony: Our strata corporation has just issued its final accounting report on a special levy that was collected over two years for a major building upgrade. The account collected $3.8 million and shows every strata lot owner as paid.

I was surprised, and more than a little pleased, when a young girl came to sit聽with me at my station on the Cowichan Family Life garden tour on Mother鈥檚 Day.

Penny Hill has boundless energy and an artistic flair when it comes to home design and gardening. She is also blessed with a posse of hard-working friends who offered her some extra elbow grease when it mattered most.

Dear Debbie: I鈥檝e always wanted an all-white room but kids made it impractical. Now they have grown up so I鈥檇 like to do it. Have you any tips on how to make this special room work? Dianna Planning a monotone room is an adventure.

Dear Helen: You have written occasionally about the carrot fly, and how to protect plantings with floating row covers or insect netting over plantings as a barrier to the flies.