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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Here's hoping weather co-operates

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Here's hoping weather co-operates

Gardeners will be hoping that El Nino will bless us with good conditions for early planting season.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Indoor plants need less water in winter

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Indoor plants need less water in winter

As long as other growing conditions are constant, lower light levels mean plants can use less water
Condo Smarts: Vigilance required to counter Facebook comments

Condo Smarts: Vigilance required to counter Facebook comments

Be proactive to ensure accurate information is available to the owners and the public
Do you need to remove your underground oil tank? It depends on where you live

Do you need to remove your underground oil tank? It depends on where you live

Homeowners with underground oil tanks are under no obligation to remove them in most of Greater Victoria, but leaving them in the ground carries a risk
Helen Chesnut: Ownership changes can affect prices, availability

Helen Chesnut: Ownership changes can affect prices, availability

Some locally owned businesses are taken over, often by big corporations
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How to reduce watering and keep soil moist and cool

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How to reduce watering and keep soil moist and cool

All of us, in these times of drought, will be occupied with moisture conservation and ground-cooling issues in the upcoming growing season.
Condo Smarts: How much notice is required for a strata AGM?

Condo Smarts: How much notice is required for a strata AGM?

Strata councils must ensure owners have sufficient notice of meetings.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Snow is a quiet reminder to slow down

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Snow is a quiet reminder to slow down

Savour the one or two periods of snowy weather that we encounter in a West Coast winter.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hilde worth a try for salad lovers

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hilde worth a try for salad lovers

Hilde is a cool season lettuce best grown for spring and autumn harvesting, which means early sowing for spring harvesting and a midsummer to late summer sowing for fall and early winter harvesting.
Condo Smarts: Further subdivision of strata is possible

Condo Smarts: Further subdivision of strata is possible

Our townhouse community has been approached by a developer about selling some land to build more units in a separate strata corporation. Is this possible?