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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: To help save insects, let garden go a little wild

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: To help save insects, let garden go a little wild

Bugs perform pollinating and other ecological, life-sustaining services
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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Lifelong gardener still learning new tricks

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Lifelong gardener still learning new tricks

Large, used water bottles with the bottoms removed used to great effect in 'winter sowing' project
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Condo Smarts: Construction delay doesn't change payment deadline for special levy

Condo Smarts: Construction delay doesn't change payment deadline for special levy

The enforcement of bylaws and resolutions is a requirement of the strata corporation under the Strata Property Act
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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Stored begonia tubers can be potted when growth nubs appear

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Stored begonia tubers can be potted when growth nubs appear

A reader asks: Should I be taking my begonia tubers out of cold storage now?
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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Composting a key part of sustainable gardening

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Composting a key part of sustainable gardening

It's increasingly important to grow food using methods that benefit rather than damage the environment
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Condo Smarts: Stratas need professional help to navigate wind-up process

Condo Smarts: Stratas need professional help to navigate wind-up process

It is essential for stratas to retain experienced brokers and lawyers to navigate through the complicated wind-up process to negotiate your best terms and pricing.
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A year's free rent awarded to Port Coquitlam tenant after landlord chose not to move into apartment

A year's free rent awarded to Port Coquitlam tenant after landlord chose not to move into apartment

Tenant owed more than $22,000 after the purchaser of the apartment she was living in changed their mind about moving in and rented it out to someone else.
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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Tips for identifying toxic Italian arum and cherry laurel

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Tips for identifying toxic Italian arum and cherry laurel

Readers ask how they can tell whether they have toxic varieties of plants 鈥� or something more benign.
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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hunt for favourite seeds leads to new finds

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hunt for favourite seeds leads to new finds

When the usual sources for plant 鈥渞egulars鈥� dry up, a search for an alternate supplier begins.
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Condo Smarts: Strata council should endeavour to solve accessibility problem

Condo Smarts: Strata council should endeavour to solve accessibility problem

While not all accommodations may be possible, dialogue with council and owners to solve an accessibility problem is essential
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