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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: No need to prune small-growing patio tomatoes

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: No need to prune small-growing patio tomatoes

Small-growing patio tomato plants do well without pruning. It’s fine to leave them to grow as bushes.
Condo Smarts: Lighting upgrades can reduce electrical demand

Condo Smarts: Lighting upgrades can reduce electrical demand

A conversion to LED throughout the building has substantial benefits and a short cost recovery
House Beautiful: For the love of wood and nature

House Beautiful: For the love of wood and nature

A couple in their 80s downsized to a timber-frame home they built on an upsized 10.5 acres in Central Saanich.
Helen Chesnut: Deutzia scabra creates impressive display

Helen Chesnut: Deutzia scabra creates impressive display

Deutzia scabra and its double-flowered form ‘Flore Pleno’ can grow tall, to a majestic size.
Helen Chesnut: How to avoid 'the elevator look' for heuchera

Helen Chesnut: How to avoid 'the elevator look' for heuchera

Many heucheras have the habit of rising, with the years, well above ground level.
Helen Chesnut: Garden strawberries make a cheesecake delight

Helen Chesnut: Garden strawberries make a cheesecake delight

It sounds awfully fancy, but it’s really quite simple
Condo Smarts: Independent consultant can provide unbiased advice

Condo Smarts: Independent consultant can provide unbiased advice

Consultant can include scope and specifications of works, review site progress and sign off the final completion
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Harvest green beans before seeds bulge

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Harvest green beans before seeds bulge

In green beans, once the seeds within the pods swell, the pods become tough and fibrous.
Condo Smarts: Heat pumps require authorization of council

Condo Smarts: Heat pumps require authorization of council

Alterations without following the bylaws of a strata corporation are a common occurrence across the province
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How to fix soil that has too much nitrogen

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How to fix soil that has too much nitrogen

The quickest way to rebalance soil that is overloaded with nitrogen is to water with Alaska MorBloom, which contains phosphorus and potassium but no nitrogen.