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Dear Helen: The dahlias that I planted have done very well. My question: Is it advisable to cut them down early in the season to promote shorter, bushier plants rather than tall ones? H.B.

On the morning after the election, I ambled up the gentle incline into the back garden, with the intent of capturing a decent photo of the imposing shoo-fly (Nicandra) plants that had volunteered their presence in two of the vegetable plots.

Dear Tony: Our strata corporation was caught unprepared in the recent rain storms.

Dear Helen: I grew two Cherokee Purple tomato plants, side by side, this summer. One produced nicely formed tomatoes, the other almost all misshapen fruits. Can you think of any explanation for this? M.C.

Dear Tony: A notice has just been issued by our strata council demanding disclosure of vaccine passports.

Adam Benning created his dream home — from a recycled shipping container.

Early in the spring I decided to spruce up the vegetable garden with flowers planted along plot edges. The space is divided into four plots by a central path and a cross path. The results have been gratifying.

Dear Helen: Next year I want to grow as many food plants as possible vertically, on trellising or wire fencing, to save space.

An unknown buyer has paid $22.75 million, the full asking price, for a six-bedroom waterfront home that sits on just over five acres on the Saanich Peninsula.

Dear Tony: Our owners approved just enough funds to replace one roof in our complex. We have three buildings each with 28 units, all the same age, and the roofing is in the same poor condition.