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Dear Tony: Our strata corporation has been hoping to open our gym and our common room to permit council meetings and owner events such as cribbage night on Tuesday and bridge on Thursday.

After being chased out of the garden repeatedly by rain through the first half of the month, I’m relieved, as a gardener, to see summer settling in. The cool, rainy weather did get cool season vegetables off to a wonderful start though.

Like a fine wine, some homes just get better with age … helped along with a few home-improvement projects over the years. That’s the case with the 1913 Fernwood home, brimming with character and old-world charm, owned by Michelle and Jeff Tucker.

Dear Helen: I was surprised to read in one of your recent columns that you were planning to add more oxalis plants to your garden. You described one in particular and the column included a photo.

It was something so simple, so easy. Why hadn’t I thought of it before? I was putting together my favourite breakfast — a boiled egg and a piece of toast — when I realized I had no jam for the toast in the fridge.

Dear Tony: Our strata owners and council are in a battle over the application of our rental bylaws and our short-term rental enforcement.

At this time in the gardening season, when most plants are up and growing, it can be useful to look around and think about what you’d like more of in the garden, whether it’s time to remove awkward or over-demanding plants, and what plants you want t

A tapestry of colour, floral texture and design — set against a backdrop of deep ocean blues and snow-crowned Olympic Mountains — awaits those who plan to enjoy the Sooke Secret Garden Tour , which starts next Saturday and stays live online for six m

Dear Tony: Our Victoria strata corporation has struggled with the decision process around how council is elected at the annual general meeting. We use the standard bylaws of the strata property act.

Dear Helen: A natural pond on my property has no water in it now, because of the dry spring.