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Helen Chesnut’s Garden Notes: Save seeds from best to develop personal strain
An email from a gardener on Salt Spring Island took me back to the early days of growing tomatoes in my current garden when he wrote: “My favourite variety is Alicante — a rather small fruit but very prolific.
Oct 5, 2019 6:00 AM
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Debbie Travis: Usher in fall with colourful seasonal display
Dear Debbie: Do you have any tips for adding a bit of the glorious fall to our home without going over the top? It’s a short season, but we love the colours. Daniel Each season of the year introduces us to a different mood.
Oct 5, 2019 6:00 AM
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Helen Chesnut’s Garden Notes: Anthurium plants need frequent watering
Dear Helen: Is there a way to prevent brown spots from developing on my anthurium plants? N.S. Anthurium (flamingo flower) plants require high levels of humidity in the air and a soil kept consistently moist.
Oct 2, 2019 6:00 AM
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Condo Smarts: Owners entitled to see strata’s information about them
Dear Tony: Our strata council has engaged in some bizarre activities lately in how it holds council meetings and reports decisions to the owners. Our bylaws have an unusual condition that relates to in-camera minutes.
Oct 2, 2019 6:00 AM
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Helen Chesnut’s Garden Notes: Preparing for the changing season
More wacky weather.
Sep 28, 2019 6:00 AM
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Debbie Travis: Mirrors can act like windows to brighten a room
Mirrors play a powerful role in interior design. Their practicality for checking out how you look might be the most familiar benefit. It’s hard to imagine applying makeup and fixing up bed head without the bathroom mirror.
Sep 28, 2019 6:00 AM
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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Still a bit of time left to transplant perennials
Dear Helen: Can I move perennials now? I have several different types that I want to relocate, including some delphiniums. W.D.
Sep 25, 2019 6:00 AM
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Condo Smarts: Walk the buildings to fix strata lot mix-up
Dear Tony: We have an unusual problem in our strata corporation. We have 308 units in several buildings. Several owners have approached council with a complaint that their strata fees are not correct and want to know how to change them.
Sep 25, 2019 5:00 AM
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Victoria startup sells dust to kill compost-bin fruit flies
A Victoria startup has created an organic dust that kills fruit flies — while saving the worms — in compost bins.
Sep 23, 2019 11:53 PM
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Helen Chesnut’s Garden Notes: Let the seed-catalogue fun begin
Autumn officially begins on Monday and soon the new year’s seed catalogues will begin arriving.
Sep 21, 2019 6:00 AM
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