Gifts of the garden

Having a notebook will allow you to keep track of what varieties worked well, what could be improved upon, how the weather might have affected the garden that season, and more.

Words of wisdom from the comic Calvin and Hobbes

Learn about the five major families of native pollinator bees in Ontario, including squash bees, mason bees, sweat bees, solitary bees, bumble bees, and more.

Thomas Jefferson on growing old in the garden

Learn how to read through all the seed catalogs and choose the best plants for your garden in this week’s tip.

Enduring happiness is the love of a garden gives

Fractals are never ending, repeating patterns. Infinitely complex across a range of scales. In nature and in our gardens, we can find examples of fractals and approximate fractals all around us.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure