“Don’t over think it. It’s not rocket science” I love that quote. It comes from a guy whose name is Ray. He has a youtube channel called “Dance in the Sunshine” (Praxxus55712). I have been watching his videos now for about two years. I also like the reason he explains as to why he named […]
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What kind of roses do I have?
Roses are a symbol of love. That plant is the first one people think of and it is the most sold plant for Valentine’s day. A rose is in the Rosaceae family of plants. There are hundreds of species with thousands of cultivars. They can be standing shrubs or trailing plants or climbers. Many have […]
My sick tree had Carpenter ants
We had a tall jack pine and the tree was showing signs of sickness. It had many big balloon size bumps on it’s trunk. What we found inside was surprising. We had carpenter ants inside the tree and boy did they chew up that tree real good. The inside base was so badly chewed, that […]
Ant Control in Canada: Types of Ants
Have you seen any ants in your home? Do you see them every year? If the answer is yes, then I hope this information will be able to help you in getting rid of them. I actually wanted to use the word “control”, but in some situations you can’t use that word with ants. In […]
Garden-a-holics-anonymous
I think there should be a garden-a-holics anonymous…. A place where we can be us. We can compare notes, sing the praises of daylilies, write an ode about our favorite rose or meditate on the best plants to use in our Japanese gardens. Where everyone understands why we “just have to ” buy that […]
Continue readingRugosa Rose Prisoner of Thorns.
Rugosa Rose Prisoner of thorns. Word of Caution: If you have long hair or if you have any hair, please read this and BEWARE it could happen to you. My rugusa rose is one tough cookie. She will not allow me to control her. She wants to control me and so far I think she […]
Using Raised Beds in Gardening
A raised garden bed is a garden that has 4 sides boxed in with material (wood, concrete, logs, bricks etc) to hold your soil in one place raising it in the process. You can also have a raised garden bed with no sides at all. It would just be like a hill that is higher […]
Alan Titchmarsh helps us to garden.
I discovered Alan Titchmarsh while I was browsing gardening videos. He is British, charming and he has a beautiful soothing voice when he speaks. Also, I’ve noticed that when he speaks, he uses normal everyday language without all the dressy long dictionary words. How to be a gardener is 8 series of videos on gardening […]
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