I’m happy to introduce a guest post from Bobbi Peterson. Enjoy! Gardening is so much fun to do because it makes you think of so many things at once that all come together into one beautiful plant. You have to make sure your soil and positioning is right, that you’ve watered it enough and then […]
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GUEST POST: Bring New Life to Your Garden by Makin...
Today we have a guest post from Budget Direct on how to bring new life to your garden by making it bee-friendly! The news is full every day with disturbing stories about how human interference is damaging our planet and jeopardizing our natural resources. On the grandest scale, it can be depressing and frustrating to […]
Got Milkweed? How to Harvest Milkweed Seeds
By now, you’ve probably heard that milkweed planting is a thing – since the David Suzuki Foundation’s Got Milkweed campaign has been encouraging people to plant it and help improve the monarch butterfly population. Well, did you know that fall is the best time to plant milkweed seeds. Milkweed seeds sowed just before the ground […]
5 Easy to Grow Perennials for Edmonton #FiveonFrid...
Now that things in my garden are getting established, I thought it would be nice to share about some of the perennials that are doing really well in our Edmonton climate (Zone 3a). I’m beginning to really love perennials because they come back every year and announce it’s time for spring! We did landscaping from […]
5 Reasons to Grow Your Own Strawberries #FiveonFri...
Every year, Environmental Working Group (EWG) puts out their list of produce with most pesticides: the Dirty Dozen, along with their list of the Clean Fifteen (produce with least amounts of pesticides). For several years, apples have been the top offender. This year, strawberries are at the top of the list. So for today’s Five on […]
GUEST POST: How to Get Rid of Common Household Pes...
Today I’m happy to introduce Angela Thomas from NYCity Pest Control, who shares her tips on how to get rid of household pests naturally! Pesticides, chemicals and pest control service providers are the things that come to mind if you hear the words “pest extermination”. But what many fail to understand is that the chemicals […]
5 Tips For Planting Milkweed #FiveonFriday #gotmil...
It’s Spring!! Although there is usually still snow at this time of year in Edmonton, I am buzzing with excitement at how beautiful it is (even though it is a nasty sign of climate change). I started some seeds a few weeks ago and am super excited to see them starting to pop and I […]
Compost Fundraiser in Edmonton for Zoe’s Animal Re
Spring is here, spring is here! With the abnormally warm temperatures in Edmonton right now (hello climate change), I am itching to plant stuff in the garden! But, in order to do that, I need some good quality compost! For the past 2 years, I have been getting compost from the compost fundraiser in Edmonton […]
5 Things to Do Before Spring Arrives #FiveonFriday
It’s still February, but with the unseasonally warm temperatures we’ve been having in Edmonton, we can’t help thinking that SPRING IS COMING!! (Climate change is not a myth. Our climate this winter has been seriously wonky.) I’m trying to be proactive and think about what I need to do before spring DOES arrive, so I’m […]
Why NOT to Buy Flowers for Valentine’s Day #Fiveon
Chocolate and flowers are the stereotypical gifts for Valentine’s Day, and I can understand why. I love chocolate (fair trade organic camino chocolate, to be exact). And I love flowers. But I no longer love to get a bouquet of cut flowers, for several reasons (which I first discovered when writing my wishlist for Mother’s […]