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Living on the North Shore we seldom get mushrooms, until this fall, now we have a lawn peppered with happy mushrooms, which appeared almost...
Is it OK to use paper that has coloured print ink on it for garden compost. I routinely shred all our paper, some of which has colour. Someone...
Always been told it kills plants? Have you experienced using it as mulch ?? Ellis
Our cedars have dumped huge qualities of dead leaf material on our garden, flower beds, lawns etc. Is there any good use for this? It seems to...
Any suggestions for the best raspberry bush's for North Vancouver. We are at 500' and have lots of trees, and my old raspberry plot is at least 20...
So many thanks, Luke - you have nailed it, thats exactly what we have Im sure. Sure a good looking tree in the spring, and we will look at the...
On West 15 St North Vanc is a 50' tall oak with bright yellow leaves, that in the last few days are just turning lime green. Perhaps the photos...
Just a thought, but we had a similar problem with outdoor soil, and were told its because of soil had a mushroom compost content, hence the...
I'd like to have some garden Blackberries,but am concerned about their proliferation. Can anyone recommend a variety for North Vancouver, if...
My raspberries are at least twenty years old - I still had good yeilds, except last year and more noticably this year, which was down...
Many thanks to all who have written in - I'm a lot wiser now in the ways of invasive plants. Ellis
Our Buddleia has been exceptional this year, growing by leaps and bounds (well over 10' now) and its so nice to see the butterflys attracted....
One of the best on line mango resources is: www.agroforestry.net/tti/Mangifera-mango.pdf Ellis
As we enjoy our birds, including those who feed on lawn bugs, we dont want to use chemicals to get rid of weeds, including bent grass. Ive read...
Many thanks to all who have contributed information on this subject. By next summer we will know which works best! Thank you all, Ellis
I recently bought bagged garden soil mixtures from 3 different suppliers, and seived them together. The cheapest one at $2 per 40 lb bag, was...
Have suddenly found patches of bentgrass in my otherwise weed free lawn. Mainly small clumps lying close to the ground, in an area say 3 feet...
Living in North Vanc we have constantly shedding cedar trees. What flower garden helper is best? We have tried 'steer manure' which seems to be...
Thank you all for such excellent advise about our calocephalus brownii - its so interesting to hear from so many interested and obviously well...
Wow- Lila, i'm impressed. We live in Vancouver, Canada, and you are in far away Hungary - where my favourite dixieland/jazz band - BENKO - lives....
