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My hardy red gets leaf curl in some years, but not others, and it recovers quickly with a second set of leaves. This year was particularly bad,...
Indeterminate tomatoes planted outside are usually still setting fruit well into August on the west coast, largely due to our extended cool...
Fraser's Thimble Farm, Saltspring Island (http://www.thimblefarms.com/conifers.html)
Dont spend too much time overthinking the compost thing. When its ready, just use it. However, using it in the fall makes the least sense, as...
The size of a fruit tree is dependent on the rootstock it is grafted onto (fruit bearing trees are rarely grown on their own roots as this...
Don't fertilize now except with a nutrient rich organic mulch... such as well rotted manure (the fresh stuff is a no-no), finished kitchen scrap...
My taurus is beautiful, but spindly. The stems dont support the weight of the flowers and the whole thing is semi-prostate during blooming. It...
Paw paws have delicous fruit and its well worth owning your own tree, as the fruit doesn't travel well and can not be produced and sold...
Peach trees will benefit from being out of the rain, but that really isn't practical in most situations. Planting 18 inches away from a south wall...
All your soil additives could be used as mulches, spreading over the surface of the soil when the plants are dormant... you can even just spread...
Try Seven Ravens farm on Salt Spring Island. They do the permaculture thing, and was where I found goumi. http://www.seven-ravens.com/
Flys have short clublike antennae and only one pair of wings. Bees have longer segmented antennae and two pairs of wings, but the separation...
Camelias and rhododendrons are much better for the north side of a house than are roses. And of perrenial flowers, Lilly of the Valley and...
Dont over think the composting and mulching. In nature is all ends up on the ground, and so all ends up as soil humous. Its all good. Unless the...
Le Coteau Farms & Nursery, just north of Victoria on the Saanich Pennisula http://www.lecoteau.com/
