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I have a VERY happy & vigorous Red Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) that doubled in height & width in its 1st year & has been growing like...
I want to protect my tender crocuses from slugs & snails and just learned that my 1st choice d(iatomaceous earth) doesn't repel so much as dry...
When (& how) should I transplant an established winter-blooming hellebore in Vancouver? Obviously, most plants prefer to be moved in Fall or early...
This is in reference to a thread started by Pasquale - or, more specifically, to a reply by vitog about mason bees nesting in his japanese...
Hi, My friend has started a playgroup for 2-3yr olds and wants me to teach them a bit about plants & the natural world. One idea was to have...
I've got two 2nd-3rd year licorice ferns that have been happily growing in my garden since last summer. They're both in rich, acidic, woody,...
Hi, I've been clearing out an ignored corner of my garden and discovered that the soil is FULL of periwinkle & horsetail roots, plus some from...
Does anyone know whether it's really necessary for me to obsessively pick vermiculture worms (red wigglers, I assume) out of a 'worm bin'??...
Hi, We've got a volunteer bitter cherry that keeps returning each spring, no matter how much we try to remove it. And man, it certainly is the...
I've got another question about forcing bulbs... I know that the typical/Victorian way to force hyacinth bulbs is to suspend each one in its...
Hi, I'm looking for hyacinth bulbs that have already been forced, pre-chilled, or have just started to root in your garden (ie well-rooted...
Has anyone used the screened compost from the Vancouver city landfill?? Is it any good? And can I add it to my garden right away or do I need to...
Hi, I've talked about my ongoing problems with two arbutus seedlings here on a couple of occasions (post#1 & post#2) but I'm now facing...
Has anybody used a product called 'aphid chaser'?? It's a pheromone that supposedly repels aphids from plants, in the same way that you can use...
Hi, I'm thinking about putting a small (1m x 1m) bush in my back yard but don't even know which family might do best. The plant needs to have...
Hi, I bought 3 deer ferns last fall and planted them in an admittedly FAR too carbon-rich area (lots of woody mulch in the soil). But, after a...
I'm looking to compost a ton of mulched cedar & douglas fir in a new woody compost pile but I need a little help. I'll be adding a bit of the...
Hi all, Am now looking to buy a bunch of soil to replace my failed (=slow) lasagna garden and to allow me to re-plant all of my PNW native...
Hi, I know that licorice ferns (in BC) usually grow on maple trees, but what other trees/logs or conditions will they grow in?? I've got some...
Hi, Last fall I started a 'lasagna garden' in an area of my yard (previously =lawn + clay soil) that I'm going to be filling with Pacific...