Woodland nurseries you need to know about
Not all Nurseries are created equal. Most provide plants your average gardener is looking to plant. But Woodland gardeners and native-plant gardeners are not your average gardeners. Here are four specialty nurseries you will want to check out online if you are looking for special plants or just reliable information on growing plants you already own.
The first step to building our Woodland Garden
Building your dream garden may start with planting a tree or your favourite shrub. For us it began by escaping our new-home subdivision and taking the leap to an older fixer-upper that provided us with the property we needed to start our dream Woodland garden.
Mulch Mania: Building a foundation for a low-maintenance garden
Building a solid foundation starts with your garden’s soil and there’s no better way to build a high-quality soil than to use mulch. Cedar mulch forms the foundation of our low-maintenance woodland garden. It’s benefits are too numerous to list but here’s a start.
The Garden Awakening will change the way you garden
Mary Reynolds’ The Garden Awakening is an important book during these troubled times. It is both a gardening book and a road map we all need to follow into the future. For some it is a treasure map to help them rediscover nature and themselves. For others, it will provide them with a new way of looking at their gardens, their land and their life. Please, click on the link for the full review.
How long do hummingbirds live in the wild
Wondering how long that little hummingbird that visits your yard every year will be returning. If everything goes well, you might be surprised how long the hummers might be returning to your yard.
Linden tree: A stalwart in our woodland garden
The Linden is an important part of our woodland garden providing deep shade in summer and habitat for wildlife as well as lovely fall colour.
Weeping Japanese Maple: Perfect for a small space
Weeping Japanese Maples are excellent trees to include in your landscape. They are small enough to add an accent to even the smallest yard but elegant enough to draw attention in a larger yard.
Falling in love with the Olympus 45mm F1.8 and MCON P02
The Olympus 45mm F1.8 teamed with the MCON P02 takes an already outstanding lens and makes it significantly better.
What are the benefits to growing native violets?
Our common native violets are important wildflowers that need to have a place in our gardens and even in our grass.
Front yard ideas: Embrace your garden style
Create a front garden that pleases you rather than your neighbours.
How to get the Moody Green look in your images
The moody green theme has become extremely popular in today’s social media apps. Creating that vision in your own garden images begins by building a Lightroom preset that helps you create the images.
Mature Japanese Maple is star of the woodland garden
There is nothing like a mature Japanese Maple in a landscape with its elegant horizontal branches stretching out and shading the ground below.
Large bird feeder plays big role at feeding station
Large bird feeders are an excellent choice to not only provide a reliable food source for backyard birds, but also makes keeping them filled less taxing, especially in winter.
Fields of gold: How to create ideal wildlife habitat
Creating a habitat for wildlife can be as simple as a flower border extending down the side of a driveway or across the back of your yard.
Embracing fall: Ideas for gardeners both indoors and out
Fall is the time we transition from the heat of summer to the warming colours of autumn both in the garden and in the home. Check out the ideas for both the home and the garden.
Best shade trees: Poplar tulip tree, birch, maple and oak
Shade in our landscape has never been more important. Here are four great shade trees to consider in your landscape.
Where do hummingbirds go in winter?
Ever wonder where the heck our hummingbirds go during the winter. You’ll find out all about their incredible journeys and where they spend their winters here.
Arbour creates vertical planting space, privacy and shade
Arbours can provide vertical garden space in gardens both big and small. You don’t have to grow roses, consider planting native vines or annual vines such as Morning Glories.
Can sedum be used as a ground cover?
Sedum is an ideal ground cover especially in hot sunny areas where other ground covers may struggle.
Focus on vintage Pentax 110 lenses on the Pentax Q
The Pentax Auto 110 lenses are capable of some impressive results, especially if you use one of the hacks that help sharpen the lenses and create a greater depth of field.