As the Garden Grows
Gardening in Canada zone 5b, USD zone 6a - plant profiles, photos, and gardening tips
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A broken trellis brings indoor rose delights - 10 days ago
Last week we had a lot of rain (this week’s a heat wave and a few thunderstorms), and since the roses are heavy with blooms we had a little mishap. My Baron Prevost and Jack Cartier roses are standing tall near a wooden trellis that’s... Topics: Baron Prevost rose, Beautiful, Blooming today, blooms, branches, broke, broken branch, broken trellis, Clematis, cut roses, fixed, floppy, flowers indoors, Garden Buzz, heavenly, heavy with roses, In The Garden, Jacques Cartier rose, Lovely, peonies, rain, rose, rose perfume, scent, trellis, weight, wet roses
A busy few weeks – but my garden is full of roses! - 10 days ago
Sorry I haven’t been writing much lately! It’s been a busy few weeks. My husband and I have had a few family things to do … like helping the in-laws put in a new fence, visiting with my brother and sister, attending some interesting... Topics: bags of mulch, Blooming today, busy, cedar mulch, events, Family, garden, Garden Buzz, Garden Maintenance, garden photos, gardening, Home and Lifestyle, mulch, photos, rain, Summer in the Garden, Toronto, visual editor, watering, weeding, Wordpress
My rose buds are covered in aphids! Ugh - 25 days ago
I was outside in my garden today, wandering around looking at the four Clematis that are currently blooming and checking to see if any of my roses or if the peonies had begun to bloom yet and I noticed that almost all of my rose plants had tons of aphids. Topics: aphids, Blooming today, first flowers, first roses, garden, Garden Buzz, Garden Maintenance, gardening, In The Garden, kill aphids, lilies, lily beetle, pests, ragged leaves, rose, roses, soapy water, spray bottle, victory
Deer getting take-out food - 35 days ago
I know that some of my fellow gardeners probably feel like their garden is an open buffet for wildlife pests such as deer and rabbits … apparently deer aren’t only hitting local gardens. Nope, they’ve started trying to get take-out... Topics: buffet, deer, funny, Garden Humor, garden pests, gardeners, Humor, In The Garden, menu, pests, Pets and Wildlife, rabbits, Recreation, salad, veggies
10 ways to minimize slugs and snails in the garden - 56 days ago
I just received a comment on my main blog, Tricia’s Musings, from a regular reader and he said that he lost most of his Hyacinth flowers to slugs this year. What a shame! He must have a very heavy infestation of slugs. I don’t believe... Topics: abrasive, ash, bait, barrier, beer trap, birds, chicory, chives, coffee grounds, compost, copper tape, damage, delphinium, diatomaceous earth, dry soil, eat leaves, eat plants, eliminate slugs, frogs, garden, Garden Maintenance, Garden Tips, garlic, get rid of slugs, ginger, Home and Lifestyle, Hosta, In The Garden, irregular holes, mint, moisture, natural, nematodes, Organic, pests, pick off, protect plants, seedlings, signs, slime trail, slugs, snails, snakes, soil, Spring Tasks, strip plants, yeast





























