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Fight the munchers
Minimize damage caused by ravenous voles, deer
Cooler temperatures can invoke a certain amount of inertia among homeowners. Fall is no time for procrastination, however, when it comes to essential outdoor chores in preparation for the challenges that nature can present to the landscape. Animals, like humans, like . . .
Posted: 2014-09-20
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Contain your excitement
Take weather, weight into consideration when deciding what planter to use
If the sight and scent of all the fresh greens, boughs, birch poles, magnolia leaves and stems of red berries at your local garden centre is enough to inspire you to create a seasonal container display at your front entry, . . .
Posted: 2014-11-22
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Move-in ready homes for wildlife visitors
Promote biodiversity and encourage natural predators to control garden pests
While we wait for warmer weather and the chance to begin tending our gardens, birds and other small creatures are already hard at work searching for food and the most flower-rich habitats that will provide a rich source of nectar . . .
Posted: 2021-04-24
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Making the bed
New perennial and shrub choices for 2016
The shape and form of shrubs help to build the year-round structure and framework of the garden while perennials, once they emerge in spring, define the spaces in our landscape, filling it with colour, texture and beauty. As homeowners in . . .
Posted: 2016-03-05
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Film producer eyes record-breaking sale
If sold for asking price, home could make Brentwood history
LOS ANGELES — Blockbuster film producer Joel Silver is looking for his second major home release in two years. After selling his Malibu estate last year for US$38 million, Silver has listed his Brentwood home for sale at US$77.5 million. The . . .
Posted: 2019-10-19
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Open air, open design
Privacy, plants, lighting all come to play in personalized outdoor spaces
When professional landscape designer and horticultural consultant Lyndon Penner was a child in Saskatchewan, he asked for a playhouse to call his own. His grandmother responded by growing one for him. Russian mammoth sunflowers which grow to a height of some . . .
Posted: 2015-05-16
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GARDENING: Fresh ideas
Recommended reading for gardeners
Still have pots of dormant plants idling in your garage, waiting to come inside for winter storage? Thank goodness any unfinished outdoor chores are now hidden beneath a blanket of snow. Put aside any angst you may be feeling about this . . .
Posted: 2012-11-24
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GARDENING: Perennial joy
Choose your plants well and they'll keep coming back for more
What does it take to look your best? A long sleep under a warm blanket? A slow and gentle start before the real work begins? That's the right formula for perennials, too. If you invested in perennials last year, then you . . .
Posted: 2013-06-08
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PERFECT perennials
Last year's flash frost damaging, but could inspire rebuilding
Last November gardeners braced themselves for potential plant losses when temperatures suddenly plummeted from 0 degrees on Nov. 23 to -28 C by Nov. 26. Without the benefit of at least a few protective centimetres of snow cover at the . . .
Posted: 2015-06-20
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High on ornamental grass
Provides contrast and tranquility to gardens
Deer resistant. These two words are a powerful descriptor and make a good argument for including ornamental grasses in your landscape. At Assiniboine Park, home to Winnipeg's largest garden as well as a deer population that has demonstrated a steady appetite . . .
Posted: 2014-11-15