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Author: Jennifer Cordingley
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Gardening in Dry Conditions
Blue Grass Garden Blog, April 2024 This upcoming garden season is going to be an interesting one. Most of us are planning and preparing for a very dry season. While the latest, seemingly unending snow flurries this past month, have been welcome as ‘we need the moisture’, it may be too little too late. We’ve […] Read MoreGarden Season
Preparing for Spring – Time to Pamper your Indoor Plants
Blue Grass Garden Blog, March 2024 March is an ideal time to lavish some care on your indoor house plants. The outdoor garden season is just around the corner, so it’s a good time to explore some spring indoor plant care tips. Longer days, warmer temperatures, and changing light levels will have your house plants […] Read MoreGarden Basics
Chasing Spring
March 4, 2024
Blue Grass Garden Blog, February 2024 February Follies The winter of 2024 has been mild to say the least, although early this year, the short-term deep freeze tried to knock us all down. Early February was once again showing us unseasonably warm temperatures and had us all eagerly anticipating spring. Although, maybe no one as […] Read MoreBasic Garden Designs
Garden Trends for 2024
January 22, 2024
The start of the new year may have us looking at the past, what’s is our current situation and what will the future bring. New Year’s resolutions are being made, new day planners are being opened and written in with precision, colour and hope for fun ahead. With a mild winter (up to this month) […] Read MoreBasic Garden Designs
Getting Started with Perennials and Annuals
January 8, 2024
Blue Grass Garden Blog, July 2023 Continuing our series of what we can grow and what we should plant in Zone 3/4, we turn our attention to the colour and personality of the garden. Perennials and annuals are herbaceous plants that are the filler to the structure created by woody ornamentals. Perennials are plants that […] Read MoreBasic Tree Care
Choosing Hardy Trees & Shrubs
Blue Grass Garden Blog, June 2023 Gardening in Zone 3/4 certainly has its challenges, but with some basic knowledge and a little fortitude we can grow some beautiful gardens in the prairies and foothills. Any new gardener to our growing area should fundamentally understand the growing or hardiness zone, how to create a fertile garden […] Read MoreGrow Your Own
Determining What is the Right Tomato for Your Garden
September 28, 2022
Choosing what type of tomato to grow in your yard may seem as easy as checking them out at your local greenhouse. Knowing a bit more about the right type of tomato to grow in your garden space will help you optimize the tasty rewards. Determinate vs Indeterminate Tomatoes There are two main growing types […] Read MoreAnnuals
Our Favourite Cool Season Annuals
When we are ready to get growing in the early spring, there is no plant that is more loved or promoted as the spring annual to plant. Generations of gardeners have planted pansies for their full, colourful faces, happy flowers, and spring (and fall) hardiness. Violas have been jumping up in our gardens for years […] Read MoreAnnuals for Sun
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