I can’t tell you how many times I have had customers tell me that they meant to plant bulbs last year but didn’t, either because they just forgot...
Author - Tricia Ingram
Owner Cobblestone Garden Centre, designer, hort grower, writer, & educator. Language enthusiast, sports fanatic, music & arts lover, volunteer, youth advocate
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Soil Health
Great plants grow out of healthy soil. Without exception, the are three critical elements to healthy soil: Porosity Physical structure of the soil can be...
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A Farmer’s Nose – Myth Debunked
The long season of dormancy is officially broken: I walked into our production greenhouses this morning and noticed a wonderful change in the air…I could smell...
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Frankincense and Myrrh
In the last article, we examined frankincense and the interesting cultural, biological, and historical associations with this product. This week we look at...
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Frankincense and Myrrh
Following Christian tradition, the three wise men brought baby Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh; specifically, gold for a king, frankincense for...
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Give the Gift of Holiday Plants
The important cultural and religious festivals of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa are all joyfully celebrated this month. Looking for a holiday gift steeped...
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Amazing World Safety Net
Envision an enormous concrete vault tunneled into the side of a mountain in the middle of practically no-where, the insides of which store fantastic riches...
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Putting Your Garden To Bed
Few things are as rewarding as creating and maintaining a beautiful outdoor area for your home. We Alberta gardeners take great pride in our yards and it...
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Tender Roses
I have fallen in love with tender roses. A true prairie girl, I was raised on simplicity and until recently never gave a second thought to having something so...
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Hardy Roses
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare loftily ponders “What is in a name? Oh but a rose would smell as sweet!” While we twenty-first century gardeners...