Pruning and Loafing

Pruning and Loafing A couple of weeks ago, I suggested that this is the time of year to take it easy – sit back and drink in the benefits of all your spring time activity in the garden. Evidently not all of you took ... more ...

Time to kick back and Enjoy!

With summer solstice behind us (the longest day of the year) we are engaged in summer time gardening activities in earnest. That means that even our friends in Newfoundland are planting. Poor things, I feel guilty having ... more ...

The Best Lawn on the Block – without Chemicals!

Everyone, it seems, wants to have a nice green lawn. Even if you spend the rest of the gardening season on the golf course or at the cottage, I find that even the most negligent of lawn owners take some time in early spring ... more ...

It's Blossom Time!

by Ken Slingerland, Tender Fruit and Grape Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Just how early are the tender fruit blossoms this year? Each year we check our indicator tree, Prunus davidiana located at the Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph’s research “Vic ... more ...

2009 Vintage Report

by Donald Ziraldo, Chairman, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

The harvest this year is about ten days late, due to the somewhat colder weather and wet summer. Recent weather has been ideal and it has not rained since August 23rd. Verasion, which is a term describing the changing ... more ...