Hey, it’s Barbara here.
I say there’s nothing luckier than learning you have a new gardener on your Christmas list – because there are so many things out there that they can use and will appreciate receiving. Here are a few of my favourites.
Weeding and Cultivating
Over the years I have filled my tool bucket with tools, [...]

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We’ve been asked where you can buy the excellent (and fun!) tool Helen used to uproot dandelions in an earlier video. You can buy it online at Fiskars UpRoot Weeder #7870 And if you hurry, there’s still time to get that link to Santa!
We’ve also added another video we shot earlier in the year, in [...]

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Even pulling dandelions out of the lawn can be fun if you have this great tool. Helen has become addicted to it, and Barbara had to hold her back from dealing with the dandelions in all the gardens on the street!

If you’d like one of these, you can buy it online at Fiskars UpRoot [...]

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Crabgrass is an annual weed, so it dies at the end of the season — but not before making lots of seeds for next year! In this video, Barbara shows how to deal with crabgrass organically in its pre-emergent stage.

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Helen gets busy raking leaves, mowing and fertlizing the lawn, while Barbara … well, just watch the video!

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This series shows the whole process of how to cut back, split and transplant a perennial. We are using one of Barbara’s favourite hosta to demonstrate how to do it. Watch the whole series, and at the end you’ll also see how NOT to do it! First, let’s cut back the plant.

OK, now that it’s [...]

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Susan, one of our readers, asked how to split a peony, so Barbara obliges by demonstrating just how to do it. Hope this helps you, Susan.

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Yesterday Helen took cuttings of several lovely coleus plants. In Part 1 of today’s video, Barbara begins the process of transplanting them.

Now, in Part 2, Barbara puts the cuttings in their own little “greenhouse”.

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Helen takes cuttings from various varieties of coleus, which will later be transplanted and bloom again next year. At least, that’s the hope!

In our next video, Barbara will show you how to transplant the cuttings.

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Many lovely plants just can’t survive a cold winter like ours in Southern Ontario. But you can have them again next summer if you bring them indoors for the winter months. In this video, Barbara brings in a beautiful brugmansia.

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