Before starting to plant your seeds indoors, it’s best to assemble all the items you’ll need for the task. In this video, Barbara shows you what those items are. Scroll down beneath the video for Barbara’s summary.

Here’s what I use to start my plants inside:
1. 3 or 4” plastic pots – filled with [...]

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This is the first in a series of videos in which Barbara plants seeds indoors. There are several steps in the process, and in this video she demonstrates her method of keeping her seed packages in order, ready for efficient planting.

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Barbara is a self-confessed seed addict. Every year she vows not to buy so many seeds, and every year the lovely seed catalogues persuade her to break her vow! So she does need a system to keep track of what she has and when she can plant it. Relax, have a coffee and join us [...]

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

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In response to a reader’s question, Barbara takes the mystery out of repotting an African Violet.

Two weeks later, sadly I have to report that the poor wee African Violet hasn’t fared so well under my tender care. Here’s what it looked like yesterday when I sent an SOS message to Barbara asking if I had [...]

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You can have your favourite plants back year after year, even if they are annual, if you carefully take cuttings of them. Here, Barbara takes cuttings of a lovely tall Impatiens plant.

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As part of your fall garden cleanup you’ll be breaking up large pots. Watch out for “residents” already established, as Barbara found out the hard way!

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