Garry's Pro Tips

How to Plant a Vegetable Garden

How to Plant a Vegetable Garden

If you like fresh, organic produce but don’t like the high grocery store prices, you should consider planting your own veggie garden—after all, you can’t get any closer to your kitchen table than your own backyard.
April 24, 2024
Tags: Gardening
Home Grown: Cold Hardy Crops

Home Grown: Cold Hardy Crops

The following is a guide on a few species that not only will survive the cooler months, these veggies actually prefer it.
April 05, 2024
Tags: Gardening vegetables
Forcing Bulbs

Forcing Bulbs

Bulbs can bring spring cheer indoors, particularly in the middle of winter after all of the glitter of Christmas is over. Bulbs can be planted in almost every type of container, providing it has good drainage.  The bulbs will be planted closer together in containers than outdoors. You can combine bulbs with other plants or with other bulbs to prolong flowering enjoyment. Read on for everything you need to know!

March 20, 2024
Tags: bulbs Gardening
Colour Spring to Fall - 6 Basic Perennials

Colour Spring to Fall - 6 Basic Perennials

These six essential perennials are plants of size and substance. They will be the backbone of your perennial garden. With the wide choice of cultivars available in each of these six basic plants, any colour scheme is possible.
April 21, 2023
Tags: Gardening perennials
Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden

Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden

If you’re looking to attract more hummingbirds into your space, look no further. This blog will provide three steps on how to attract these beautiful almost magical birds to your space.
May 17, 2022
Tags: Gardening hummingbirds
Composting

Composting

Almost every day we hear about the new Three R’s – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Did you know that one common gardening practice combines all three? Composting. Compost is a natural organic fertilizer made by decomposed vegetable waste. By recycling your family’s garbage, you can reduce household waste, and can then reuse the compost as organic matter to improve the quality of soil in your garden!
March 12, 2021
Tags: Gardening
Landscape Care, Maintenance and Winterizing

Landscape Care, Maintenance and Winterizing

To help you gain the most from your new landscape planting, proper maintenance and care is required. The following basics will help keep your garden in tip-top shape throughout the season.
March 12, 2021
Tags: Gardening Pruning
Best Time to Harvest

Best Time to Harvest

Harvest in the early morning before the heat of the day.  Be sure to check your garden daily and pick the ripe vegetables doing so will encourage the plant to produce more.  When not harvested the plants will go to flower and that is a sign that they are done for the season. 
March 10, 2021
Tags: Gardening
Introducing Praying Mantises to Your Garden

Introducing Praying Mantises to Your Garden

Praying mantises are fascinating creatures and quite good pest hunters if you can keep them in your garden. They can be tricky to get started, but will be a rewarding addition to your garden if you can keep them happy. We will tell you how to attract them and keep them in your garden...
March 08, 2021
Tags: Gardening Pest Control
Plant a Hot Pepper Garden

Plant a Hot Pepper Garden

Want to bring on the heat this summer? We have a range of hot peppers to satisfy your inner daredevil! Be adventurous, try growing a pepper you’ve never had before. Here's the tips for your success!
March 08, 2021
Tags: Gardening Hot Peppers
Best Plants for Wet Conditions

Best Plants for Wet Conditions

The majority of garden plants are tolerant of wet soil for short periods of time. It is very natural for many areas to be quite wet in the spring as the ground thaws and the snow melts. However, garden sites that remain wet throughout the year demand the use of moisture-tolerant or even moisture-dependent species. The following is a selection of plant material that enjoy wet soil:

March 08, 2021
Tags: Gardening
Designing a Perennial Garden for Shade

Designing a Perennial Garden for Shade

The shape and size of this design may not be precisely suitable to your garden.  We hope that it can at least be helpful as a point of departure and these tips help you plan your garden!
March 08, 2021
Tags: Gardening perennials