Idea's & How To's
Tips for Strawberry Season
Read our pro-tips for this Strawberry Season - Everything from growing and harvesting your own strawberries, where and how to pick if you didn't plant your own, storage solutions to keep your berries fresh or frozen and a tried and true recipe for delicious strawberry jam!
The Elements to Easily Create Your Private Getaway
Create a Tropical Paradise - This gorgeous trend has received a lot of coverage and for good reason. Considering we all want a space that allows us to relax and unwind, creating an oasis is the perfect plan! It can be as simple as taking elements from your top relaxation spots and infusing your home with a taste of the tropics. Let us show you how and then come to Garry's for everything you need!
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. Read our blog for our steps to successful planting, maintenance, harvesting, storing, freezing and drying tips and 2 awesome hot sauce recipes to try!
Is your soil's pH level right for your plants?
Did you know that plants don’t all need the same pH? Most prefer soil with balanced pH while others, like berries, need lower pH soil for optimal growth. Read on for all the details...
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!
Counteracting Environmental Stress in Trees, Shrubs and Lawns
There are many forms of stress that affect plant material, but a newly recognized form is destroying many of our forests. This new form, acid rain, is a product of our industrialized world that is moving greedily forward at a startling pace. People are only beginning to wake up to the need to cure our dying world by reducing pollution emissions. Until we get the pollution under control, we must settle for Plan B.
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.
Poisonous Plants
Houseplants, cultivated garden plants and ornamentals are the cause of many poisonings. However, some are attributable to native or naturalized plants. The most commonly reported plant poisonings result from curious children eating fruit and plant fragments.
Winterizing Garden Ponds
START IN SEPTEMBER FOR HEALTHY FISH. Add drops of fish vitamins onto the food, letting it soak in for a few minutes before feeding the fish. Repeat every 10 days to help fish build strength. Feed fish through October as long as water temperatures remain at 8 o C (46o F). Follow these step by step directions...
Quick, Fresh Tomato Sauce Recipe
Too many tomatoes to eat in a salad? Make a quick and easy tomato sauce. This sauce is perfect for a savoury meal during the harvest season.
