What We’re Doing to Help the Environment
What We’re Doing to Help the Environment Each of us can do a little bit every day to reduce our carbon footprint. Whether it is reducing our use of the car, planting a tree, hanging our laundry on the line to dry, buying local or growing some of our own food, each step is helpful. […]
Bring Colour Into Your Life With Cold Hardy Planters
Bring Colour Into Your Life With Cold Hardy Planters Early May is still pretty cold in PEI with occasional sunny days, giving us some warmth. If we are putting out annuals, we need to prepare them for some cold nights. One could choose begonias and geraniums which require bringing them out during the day […]
Fruit Trees – What Should You Plant For Success?
Fruit Trees – What Should You Plant For Success? Is your home a fruit producer? PEI is a good fruit growing region. So what fruit trees grow for the region. Fruit trees to consider are apples, pears, plums and cherries. A few peach trees will tolerate PEI climate, they are not as productive as other […]
Edible Gardening: How To Get Started This Year With Your Vegetable Garden
Edible Gardening: How To Get Started This Year With Your Vegetable Garden So you have decided it is time to feed yourself. You have a little time on your hands and want to make sure you have some food security. It would be lovely to have some food in the freezer or maybe to just […]