by Mark Godlewski | Jan 13, 2021 | Hedging Alternatives, Landscaping, Shrubs, XERISCAPE GARDENING
Article by Sigrie Kendrick Cedar hedges carved into vase shapes by neighbourhood deer are a common sight in the Okanagan, as are the burned and blackened silhouettes of cedars. Cedars can even draw wildfire to the flammable siding of a home. A brown pyramid cedar...
by Mark Godlewski | Dec 12, 2020 | Mulch, XERISCAPE GARDENING
Article and Photos by Mark Godlewski This is the second part of a two-part blog entry. This first entry covered the types of mulch commonly available in our area and their relative advantages and disadvantages. This second entry will cover a set of flammability tests...
by Mark Godlewski | Nov 12, 2020 | Mulch
Article and Photos by Mark Godlewski– This is the first part of a two-part blog entry. This first entry will cover the types of mulch commonly available in our area and their relative advantages and disadvantages. The second entry will cover a set of flammability...
by Mark Godlewski | Sep 23, 2020 | Vegetables
By Vanda – the cheap and lazy gardener Rhubarb is a hardy perennial which never gets watered at our house. It is early to mature so gets all the moisture it needs from snowmelt and spring rains. My rhubarb thrives in the rocky clay soil of Joe Rich and is my first...
by Mark Godlewski | Sep 14, 2020 | Landscaping, Mulch, XERISCAPE GARDENING
Excerpted from the Gardening with Nature column written by Sigrie Kendrick As discussed in my earlier column, I am torn discussing gardening topics in the face of this unprecedented pandemic, yet gardening is, by its very nature, a ‘socially distancing’...
