This blog will cover a set of flammability tests conducted by OXA on organic mulches commonly available in the Okanagan
Mulch Flammability
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XERISCAPE GARDENING
Mulches for Okanagan Xeriscaping
Mulches are an important part of xeriscaping. We discuss advantages and disadvantages of common mulches
Add a ‘Living Mulch’ to Your Garden
Once established, living mulches will provide a maintenance-saving ground cover for years without needing to be ‘topped up’ every spring
Get the Most from your Perennials
The abrupt change to hot summer weather can be hard on plants. Flowers will fade more quickly. Now is a good time to do a midseason, major garden clean-up.
Lavender
Thriving in our hot dry summers, lavender blooms abundantly from mid-June for about four weeks, its flowers attracting butterflies, bees and other pollinators.
Reduce Maintenance by Removing Noxious Weeds
Article and Photo by Gwen Steele– One of the biggest causes of escalating landscape maintenance tasks is the failure to remove weeds before they set seed or establish extensive root systems. I discovered an infestation of Blueweed on the edge of a downtown gravelled...