Tips for winterizing your lawn and garden
Canada's gardening guru, Mark Cullen, shares some great tips on winterizing your lawn and garden. It's not too late to save some plants!
MARK CULLEN: Winter Prep for Your Home Garden
Here in my zone 5 garden we have turned a significant page in the gardening year. Last week we experienced our first killing frost. This draws to our attention the fact that we are well into the autumn season. That means that we need to be thinking of
MARK CULLEN: Goodbye September, Hello Fall!
By Mark CullenAny semblance of ‘summer’ is about to slip between the tines of my manure fork. September is on its way out the garden gate and I still have lots that I want to do in the garden. For one, I have not started to plant any fall ‘Holland’
MARK CULLEN: Summer Lawn Care Tips
By Mark CullenIt's just about that time of year when your lawn begins to look a bit shop-worn. The tremendous burst of green growth that occurred early in spring is waning and soon ‘the bloom is off the rose’ to use a metaphor from another part of the
Mark Cullen’s ultimate spring checklist
1) Start seeds indoors, to plant out in springIt is a lot of fun and a great way to engage kids in the hobby of gardening at virtually any age. Successful seed starting combines quality materials and good timing. And of course – seeds! Be sure to
MARK CULLEN: Grow Your Own – Seed Starting Tips
As we wade out of the deep freeze of a Canadian winter, I am reminded that spring is not all that far away when I look at the list of seeds that need starting this time of year.Some of the favourites that you should consider sowing right now include
Mark Cullen: Low Maintenance Gardening = Mulch, Mulch, Mulch
By Mark CullenThere is really no other activity in the garden that will both benefit your plants and free up your time quite like mulching.You spread mulch to reduce weeding by about 90% the first year, reduce watering by up to 70% and provide an
MARK CULLEN: Dividing Peonies
Peonies are a classic summer-flowering perennial found in many gardens across Canada. Very old peonies need to be divided when they stop blooming at the centre of the plant. This is the time of year to divide them. You will need a good garden fork, a
MARK CULLEN: Late Summer Lawn Care
By Mark CullenThis time of year is perfect for thickening an established lawn or starting a new one from seed. The cool evening temperatures, heavy dew, regular rain falls and shorter days are perfect for grass seed germination.How Do You Start?Rake
Mark Cullen’s Veggie Garden Primer Tips
Canadians have fewer diversions in late winter: swimming, boating, fishing and, yes gardening, are distant memories. It is difficult to even remember what warm sunshine feels like, never mind get outdoors and absorb some vitamin D.Oh for those spring
