The month of April means SPRING and we are all excited to begin gardening outdoors! During April, the first thing most gardeners think about is their lawn. Right now, you probably have a bag or two of high nitrogen lawn fertilizer in your garage  just waiting to be spread over the lawn to kick off the growing year in spectacular fashion. Once the snow melts, you might ..read more

Setting up a terrarium is a fun creative project for plant lovers and miniature indoor garden enthusiasts. It brings in a touch of nature without taking up a lot of space in your home. Closed terrariums can be elaborate metal ‘greenhouses’ with glass walls ..read more

This spring, during the 2024 gardening season, the good people of Proven Winners are introducing a new impressive selection of 75 annuals, perennials, and shrubs. Many are hardy for our Zone 3 climate ..read more

Welcome March! I don’t know about you, but I’m more than ready for spring! While our 2024 winter has been reasonably warm (for Saskatchewan) it still has had its “moments”. The first day of spring (the vernal equinox) 2024 is March 19. This follows St. Patrick’s Day which celebrates the rebirth of spring ..read more

Part of my February spring planning is deciding what varieties of tomatoes I am going to grow. One must consider many things; disease resistance, color, texture, slicing, paste, canning, size and most important – flavour ..read more

Gardeners in Saskatchewan are well aware of the value of pollinators in our farming based province. There has been a rapid decline of pollinators all over the world. One of these important insect pollinators, the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus), is considered an endangered species. Monarch populations can fluctuate from year to year but their numbers have greatly reduced over the last ten years ..read more

Lithops spp. or Living Stones are a fascinating group of plants. When you closely look at them, you wonder if these succulents are really plants! The answer of course is yes; they belong to the Ice Plant Family (Aizoaceae). There are 37 species and 145 varieties under the Genus name of Lithops. Litho is the Greek word for Stone and Opsis, the Greek word for face ..read more

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