How Building Your Pond Right Can Decrease Mosquito Populations Written by – Scott Carroll You might think that adding a pond to your garden would create the perfect breeding grounds for mosquitos. Well, you might be right if you miss certain key elements when designing your pond. If your pond is infested with skeeters, adding […]
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Why You Should Never Give Clients a Good Deal By Scott Carroll – Garden Designer Everybody is always asking for a good deal, but if you reduce your prices for clients you can end up regretting it down the line. Charging the right amount allows you to deliver your product or service to the highest
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The Five Worst Things for Your Carbon Footprint If you are, like me, a human living on planet earth in 2022, your carbon footprint is probably pretty massive. Everything we do from mineral extraction to manufacturing and even agriculture has a net positive impact on total atmospheric carbon. The world’s forests can offset some of
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Tree Planting Service in Ajax, Ontario People everywhere are becoming more conscious of the effects their actions have on the environment. Growing some herbs on your windowsill might help you lower your carbon footprint, but if you have unused land you can make an even greater impact by planting trees on it. Tree Planting Benefits
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This morning I woke up to a call from an unknown number. I picked up the call to find my old friend Fran on the other end of the line. I haven’t seen Fran since highschool, but today he called me to offer me a job planting trees in BC. Last year I had a
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Christmas Eve we were shoveling snow but today I’m thinking about how many trees I want to plant in 2022. We planted hundreds of trees in 2021 and I’d love to be able to say we planted thousands next year. The only way we are going to achieve this is by planting more saplings. The
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What is the pH of the soil? All soils fall into one of three categories: acid, neutral, or alkaline. A pH number describes the degree of acidity or alkalinity in a soil. The pH scale runs from 0 to 14. A pH of less than 7.0 is considered acidic, 7.0 is neutral, and greater than
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Organic gardening is the art of growing crops without the use of chemicals such as fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides etc. and instead use natural products. Use of this method of cultivation helps in maintaining the soil fertility nurture living organisms in the soil. The main aim of organic gardening is the protection of the environment by
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Figure 1PHOTO CREDIT: OrchardPeople.com Bare root fruit tree is a dormant tree that is shipped with no soil around its roots. Fruit tree nurseries are where you can find them. The bare-root fruit tree is best taken out of the nursery and planted in the early spring or late fall when they are dormant with
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Figure 1SOPHIE COONEN/ UNSPLASH IMAGES You’ve probably spotted the spring blooming bulb displays if you’ve been to a garden center after the summer. The popularity of bulbs at this time of year is due to the fact that they function best when planted in the fall. The soil is still warm enough to encourage early
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