Barb,actually the window is facing west. Two reasons: one, I was afraid that facing south can heat it up too much in sunny days, so too much of a temp...
Paul,I've seen quite a difference between Markham and Scarborough. Sometimes even 5C. As soon as you go north of hwy 7 the weather changes quite a bit...
Yes, all the fishes (I have around 20) are in the pond; this is the third winter. Last winter I lost only one in the spring with a skin disease. I hav...
I don't care as long as it's in shorts.
Barb,I have a lot of water hyacinths but I try to keep them in the filter. The other one it's called water lettuce. I got three of each in the spring ...
There are two topics here and I hate to mix them - but I will. One is about the garden, the pond, fishes and plants. There is nothing that compares wi...
Paul, I think he was referring to something like bedding sheet. He mentioned that you should always plant the magnolia near a pole, and then wrap the ...
Kevin from Southcoastgardens suggested to wrap the magnolia in white sheet in the winter. Brown burlap may attract too much sun and burn the leaves.Ta...
I ordered some (50) seeds too and so far more than 25 sprouted. All I did was to put some soil in one of those transparent plastic shoes boxes. I soak...
I'm in Florida in vacation. Lots of palms, pictures to follow.Any nurseries/places that sell palms (eventually hardy, interesting ones) in Fort Lauder...
I have two in the ground, both planted two weeks ago :DWould that qualify me as a 'Cold Hardy Palms' member?Tavi
Bill,I think that's what I'll do. I like it too much to kill it. I'll move it in a larger pot (the one that I put in in) without touching the roots.I ...
I still did not decide if I'll divide it, but I got it home:As I don't have any more room in the garden, I put it in the driveway :D I looked for one...