Worldwide, pollinator populations are in decline. At the Acadia Community Garden & Art Society, we’ve made it a priority to raise awareness around this issue by creating a pollinator-friendly habitat and growing space for all of our neighbours, whether they walk on 6 legs or 2. Continue reading “Grant Contest Deadline October 10th, Vote Now!”
Most gardeners in Calgary are familiar with peonies (or paonies). They’re long lived, fairly disease resistant, sport a wide variety of showy flowers, and like our climate.
Article published in Hello Acadia for April 2016 by gardener and writer, Joanne Klein:
It may not be an actual jungle out there, but it might as well be.
Animals, including humans, have it easy. Most of us have legs or some other method of propulsion. If we’re attacked, we respond with movement. Plants don’t have the same luxury. If they’re attacked, they have to resort to things like chemical warfare or the deployment of insect armies in order to retaliate. Actually, we humans may have more in common with plants than originally thought.
It’s very easy to start seeds in your home, provided you have a few key ingredients. Continue reading “Starting seeds indoors”
Symptoms & Signs: you’ll notice a zillion little squiggly lines on the bark (that’s the scale the bug hides underneath) and if it’s extreme, parts of your hedge may not develop leaves, or worse yet, die altogether. Continue reading “Now is the perfect time to inspect your Cotoneaster hedges for the dreaded Oystershell scale”
