Unlike garden beds with spring flowers or vegetable patches, fruit trees should not be given slow-release fertilizers or compost before winter. Unless soil test results suggest otherwise, fertilizing ...

The best time to prune depends on the type of tree. Spring-flowering trees (dogwoods, redbuds, ornamental cherries) should be pruned soon after flowering is over. These trees set flower buds in the ...

There are plenty of tricks to keeping trees healthy, especially thin-barked trees like Amur cherries, mountain ash, young ...

Plagued by voles? Our Sask. gardening experts say cheap wooden snap traps baited with peanut butter with a raisin on top work ...

Be ready to move half-hardy and tender plants such as pelargoniums, some salvias and fuchsias in October. They need to be cut ...

Despite the weather getting cooler, there are plenty of crops that can be sown now for a bountiful harvest in the coming ...

An abundance of varieties, each with a different texture, taste and colour, is available to plant in even the smallest garden ...

‘Container-grown fruit trees can be planted almost all year round as long as the soil is not frozen, waterlogged or solid ...

Pruning certain shrubs in the fall encourages new growth that winter temperatures will damage and, for many shrubs, reduces ...

Your October gardening guide is here, with everything to plant and prune at this time of year plus gardening jobs for the ...

British gardening expert Monty Don (pictured) shares his top tips for growing daffodils. He advises planting in rich soil that does not dry out too much and en masse. Monty recommends sowing rocket ...