Tips for Starting Seeds Indoors
Starting your own seeds indoors can be an extremely satisfying and rewarding endeavor. Follow these steps to make sure your seeds grow into healthy, happy plants!
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Custom Planting Service
Pam Bongers (the owner) and staff are our custom planting architects! They'll work with you to custom design your dream planters or container gardens that fit your budget and the style of your Niagara garden.
A Word About Potting Mix
Potting mix is ideal for hanging baskets and container gardening. It is lightweight and allows for excellent drainage. And you may be surprised to learn, it's actually a soilless mix!
Your Bulbs vs. Squirrels
Squirrels, as cute as they are, can be a bit of a pest concerning bulbs – especially with tulips.
A Guide to Growing Strawberries
One of the most exciting fruits in your garden has to be strawberries; they fruit quite early, and give you the first true taste of summer! Here, we’ve put together a quick guide to help you grow your own strawberries at home.
Vegetables You Can Plant in Early Spring
As soon as the final snows of winter have melted away, the avid gardeners among us (you know who you are!) are immediately rarin' to start digging away in their gardens. Here are some veggies you can plant in early spring that can handle the cold!
Creating a Picture-Perfect Landscape
You want your landscape to be interesting and beautiful in all seasons. This can seem difficult here in Niagara, but you can accomplish it by choosing plants that have features that are pleasing in each season.
On Growing Roses
Roses are the flowers of poetry; fragrant and lovely amidst the thorns that guard them. There are many varieties of roses for gardeners of all different experience levels.
Planting Beautiful Perennial Beds
In today's blog post, the Country Basket Garden Centre team offers up some tips and advice for planting beautiful, hardy perennial gardens in Niagara.
Annuals: Five Steps to Fantastic Color
Though annual flowers must be planted new every year, they provide a blast of colour all season long that's truly worth the effort.
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