Category: SPRING

Creating Mosquito-Repellent Spaces

Post author By Victoria Mulvale
Post date May 17, 2024

As the warm weather arrives and outdoor activities beckon, pesky mosquitoes can quickly damper our enjoyment of the great outdoors. However, with strategic planning and the right plants, you can create mosquito-repellent spaces that allow you to relax and unwind without the constant buzzing and biting. In this guide, we’ll explore practical strategies for repelling mosquitoes and introduce you to a selection of plants that naturally deter these bothersome insects, helping you easily reclaim your outdoor spaces.

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Keeping Kids Busy with Indoor Gardening

Post author By Victoria Mulvale
Post date March 7, 2024

During bustling schedules and technology-dominated playtime, indoor gardening is a refreshing and enriching activity for children. Indoor gardening offers the perfect blend of hands-on learning, creativity, and nature exploration, making it an ideal pastime for keeping kids engaged and inspired all year round.

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Growing Vegetables

Post author By pblacker
Post date May 12, 2023

Getting outside and learning how to plant and care for fresh, nutrient-dense vegetables, herbs, and fruits is a healthy and rewarding experience that can be enjoyed by the whole family.

Growing your own will save you money on your grocery bill, support our pollinators, and is environmentally friendly as it reduces our carbon footprint by eliminating packaging and transportation.

Small space? No problem! Veggies can be grown in containers too.

Here are some helpful tips to get started:

Tags seeds, growing vegetables, vegetable garden

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A Homeowners Guide to Integrated Pest Management

Post author By pblacker
Post date April 24, 2023

More and more homeowners are seeking new solutions to support our environment by using less toxic products on their lawns and gardens to control pests. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) uses more environmentally friendly pest control processes and reduces traditional chemical methods.

At Sheridan, we use a variety of methods on our farms, and we are continually learning and adapting to introduce practices to continue to protect our environment.

Here are some suggested methods of integrated pest control that homeowners can consider for their properties:

Tags Integrated pest management, IPM, disease control, insecticides, weed control

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Creating a cut flower garden

Post author By pblacker
Post date April 18, 2023

Who doesn’t love to receive a bouquet of fresh-cut flowers? Their exquisite fresh blooms and glorious scents add a touch of elegance to your home and are a perfect accent for any season.

With the right plants and a sunny spot in your garden, you can grow a cutting garden to create your own unique flower arrangements. The most versatile cutting gardens are usually a mix of repeat blooming annuals, perennials, nursery, and bulb plants.

Tags lilies, blooms, spring bulbs for summer blooming, canna, calla, dahlia, spring bulbs, creating a cutting garden, cutting garden, calla lilies, bouquets, Lily, freshcut flowers

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Spring bulbs for summer blooms

Post author By pblacker
Post date March 6, 2023

Do you want a garden full of big, beautiful colourful blooms this summer?

Then you may want to consider getting started with summer flowering bulbs. They can easily be started in containers indoors to give them a head start for glorious blooms this summer. Once the risk of frost has passed, your established plants can be moved to a sunny location outside in their existing containers or transplanted into your garden beds.

Summer blooming bulbs enhance the beauty of your landscape with bright colour and are perfect for fresh-cut bouquets.

Summer bulbs start blooming in late June and continue until autumn frost. To maximize bloom time in your garden, they should be started indoors in the late winter or early spring. Here are some of our favourite bulbs to get started right now.

Tags canna, calla, dahlia, spring bulbs, calla lilies, Lily, lilies, spring bulbs for summer blooming

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INDOOR SEED STARTING

Post author By Victoria Mulvale
Post date March 20, 2022
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The days are getting warmer, and Spring is finally here! Get a head start on the growing season by starting some of your favourite flowers, fruits, and vegetables indoors from seed. The risk of frost will have passed in no time at all, and you’ll have strong and healthy seedlings ready to transplant once the regular growing season begins.

Tomatoes are by far the most popular choice that Canadians grow in their home “vegetable” gardens, but there are so many other easy options that you may want to explore.

Here are some helpful hints on how you can start sowing the seeds of your summer garden right now.

Tags seeds, annuals, garden tips, outdoor plants, Summer Garden, indoor seed starting, when to start seeds indoors

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YEAR OF THE GLADIOLUS

Post author By Victoria Mulvale
Post date March 10, 2022

The gladiolus, also known as “glads”, is a beautiful symbol of summer’s arrival. These impressive flowers look stunning in the garden or as an elegant arrangement in a vase.

Easy to grow, gladiolus are ideal for novice gardeners. The corms are planted in the spring and within a few weeks, their orchid-like blooms will quickly fill your garden with colour.

The gladiolus originated in Africa and Eurasia, finding its way to North America in the mid-1900s. Their impressive size prompted experts to deem them the Latin term Gladius or “sword”, leading to their appropriate nickname, the sword lily.

Standing on stems that can reach upwards of five feet, gladiolus come in a variety of striking colours, with each flower adorned with smaller blooms. These blooms reach a width of about 3 to five inches across.

Here are some helpful hints on how you can grow delightful gladiolus in your garden.

Tags landscape design, container garden, garden design, annuals, garden tips, Indoor Garden, Tropical Plants, outdoor plants, Summer Garden

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Fall Bulbs For Spring Blooms

Post author By Munish
Post date October 7, 2021

Now that temperatures are cooler, it is time to plant your spring bulbs. These little packets of flower power are an excellent choice for adding bold, beautiful colour to your spring garden. With minimal effort, bulbs will reward you year after year with a continuous parade of colour from early spring to the beginning of summer.

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Hydrangea Pruning Tips

Post author By Munish
Post date July 29, 2020

We made it easy to learn hydrangea pruning tips. Proper pruning of hydrangeas will impact the showy display of blooms. Some types don’t need pruning and others benefit from it.

Have you ever pruned hydrangeas in spring and noticed you had a lack of flowers in summer? Chances are, you did not prune your hydrangea at the right time.

Once you identify the type of hydrangea in your garden, you all know if they bloom or new wood. Depending on when how they bloom, will help decide when to prune correctly.

We put together some quick points to help you take care of hydrangeas.

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