In Collingwood and across Simcoe County, early spring often arrives first through birdsong rather than blooms. The garden still looks asleep. Branches are bare. The colours haven’t returned. From a distance, everything feels unchanged — like winter is holding on just a little longer. But if you pause, and listen, something entirely different is happening. The birds are already there. Before the first green unfurls, before the perennials push through the soil, before the tulip

It was the Summer of Gardening Hell. Nothing I attempted, did well. Most of the seeds I scattered, you know those easy peasy Cosmos, died. Again. The condo board decided to chop a bunch of trees down and in an afternoon I went from having a dappled shade garden with a bit of sun at the front to blazing sun everywhere. Away went the hostas, back to the Collingwood Garden Club / Horticultural Society for next year's plant sale. All of the vegetables I planted in the vegeta

That whole succulent trend? It's healthy. Houseplants are good for your health — and not just for their visual beauty. Why? They...

All houseplants are wonderful, but some are sentimental.