Category: Gardening
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Different Colour, Different Needs
If you’re reading on Tee’s Plants, you probably love flowers. That means you might even have a favorite colour! I love orange marigolds, for example! Something you may (or maybe not) have experienced is, (occasionally) when you buy two of the same plants but different colours of an annual at a nursery, they have a…
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Starting a Strawberry Patch for Cheap in Chatham, Ontario
Chatham, Ontario, has quietly emerged as a prime location for growing strawberries, a fact that local gardeners and agricultural enthusiasts are beginning to take note of. Situated in a region with favorable climatic conditions, Dresden offers an ideal environment for these beloved fruits. Starting Small: The Magic of Three Crowns For those looking to start…
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How to Sanitize Pots for Reuse
Gardening is a fulfilling activity that becomes even more rewarding when we engage in sustainable practices, such as reusing seed starting pots. However, to ensure the health and success of your new plants, it’s crucial to sanitize these pots before reusing them. Let’s explore why this is important and how you can effectively sanitize your…
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How to Save Money on Planters and Hanging Baskets
Hanging baskets are a beautiful part of the summer. Whether they’re hanging in some city’s downtown, or on a houses porch, they always deliver a punch of colour. They’re also quite expensive to buy in-season, whether they be from a grocery store, or somewhere that does the actual growing and arrangements. These days, seeing prices…
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How does Tee’s Select New Varieties?
Not many people have starting seeds as a top priority in January. Variety selection every year is like an open-ended research project. Typically, seed companies finalize their seed lists in the late fall, and start shipping shortly after. If you’re passionate about starting from seed, ordering early is essential to make sure you get what…
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Tee’s Garden Choices #1
To set a different tone of discussion, I want to select some of my favorite garden plants I offer and tell you why. What would I recommend to the highest degree? Black Krim Tomato Originating from the Isle of Krim on the Black Sea in the former Soviet Union, this heirloom tomato is known for…
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Perennials of Chatham-Kent
Perennials refers to a type of plant that lives for more than two years. Unlike annuals, which complete their life cycle in one growing season, or biennials, which do so in two, perennials typically grow and bloom over the spring and summer, die back every autumn and winter, and then return in the spring from…
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Fresh Herbs: A Luxury
We often don’t really appreciate what we have access to these days. We drink beverages from single-use containers, then throw them away, where they will then probably sit in a landfill for hundreds and hundreds of years. Take something simple like a water bottle back in time a few hundred years, and it might be…
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2023: The Hottest Year on Record
Bad news. The 2023 Global Climate Report from NOAA (2023) has come to the conclusion that this past year was the warmest year on record, since recording started in 1890. Another scary metric, every single month of 2023 was one of the hottest 7 on record. What can you do in your garden to help? The best…
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Local Produce and the Environmental Benefit
In an era where environmental consciousness is not just a virtue but a necessity, making sustainable choices in our daily lives has become crucial. Among these choices, the decision to buy local produce, seedlings, and flower starts stands out for its profound positive impact on our environment. Here’s why opting for Dresden Grown greenery is…