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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How to colour bracts on poinsettia

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How to colour bracts on poinsettia

The easy route to achieving at least some colour on a poinsettia is to find a place in your house where lights are not often turned on at night.
$1.2M heat pump bill shows gap in B.C. climate plan

$1.2M heat pump bill shows gap in B.C. climate plan

A residential building's struggle to swap old gas furnaces for heat pumps offers a warning to thousands of buildings across B.C.
Condo Smarts: Even smaller stratas need electric planning report

Condo Smarts: Even smaller stratas need electric planning report

The purpose of an electric planning report is to determine how much power is available to your strata corporation.
Helen Chesnut: Comfort and celebration found in simple pleasures

Helen Chesnut: Comfort and celebration found in simple pleasures

Holidays are well celebrated with simple, cosy gifts
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Easy poinsettias make cheery gifts

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Easy poinsettias make cheery gifts

Question: I need a gift plant for an aunt who lives in an apartment that she keeps moderately warm. The plant needs to be as care-free as possible.
Condo Smarts: Don’t be deceived by a property owner’s disclosure

Condo Smarts: Don’t be deceived by a property owner’s disclosure

Request all reports and information relevant to your purchasing decision.
Helen Chesnut: Growing a remedy for food insecurity

Helen Chesnut: Growing a remedy for food insecurity

The ultimate path to adequate supply is to grow more food where people live
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How do I get more passion flower blooms?

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How do I get more passion flower blooms?

Any forking that develops in carrots takes place most often at the roots’ lower ends, usually because of some small obstructions in the soil.
Condo Smarts: Strata must establish bylaw for surveillance

Condo Smarts: Strata must establish bylaw for surveillance

The privacy of residents and their visitors must be protected.
Helen Chesnut: Bushy begonia benefits from watering, indoor site

Helen Chesnut: Bushy begonia benefits from watering, indoor site

Instead of storing the tuber for the winter, Sheila keeps her plant growing indoors