Homes

Linda is a passionate gardener, enthusiastic recycler and reuser.

A week with my son at Christmas has re-activated a desire to host more visitors to the garden — not because it’s in any way a “show” garden, but that its broad variety of plants makes it a promising teaching garden.

We all live 24/7 surrounded by various levels of sounds. There are good sounds, such as friendly voices, music we love, gentle raindrops, the rustle of leaves.

PITTSBURGH — Imagine having an unlimited supply of free building material along with lots of ideas on how to use it. Welcome to the wide and wonderful world of pallet furniture.

Dear Tony: We have an owner in our strata who always chairs our annual meeting and is absolutely horrible to our owners.

Dear Dr. Roach: I developed pudendal neuralgia several years ago (confirmed by rectal EMG), and am unable to sit for any length of time. The majority of my pain is in the peri-anal area and into the testicles.

Dear Helen: I noticed with interest your mention of the first seeds to be sown indoors. Could you follow up with a complete sequence of indoor seeding? W.B. Dear W.B.: Here is the schedule I follow.

Breeding program aims for beautiful, disease-resistant blooms that thrive in extreme cold

It’s a good thing I got bored of guilt some time ago; otherwise, I’d be blush-pink with embarrassment over a neglected Red Lion blooming merrily in the family room. I bought and potted the amaryllis bulb in November, 2011.

Almost four decades ago, Peter and Lois Mason bought an old cottage farmhouse in North Saanich for $50,000. Peter well remembers driving up to the property for the first time and being utterly dismayed, wanting to turn around and drive away.