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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Colchicums make beautiful seasonal markers

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Colchicums make beautiful seasonal markers

Colchicums look like oversized crocuses. ‘The Giant’ is a goblet-shaped classic, while ‘Waterlily’ is a fancy double flower.
Condo Smarts: Stratas must maintain, repair common property

Condo Smarts: Stratas must maintain, repair common property

Owner(s) may to apply to the supreme court of B.C. to appoint an administrator and order the repairs
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Time to delight in all the food the garden produces

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Time to delight in all the food the garden produces

Even an aging plum tree produces delicious fruit. A plum custard pie will make the most of the fruit.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Rainfall during full bloom can cause 'russetting' on plums

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Rainfall during full bloom can cause 'russetting' on plums

Pale brown patches on prune plums is a common, environmentally induced condition, a sort of “weathering” called “russetting’ or “russet scab.”
Children's singer Raffi Cavoukian selling storybook Salt Spring Island home

Children's singer Raffi Cavoukian selling storybook Salt Spring Island home

B.C.-based troubadour Raffi Cavoukian moves out of his happy place, leaving inspirational views for others to enjoy — for $1,995,000
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Watering-weary residents get a break

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Watering-weary residents get a break

Vegetable plantings that were seriously stalled in the searing heat of last spring and summer have been producing prolifically this year.
Condo Smarts: Bylaw change creates bigger problem for strata

Condo Smarts: Bylaw change creates bigger problem for strata

When a strata corporation adopts new bylaws there are two decisions that must be filed in the Land Title Registry.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hollyhock-like volunteer is Malva sylvestris

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hollyhock-like volunteer is Malva sylvestris

Malva sylvestris is a freely self-sowing perennial characterized by large, hollyhock-like foliage and showy, dark-striped, mauve-purple blooms.
House Beautiful: A stunning oasis of plants and pollinators

House Beautiful: A stunning oasis of plants and pollinators

Palm trees and ornamental grasses adorn the front yard while an amazing array of fruits and vegetables grown in back of this property that you can visit as part of the self-guided Victoria Urban Food Garden Tour on Sept. 7.
B.C. revamps building code to allow single stairwells in buildings up to six storeys

B.C. revamps building code to allow single stairwells in buildings up to six storeys

The province says all new buildings designed under the changes will require safety measures including sprinklers, smoke-management systems and wider stairwells.