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Helen Chesnut: Garden strawberries make a cheesecake delight

Helen Chesnut: Garden strawberries make a cheesecake delight

It sounds awfully fancy, but it’s really quite simple
Condo Smarts: Independent consultant can provide unbiased advice

Condo Smarts: Independent consultant can provide unbiased advice

Consultant can include scope and specifications of works, review site progress and sign off the final completion
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Harvest green beans before seeds bulge

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Harvest green beans before seeds bulge

In green beans, once the seeds within the pods swell, the pods become tough and fibrous.
Keep your kettle whistling all year round by growing your own tea plants

Keep your kettle whistling all year round by growing your own tea plants

Growing tea plants in the garden can provide enough leaves to keep your kettle whistling year-round.
Getting rid of poison ivy is a serious matter. What you should and shouldn't do

Getting rid of poison ivy is a serious matter. What you should and shouldn't do

For all the time I spend digging, planting, pulling and weeding, one would think I’d have some poison ivy horror stories to tell, but I do not.
Condo Smarts: Heat pumps require authorization of council

Condo Smarts: Heat pumps require authorization of council

Alterations without following the bylaws of a strata corporation are a common occurrence across the province
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How to fix soil that has too much nitrogen

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How to fix soil that has too much nitrogen

The quickest way to rebalance soil that is overloaded with nitrogen is to water with Alaska MorBloom, which contains phosphorus and potassium but no nitrogen.
Helen Chesnut: Warm weather, rain has gardens engulfed in weeds

Helen Chesnut: Warm weather, rain has gardens engulfed in weeds

Faced with a vegetable garden full of weeds? Do as Helen Chesnut does: Concentrate first on the plantings that you most rely on.
Condo Smarts: Investment decisions can be made in a variety of ways

Condo Smarts: Investment decisions can be made in a variety of ways

Bonds or non-redeemable investments are generally not recommended for strata corporation investments.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Time to plant fall, winter vegetables depends on the garden

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Time to plant fall, winter vegetables depends on the garden

Seeding broccoli, winter cabbage and over-wintering cauliflower indoors mid-June to late June works well in most situations.