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Helen Chesnut: Low on bees? pollinate fruit trees by hand

Helen Chesnut: Low on bees? pollinate fruit trees by hand

Gather pollen from one tree’s flowers on a soft paint brush and shake it into a container. Then brush the pollen onto the blooms of the other tree.
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Condo Smarts: Depreciation report rules differ within province

Condo Smarts: Depreciation report rules differ within province

If you are in Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Capital Reigonal District of Victoria, you must have a report complete by July 1, 2026.
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Helen Chesnut: Plant sales have become spring tradition

Helen Chesnut: Plant sales have become spring tradition

The active growing season is fully upon us and that can mean only one thing: lots and lots of plant sales.
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House Beautiful: A lifelong love affair with stones

House Beautiful: A lifelong love affair with stones

Gardener-collector of evergreens, maples and giant rocks opens her stunning Uplands garden for the Victoria Conservatory of Music garden tour.
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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Pansies, violas among easiest transplants to grow from seed

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Pansies, violas among easiest transplants to grow from seed

Seed pansies and violas indoors in late winter and in mid-July for transplants to bloom during autumn and winter before full flowering in spring.
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Helen Chesnut: This month a reminder of seasons that used to be

Helen Chesnut: This month a reminder of seasons that used to be

Time to complete spring projects that help to smooth the passage to summer in the garden.
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Condo Smarts: No exemptions to change in depreciation reports

Condo Smarts: No exemptions to change in depreciation reports

Depreciation reports will now have a five-year renewal cycle
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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Evergreen perennials retain foliage year round

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Evergreen perennials retain foliage year round

One example, Epimedium (barrenwort, bishop’s hat), forms dense carpets of heart-shaped leaves and delicate flowers like miniature columbines appear in spring.
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Condo Smarts: Do strata fees still apply during a major claim?

Condo Smarts: Do strata fees still apply during a major claim?

Strata corporation has no choice but to collect the strata fees
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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Much to enjoy in early April garden

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Much to enjoy in early April garden

Time to complete several major vegetable seedings and set up lengths of fencing to support later plantings
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