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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Summer seeding produces zucchini to harvest in fall

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Summer seeding produces zucchini to harvest in fall

Summer-sown zucchini plants will produce in September and October, when spring-sown plants are starting to come down with powdery mildew.
Condo Smarts: Are age bylaws enforceable under Bill 44?

Condo Smarts: Are age bylaws enforceable under Bill 44?

In the short term, exercise patience, accommodate residents and seek legal advice on your 55+ bylaws.
Spring flood risks highlight lack of insurance for Canadian homeowners: experts

Spring flood risks highlight lack of insurance for Canadian homeowners: experts

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Sudden change in weather bad news for gardeners

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Sudden change in weather bad news for gardeners

Many gardeners held off seeding and transplanting early vegetables because or cold, rainy weather. Then, all of a sudden, it was too hot to plant.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Looking for an easy-care clematis

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Looking for an easy-care clematis

For their ease of care and prolific bloom, gardening expert Helen Chesnut is very fond of the small-flowered clematis types, in particular the Viticellas.
Condo Smarts: How Bill 22 affects EV charging infrastructure

Condo Smarts: How Bill 22 affects EV charging infrastructure

With some changes to strata act pending, we are in an excellent window to plan for installations and evaluate the future energy demands of your strata community.
House Beautiful: High and low in the West Shore

House Beautiful: High and low in the West Shore

A believer in “function over form,” designer Sandra Lyle-Mason mixes expensive furnishings with pieces found on Marketplace and at Ikea to create a home that works for her family of five.
Distressed hummingbirds prompt warning to clean feeders in hot weather

Distressed hummingbirds prompt warning to clean feeders in hot weather

Backyard feeders need frequent cleaning to prevent breeding infections that can be fatal to the tiny birds
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Tomato foliage helps repel pests

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Tomato foliage helps repel pests

Advice: Use “suckers” removed from tomato plants to repel the cabbage butterfly — by laying the suckers on the cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower plants.
Condo Smarts: Act overrides some aspects of 55-and-under bylaw

Condo Smarts: Act overrides some aspects of 55-and-under bylaw

Consideration must be given to family status and accommodation for persons occupying strata lots or who intend to occupy a strata lot.
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