Homes

Summer-sown zucchini plants will produce in September and October, when spring-sown plants are starting to come down with powdery mildew.

In the short term, exercise patience, accommodate residents and seek legal advice on your 55+ bylaws.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Backyard feeders need frequent cleaning to prevent breeding infections that can be fatal to the tiny birds

Advice: Use “suckers” removed from tomato plants to repel the cabbage butterfly — by laying the suckers on the cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower plants.

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