Category: Gardening


Design Dilemma: Carson Helps out a Texan! Top 5 Friday: Autumn Gardening Tips Gardening Advice: Starting an Indoor Herb Garden Gardening Advice: Taking Herbs Indoors? Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: Optimum Backyard Flow Gardening Advice: Re-Using Soil? Outdoor Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: When Back of the House is Actually the Front Gardening Advice: Should I Grow My Herbs Inside or Out? Backyard Makeover: Tranquil Zen Garden Outdoor Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: Mature Growth, FAST! Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: Ingenious Solution to Backyard Noise Gardening Advice: How Can I Get My Garden to Grow Naturally? Gardening Advice: Cut Down on Weeding Backyard Makeover: Grass-Free Transformation Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: Side of the House = No Man’s Land? 
 
Jan
20

Design Dilemma: Carson Helps out a Texan!

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 1/20/2010 9:08:00 AM
Not that Texans are an exotic species, it’s just that I always get super excited when we get emails from faraway places. And while I know it’s cold in Canada, I wouldn’t mind talking backyards for a moment to remember what green looks like… Today, a popular
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Oct
16

Top 5 Friday: Autumn Gardening Tips

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Posted by Vanessa 10/16/2009 5:40:00 PM
Although I live in a condo and don't have a garden , I feel for you burgeoning green thumbs with nothing to do when the weather turns chilly and frost warnings threaten to take away your hobby until spring. Because I suspect that you may have given up
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Sep
29

Gardening Advice: Starting an Indoor Herb Garden

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Posted by Guest Blogger 9/29/2009 9:31:00 AM
Question: "I live in a high-rise apartment and am thinking about starting an indoor herb garden (basil, Italian parsley) in the fall. Is there anything I should know about timing of planting, if it's going to be exclusively indoors?" Answer: You can grow
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Sep
15

Gardening Advice: Taking Herbs Indoors?

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Posted by Guest Blogger 9/15/2009 8:19:00 AM
Question: "I have taken herbs into the house in the fall many times but they do not seem to do well. Can you tell me what would assist me to keep them for use in my kitchen all winter? I'm particularly interested in different types of basil, rosemary,
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Sep
02

Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: Optimum Backyard Flow

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 9/2/2009 9:27:00 AM
Summer is (done) drawing to a close, and just before we put away our patio furniture (I know some of my friends keep it out ‘till first frost, but they happen to be smokers) I’d like to get in a few more of Carson Arthur ’s advice-packed Outdoor Design
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Sep
01

Gardening Advice: Re-Using Soil?

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Posted by Guest Blogger 9/1/2009 8:28:00 AM
Question: "At the end of the growing season, what do you do with the soil in your balcony containers? Can it be re-used?" Answer: I’m all for recycling and I have been reusing my container “soil” for years. The only time I don’t reuse it is if the soil
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Aug
19

Outdoor Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: When Back of the House is Actually the Front

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 8/19/2009 7:47:00 PM
Today on Outdoor Design Dilemma , your gracious host of Green Force and landscape designer Carson Arthur goes beyond the borders of landscaping to advise an excited first-time homeowner on how to improve her home's curb appeal. To help illustrate Carson's
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Aug
18

Gardening Advice: Should I Grow My Herbs Inside or Out?

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Posted by Guest Blogger 8/18/2009 8:27:00 AM
Question: "I am trying to grow herbs. Tried the seeds, but they all died. Would it be better to grow them outside then bring them in for the winter?" Answer: Most herbs , particularly annuals (they grow and produce seed in one year and do not come back
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Aug
13

Backyard Makeover: Tranquil Zen Garden

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Posted by Terry 8/13/2009 2:41:00 PM
If you're like me and you haven't got a clue about transforming your outdoor space then you are not alone. Fortunately for us, there are many landscaping design businesses out there for those of us who are a little challenged when it comes to transforming
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Aug
12

Outdoor Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: Mature Growth, FAST!

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 8/12/2009 8:44:00 AM
And we're back! What can I say? That Carson Arthur keeps on sending us invaluable tips on how to improve your outdoor spaces and solve some of your most challenging Design Dilemmas . This week, our landscape expert and host of HGTV's Green Force helps
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Aug
05

Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: Ingenious Solution to Backyard Noise

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 8/5/2009 4:51:00 PM
Amazing! I hadn’t even heard of this (shame on me!). This week we’re back to Outdoor Design Dilemmas with your ever-obliging steward of the outdoors (have I used ‘steward’ yet?) Carson Arthur , landscape designer and host of Green Force . Today, an invaluable
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Aug
04

Gardening Advice: How Can I Get My Garden to Grow Naturally?

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Posted by Guest Blogger 8/4/2009 9:25:00 AM
Question: "My little garden just had started to grow. Our spring was too cold. I planted kolhrabi, carrots, chives, onions, sunflowers, and other plants this year to help save on the grocery bills. Another reason was to make sure that our food is fresh.
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Jul
28

Gardening Advice: Cut Down on Weeding

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/28/2009 9:24:00 AM
Question: "I want to cut down on the amount of weeding I have to do in my garden. I have heard mulching is the best way to do that and the suggestion has been to lay down newspaper first and then put a bark mulch on top. Is this the most efficient mulching
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Jul
23

Backyard Makeover: Grass-Free Transformation

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Posted by Vanessa 7/23/2009 1:07:00 PM
If you didn't tune in to Tuesday's episode of Dirty Business , here's your chance to see the transformation you missed. This backyard started as a barren slab of cement and is now a sophisticated retreat. The homeowners (who had a taste for high-end materials)
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Jul
22

Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: Side of the House = No Man’s Land?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/22/2009 10:28:00 AM
Today on Design Dilemma , our oracle of green (I’m running low on alternate titles Carson!), landscape designer and host of HGTV Canada’s Green Force , Carson Arthur , advises the owners of a large property by Mission Lake, Saskatchewan, on what to do
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