CHEX TV air date: Fri. Sep. 20th, 2013 Click here to view this episode of ?The Garden Gate. Blue Jays, woodpeckers, chickadees, nuthatches and many other birds love peanuts and suet.? Even cardinals! The peanuts and suet give them the extra carbohydrates they need to stay warm through the long winter nights. There are a […]
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Garden Gate Episode 20 – Wasp traps and deterrents
CHEX TV air date: Fri. Sept. 6th, 2013 Click here to view this episode of ?The Garden Gate. Wasps have been extra aggressive this year mostly due to lack of rain. Normally we get people into the shop looking for wasp traps and deterrents in August, but this year the requests began in June already! […]
Garden Gate: Episode 19 – Butterfly gardens at The Ecology Park
CHEX TV air date: Fri. Aug. 23rd, 2013 Click here to view this episode of ?The Garden Gate. ? We visited The Ecology Park to talk with the manager Marcy Adzich about butterflies and how to build gardens for them and to attract them to your back yard. It was an eye opener! ? This […]
Garden Gate: Episode 18 – Quality tools
CHEX TV air date: Fri. August 9th, 2013 Click here to view this episode of The Garden Gate. How many times have you gone to a big box store excited to add some new tools to your collection only to be disappointed later when they break, twist or rust! Joe Cook is an expert when […]
Garden Gate: Episode 17 – A visit to Blossom Hill Nursery
CHEX TV air date: Fri. July 26th, 2013 Click here to watch this episode of?The Garden Gate.?? Blossom Hill Nursery is a stunning garden just outside of Peterborough in Fowler’s Corners that many locals don’t know about! Filled with one of the largest collections of peony’s and delphiniums in Ontario, it’s a place gardeners and […]
Garden Gate: Episode 16 – Sun protection in the Garden
CHEX TV air date: Fri. July 12th, 2013 Click here to watch this episode of?The Garden Gate. ? Summers in Ontario can be pretty intense. We seem to go from cool wet springs right into hot humid and very sunny days. As gardeners we tend to love to spend long days working in the garden […]
Garden Gate: Episode 15 – A visit to Gardens Plus a member of Garden Route
CHEX TV air date: Fri. Jun. 28th, 2013 Click here to view this episode of The Garden Gate. Abba dabba do, Alakazam, Blueberry muffin, Dance with me, Holy Mouse Ears…..these words don’t sound like they have anything in common…but they do! In June I visited with Dawn Golloher of Gardens Plus just outside of Peterborough.? […]
Dog Bite Steel artist from Uxbridge
If you’ve been in?our shop or perused our website, you’ll know that we carry A LOT of works by Canadian artists. Here is some information on one of my favourites! Click on the link below to watch a video of the artists. Dog Bite Steel is a business from Uxbridge with works by Jean Pierre […]
Garden Gate: Episode 14 – Attracting Butterfly’s to your garden
CHEX TV air date: June 14th, 2013 Click here to watch this episode of?The Garden Gate.Brightly colored butterflies and moths can be a welcome addition to your wildlife garden, not only because of their beauty, but also because of their usefulness in pollinating flowers. Attracting butterflies and moths involves incorporating plants that serve the needs […]
Garden Gate: Episode 13 – Why are the birds not feeding from my feeder?
CHEX TV air date: Fri. May 31st, 2013 Click here to watch this episode of ?The Garden Gate. During prime finch feeding season, almost weekly I have customers coming in to purchase a new feeder because they?ve lost their finches. Initially when they put up their feeder they get lots of finches but at a […]