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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CHEX TV air date: Fri. May 17th, 2013 Click here to watch this episode of?The Garden Gate. There has been a great deal of interest lately in Buying Local and Buying Canadian, so I invited another local entrepreneur in to talk further about the importance of buying local and buying Canadian. Donald Fraser and I […]
CHEX TV air date: Fri. May 3rd, 2013 Click here to watch this episode of??The Garden Gate. It’s May!? The hummingbirds will be spotted any day now in our area. It’s time to get your feeders out!! I often have customers ask me, despite being diligent about filling their feeders,?why they don’t seem to get […]
CHEX TV air date: Fri. Apr. 19th, 2013 Click here to watch this episode of?The Garden Gate. Gary Cowie from Animal House Creations was our guest on this episode of The Garden Gate.? Gary constructs wonderful homes for many of our natural friends. He has thoroughly researched what specifications are needed for proper homes. The […]
CHEX TV air date: Fri. Apr. 5th, 2013 Click here to watch this episode of?The Garden Gate. Rachel Burrows, chair of the Peterborough Garden Show was our guest. We discussed the garden show which is held the second weekend in April each year at the Evinrude Centre in Peterborough. Rachel gave us information on this […]
CHEX TV air date: Fri. Mar. 22nd 2013 Click here to watch this episode of ?The Garden Gate. Vince Bierworth from the KRUZ and WOLF radio stations is spearheading a Buy Local Campaign in the Peterborough area.? As my guest this week he told about the campaign and why he feels it’s important to support […]
CHEX TV air date: Fri. 8th, 2013 Click here to watch this episode of?The Garden Gate. Jillian Bishop (aka The Tomato Lady) from The Urban Tomato was my guest this week. We talked about Heritage Tomatoes and the wonderful and flavourful varieties now available. Heritage tomatoes are the old “antique” varieties that you just can’t […]
CHEX TV air date: Fri. Feb 22nd, 2013 Click here to watch this episode of?The Garden Gate. Drew Monkman joins Brenda Ibey, owner of The Avant Garden Shop, to discuss how to identify your favourite birds during nature walks and birdwatching outings.It was a cold day in January but the birds were out singing and […]
