MARK CULLEN: Amaryllis Add Much Needed Colour to Your Home
By Mark CullenWith a winter wonderland outdoors, gardeners are looking for ways to grow blooms indoors. I always recommend growing an amaryllis. They are easy to grow and provide an outstanding show.The giant, chunky bulb that you can buy at garden
MARK CULLEN: Gardener’s To-Do List for the Middle of August
By Mark CullenWe are on the continental divide of the gardening season. On your right is the last 4 months that you invested and the flowers and fruit that your garden has produced to date. On your left is another 4 months [or so, depending on where you
MARK CULLEN: Spring-Flowering Bulbs in Containers
By Mark CullenIt never fails. Every year at this time I receive an email from a gardener who has forgotten to plant their tulip bulbs. My advice to them: Why not create a containerized display to impress the neighbours next spring?This recipe also works
MARK CULLEN: Harvest Time
By Mark CullenI am always happy to hear from gardeners who have jumped on the ‘grow your own’ band wagon. Many first-time veggie gardeners are contacting me to find out what to do with their abundance of tomatoes, squash, carrots and the like. “What
MARK CULLEN: Caring for Roses
By Mark CullenIt is early summer and your roses have almost finished their first flush of great looking blossoms. Now is the most important time to feed them!Roses require nutrients to produce blooms. If you used Smartcote "Feed and Forget" Rose Food
MARK CULLEN: How to Shop at the Garden Centre
When you visit the garden center it can often be overwhelming. I am often approached by gardeners asking me ‘where to start’. I offer this information to help point you in the right direction.1. Good value does not always equal the lowest price. While
Mark Cullen: Gardening in Small Spaces
By Mark CullenLess than one quarter of new residences currently being built in the GTA are ‘single family detached’. Almost two thirds of new homes are condos.The concept of ‘the average lot size’ could be several hundred square feet located way off the
MARK CULLEN: Canada Blooms
Canada’s largest flower and garden festival is only a few days away. From March 14-23, 2014, Canada Blooms returns to the Direct Energy Centre celebrating its 18th Anniversary as Canada’s largest flower and garden festival. In 2014, Canada Blooms will be
Mark Cullen: Give Your Dad the Best Lawn on the Block!
By Mark CullenGive your Dad a great looking lawn this Father’s Day! Put together a ‘kit’ of lawn stuff that will help him to produce the great looking lawn that he dreams of. And believe me, he DOES dream of these things. I know: I am one.Your ‘lawn
MARK CULLEN: Busy in the Garden
This month I have great plans to be busy in the garden. This list is a quick summary of what To Do in your garden.a. This is a great time to plant, after all. And stake. I recommend that you acquire some stakes and bang them into the ground around
