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Fact Sheets Index
We strive to have the best informed gardeners in the country. We are proud of our fact sheet series that are designed to help you make plant selection decisions and develop a healthy garden. We have decided to offer these same fact sheets to our internet friends as well. We try to update these as often as possible and add new titles as time permits. Below is a list of what we currently have to offer.
Municipal Compost: Is it For You?

Unfortunately it may full of diseases

This article was first published in the Spring 2003 edition of The Epic Gardener.

Ready... Aim ...

Neem For Lily Leaf Beetles

Grossed out by squishing them!

An alternative is Neem.

Ferns

You aren't in this for the flowers, are you?

Insecticides

Are they really worth it?

Fall Planting

They'll love it! But you might get a little chilled...

Ornamental Grasses

One more place you don't have to mow.

Wildflowers

When nothing else'll grow.

Rock Gardens

Fun with large chunks of heavy sharp things.

Seed Germination Primer

From germination to planting out.

Problems on Tap: Undoing your garden masterpieces with tap water

Ever wonder why your acid-loving plants are flagging?

This article was first published in the Spring 2001 edition of The Epic Gardener.

Fall Gardening Chores & Winterizing Your Gardens

Timely tips on what to prune and how to condition plants for overwintering success.

Peony Fact Sheet

Easy to grow and a staple of perennial beds.

Hostas: Growing them to their Prime

Hostas need moisture and fertilizer in abundance.

Also contains a table (giving colour, height and spread parameters) of hostas for sale at Reilly's in 2001.

Composting Primer

How to Compost and

How to Use Your Nutrient Gold Mine

Hardy Roses

For extensive information on hardy roses, shrubs, and trees, visit the Galetta Nurseries web site.

Peony symptoms, how to tend your sick friends and links to other sites with treatment ideas.

Plants Crave Fungi: The benefits of adding fungi to soil at planting time

This article was first published in the Spring 2004 edition of The Epic Gardener.

Gosh ... you have to train them a bit first.

posted March 1, 2004

No-Loss

Planting Recommendations

This article will appear in the Spring 2005 edition of The Epic Gardener.

Read it now .... only on this site!

Hope I'll be excused

for 'dissing' earthworms!

posted February 14, 2005