How good is your garden soil? When you begin to plan your garden, the first thing your should take into consideration is your soil. Soil is not just "dirt". Soil is a composition of minerals, water, air, fungi, bacteria and organic material that has decomposed. All of these must be in the right proportions to grow the flowers and plants that create healthy, beautiful gardens. We all know that our flowers and plants [...]
You may have heard that Boxwood Blight has recently been detected in North America. To bring the nursery industry up to date, Craig J. Regelbrugge, ANLA, held a conference call last week with the State Associations to discuss the issue. CANGC staff participated on the call and will continue to monitor this issue and provide updates as they become available. The call was started with some background information; Boxwood Blight is a pathogen first described [...]
Earthworms Probably one of the most easily recognized invertebrates, earthworms are of the phylum Annelida, meaning "ringed" and refers to a series of segments that make up their bodies. Varying from all brown to a pinkish colour and lengths from a few millimeters to 300mm (1ft) in some species but are usually up to 100mm (4in). There are four very common worm species - Night crawlers, as its name suggests they are more often seen at night [...]