As the Garden Grows

  Water delivery is scheduled for every Tuesday and Friday, provided gardeners have ordered the water in advance before cut-off. Cut-off times are Monday and Thursday by 6pm. Likely due to the extensive rain we have received in the last week or so, no water has been ordered for delivery today.                                                              

  I’m excited to tell you about a new service we are offering … Garden Soaker Service. For when you feel your garden has not adequately received enough water from your hand watering, we will completely soak your garden with 1000 litres (the amount held in your water tote) with our water pump and fire hose. (on light spray of course) We will truck in separate water and apply it either early morning or late afternoon when the sun is not too hot. The cost will be $40 ($20 for the water and $20 to apply). Happy Gardening…

    We have had several reports that deer have been feasting in the garden at night. While annoying to be sure, it is a fact of nature that we just have to deal with pest control of one kind or another. Here are some ideas that you can use to help keep the deer from snacking on your treasured plants… Choose Deer-Resistant Plants While hungry deer may eat just about anything, they tend to avoid prickly and fuzzy foliage . And, they don’t really like heavily fragranced plants, either. Experiment with different textured and aromatic plants. Try using them as borders for your garden beds.     Place Bar Soap Near Plants To keep deer away, many gardeners turn to ordinary bar soap . The scent is said to interfere with their sensitive sense of smell. Choose a brand with a powerful fragrance (I’m told Irish Spring is a favourite), and hang bars from strings in large shrubs or attach bars to stakes and place them around the edges of your garden beds. Scatter...