Minter Country Garden Blog
Ingredients For Late Fall and Winter Containers
As the weather turns cooler and wetter with shorter hours of daylight, wouldn’t it be wonderful to brighten up your patio with some great colour? Enhancing our patios with colourful containers is easier than you may think. You just need to be both creative and...
Ornamental Grasses
The appreciation of ornamental grasses has ebbed and flowed a bit over the years, but as a low-maintenance, multi-season interest plant, they are hard to beat! It takes a while to understand the nature of each variety of grass and to see what it looks like during...
Fall and Winter Vegetable Gardening
In the Lower Mainland, fast crops like lettuce, some brassicas, peas, beans, radishes, Swiss chard, and beets can easily be planted in late summer, especially from started crops or transplants, for harvesting from September through next March and beyond. You must,...
April to Do List 2023
Spring is a busy time for gardeners and April is the perfect month to care for winter flowering plants that have put on a great show but are finishing up, plant spring colour, get a jump on the veggie garden and prepare our yards for the season ahead! Here are the top...
Pruning Evergreens
One of our biggest mistakes in landscaping is allowing trees to grow until they become so large they are overpowering. Overgrown trees are difficult to prune back hard and yet still keep them looking attractive. It’s also difficult to prune back new landscape plants,...
Pruning Fruit Trees
Ladies and gentlemen, sharpen your blades… it’s pruning time! With a little reading, a careful assessment of your trees and the right tools, you really can do it on your own! As a rule of thumb, you can place fruit trees into three different pruning categories: the...
Gifts for the Gardener (or Gardener at Heart) 2022!
When it comes to gift giving they say it’s the thought that counts and it’s true! Should you be stuck for ideas, however, we are happy to offer you several. No matter what kind of gardener is on your list, from the ones practically fluent in Latin to those who are...
Winter Berries
Do you need a pop of colour for fall and winter? How about some vibrant berries that not only look fabulous but also provide food for our over-wintering birds? To take full advantage of their beauty, they should be located in an area where they can be enjoyed at their...
Overwintering Outdoor Tropicals
Summer is drawing to an end and night temperatures will soon start dropping. Before your tender and tropical plants get chilled, learn how and when to protect them with these tips. Zones 9 & 10 Those plants rated zones 9 and 10, like red bananas (Ensete...