The autumn equinox is the benchmark for the fall season and provides a convenient marker for a new ‘to do’ list in the garden. Post this one on your fridge and relish your time in the garden.

I think it’s time for us to stop and take stock of our own home-grown green spaces relative to cars. What value does a lawn or a garden actually have? When are those values trumped by the need to park a car?

Early September is the perfect time for gardeners to think of eating and the most pro-active among us are picking up the pickling jar and getting to work. The harvest is coming in fast and furious.

I want you to benefit from my extensive experience and personal bias. These are the rest of my favourite plants.

It is late summer and the autumn planting season is on our threshold. This is a short list of a few of my favourite plants.

We are all bugged by something or other, and this time of year the bugging seems to reach a crescendo. Here is my short list of the most effective bug controls which are, for the most part, no further away than your kitchen.

It is possible to build a permanent structure into your garden scheme that is so permanent that it could very well out last your home.

We are standing on the Continental Divide of the gardening season: on your right is the past 4 months where planting is history. On your left is the next 4 months. Your job is to manage the flow of the season in your favour.

I highly recommend that you take advantage of the great events happening at public garden venues in and around Toronto.

Horticultural trivia you need to get you through a summer weekend.

I am providing you with my early summer ‘Could’ Do list – jobs that you can do if you want to but don’t have to if you would rather not.

Composting tips. What is ‘waste’ to one person is a valuable resource to another. We live in a time when options are greater than ever for the disposal of many products after we are finished with them.

There is no reason why you cannot have a great looking garden while living with shade.

Information that you can take into the yard and garden and use right away

It is a new day in the garden. Time for a new language.

You can have a great looking lawn without the supposed ‘work’ or environmental detriment. This is the perfect time of year to employ a few important tactics in your effort to do just that.

Imagine a typical residential neighbourhood that is carved out of existing farmland. Only this one is not typical at all.

I would like to introduce you to some wonderful new roses and flowering shrubs that just might make your day.