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Small-flowered clematis are easy-care, prolific bloomers - Victoria Times Colonist

Garden advice: For their ease of care and prolific bloom, Helen Chesnut is very fond of the small-flowered clematis types, in particular the Viticellas.

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Gardening: Tomato foliage helps repel cabbage butterflies - Victoria Times Colonist

Advice: Use “suckers” removed from tomato plants to repel the cabbage butterfly by laying the suckers on the cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower plants.

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Garden advice: Mushy bulbs likely due to narcissus bulb fly - Victoria Times Colonist

Some of my daffodil bulbs produced spindly leaves and no flowers. I dug a few up and found the bulbs to be mushy. What might have caused this?

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Helen Chesnut: Dried beans from withered pods fine for baking

To use dried bush, pole and runner beans for traditional baked bean dishes, cook until tender and add to sauteed onion and garlic before adding sauce.

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Garden advice: How to give potting soil staying power - Victoria Times Colonist

Question: I’ve been disappointed with the quality of the potting soil I buy, for both indoor and outdoor use. Can you recommend ways to augment it?

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