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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Get by with a little help from your friends

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Get by with a little help from your friends

Aging gardeners can seek out others to lend a hand
Gorgeous pumpkin with valuable seeds stolen from North Vancouver gardener

Gorgeous pumpkin with valuable seeds stolen from North Vancouver gardener

Pumpkins come and go, but the seeds in this stolen specimen named 'Arnold' could have been worth big bucks
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Gerbera daisies best as annuals

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Gerbera daisies best as annuals

Kept in cool but frost-free places, in bright light, Gerberas need a lot less water in winter
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: November is a time for remembering

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: November is a time for remembering

Gardening together has become the foundation of many a close, long-term friendship.
Condo Smarts: ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s short-term rental rules apply to owners, not stratas

Condo Smarts: ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s short-term rental rules apply to owners, not stratas

Strata corporations are still permitted to adopt a bylaw that prohibits short-term accommodations.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Early spring best time to prune, repot house plants

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Early spring best time to prune, repot house plants

In a perfect world, every gardening project will be accomplished at the most favourable time. But no busy gardener’s world is perfect.
Condo Smarts: Strata can seek court ruling to force needed repairs

Condo Smarts: Strata can seek court ruling to force needed repairs

I am always bewildered when communities fail to support repairs that are essential.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Time to harvest the winter squash

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Time to harvest the winter squash

Winter squash and pumpkins store best in cool conditions.
House Beautiful: A green take on downsizing

House Beautiful: A green take on downsizing

Perched above the water in Esquimalt, the home’s environmental elements bring it closer to nature — and save money.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How to keep begonias alive over winter

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: How to keep begonias alive over winter

Readers ask garden expert Helen Chesnut about caring for tuberous begonias, preventing whitefly infestations and tips for growing coffee plants.