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Dear Helen: I have some well-established perennial plantings and wonder when and how often they should be divided. Can you comment particularly on Lenten rose, hostas, border sedums and bearded irises? L. P.

Becky Medina teems with creative decorating ideas for her newly renovated home in Maple Bay. And strangely enough, the fulfilment of her brainwaves tends to coincide with trips her husband Tony makes out of town.

In our urban Victorian townhouse there鈥檚 a small room with just enough space for two comfy chairs in front of the fireplace and a table behind the chairs. Our tiny music centre is set up on one wall.

In early March there are always a few final seed orders still to do.

Dear Helen: When starting up stored begonia tubers, is it necessary to place them in both light and warmth? S.L Dear S.L.: Moderate warmth is helpful to initiate root growth. Light is necessary only once top growth begins.

Dear Tony: We are about to sell our townhouse and decided to gather all of the documentation in advance to make the process easier for our agent.

The first phase of Travino, a community of 250 residences in the Royal Oak area of Saanich, is now complete.

Dear Reena: We have rediscovered a relative鈥檚 chinaware from the 1950s. The style is quite amazing for that period of time. But we do not know whether or not it is dishwasher safe.

Dear Debbie: We have some fabulous landscape photos of our property that we would like to use as art for our walls. Do you know of an interesting way to do this? Simple frames just don鈥檛 work.

Dear Tony: We live in a 16-unit strata corporation that has two commercial units and 14 residences. It is divided into two separate sections, created by the developer for the commercial and residential sides.