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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Leave trillium foliage until leaves have fully died back

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Leave trillium foliage until leaves have fully died back

Do you recommend cutting trillium plants back in summer, when the leaf stems flop over and the foliage is no longer attractive?
Jim Pattison's former waterfront home to be relocated and repurposed as counselling centre

Jim Pattison's former waterfront home to be relocated and repurposed as counselling centre

The historical, yellow-shingled Ambleside home sold for $1.75
Condo Smarts: Costs can be allocated according to usage

Condo Smarts: Costs can be allocated according to usage

The Strata Property Act permits charging exclusive operating expenses to only those who benefit.
House Beautiful: Retired architect has designs on his own future

House Beautiful: Retired architect has designs on his own future

Sid Chow, who still lives in the main house, has designed an impressive 620-square-foot garden suite that will allow the couple to age in place and for their daughter and family to live on the property, too
Crazy B.C. housing prices help fuel 230% surge in Calgary condo presales, data firm says

Crazy B.C. housing prices help fuel 230% surge in Calgary condo presales, data firm says

Magnum Projects is marketing a new Bosa Development highrise in the city鈥檚 downtown core during a record population influx from B.C. and Ontario.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: To prevent sunscald, shield tomatoes from afternoon sun

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: To prevent sunscald, shield tomatoes from afternoon sun

As the cherry tomatoes on my deck ripen, the bottom part of the fruits turns red while the upper part remains whitish yellow. Is this a disease?
Condo Smarts: What issues arise from surveillance cameras in condos?

Condo Smarts: What issues arise from surveillance cameras in condos?

The office of the Privacy Commissioner of B.C. sets out several conditions for surveillance that require disclosure of use and management of surveillance, as well as the requirement of the consent of each resident or a bylaw that permits the use of surveillance.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Dry spring hurting vegetable harvest

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Dry spring hurting vegetable harvest

Spring plantings of shelling peas, carrots and beets typically begin germinating as I use the last of the previous year鈥檚 harvest. Not this year.
Helen Chesnut: Lawn blends grow environmentally beneficial turf

Helen Chesnut: Lawn blends grow environmentally beneficial turf

For blends that offer alternatives to traditional lawns, check out print or online catalogues
Condo Smarts: Strata鈥檚 DIY services come with insurance risks

Condo Smarts: Strata鈥檚 DIY services come with insurance risks

New council refuses to respond to owner directions