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Sigrie Kendrick

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Not all bugs are bad

A majority of the insects you see in your garden don’t harm plants and are, in fact, “beneficials” because they benefit your garden by improving...

22.05.2025 2

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Sigrie Kendrick

Importance of water

Our stunning Okanagan Valley, with its sparkling lakes and semi-arid climate, faces an increasingly-precarious water future. Despite being surrounded...

08.05.2025 2

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Put your garden in the red

We all have favourite colours, even though all colours are favourites in garden flowers and they all “go together” like nowhere else. One of my...

24.04.2025 3

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Made in the shade

Finding plants that thrive in dry shade is one of gardening's most formidable challenges. These difficult spots are often located beneath mature trees...

10.04.2025 4

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Start to spring in the garden

The Okanagan Xeriscape Association celebrated the official start to spring with the first Dig with Sig volunteer event recently in the greenhouse, as...

27.03.2025 2

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Adding up signs of spring

It may not officially begin until March 20, but I’m already delighting in the unofficial signs of spring, starting with the snowdrops that have...

14.03.2025 4

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