From trash to treasure

The garage in Denis Pettigrew’s suburban Gatineau home is a neatly organized treasure trove of odds and ends. Over against a wall are a bunch of rusty portholes from ships. Next to those are coloured...

Websites full of ecological ideas

Ahhhh, the "good, young summer time!" After all, summer has taken so long in getting here this year, it will never get a chance to be "old." Be thankful for small mercies!

You light up my life — or not

It sounds like a bright idea: Let the sun, which is free, light up your summer nightlife. But are solar lights all they're cracked up to be? One thing's for sure. They're hot sellers.

The urban forest needs you

One of the biggest challenges facing urban gardeners is the limitation of time and space. If I had a bigger garden, I'd start by planting a cotoneaster hedge, left to grow 'au naturel', a weeping willow...