Wes Porter

Wes Porter is a horticultural consultant and writer based in Toronto. Wes has over 40 years of experience in both temperate and tropical horticulture from three continents.

Most Recent Articles by Wes Porter:

The Plum Charmer of Pershore August 6, 2012
August gardening: The Plum Festival
Weather on St. Swithin’s Day Determines That of August August 1, 2012
August gardening
To Bee or Not to Bee . . . July 19, 2012
July gardening: Colony Collapse Disorder
Munching on Mangoes May Cause an Allergy July 16, 2012
July gardening
You, Too, Can Shape Vegetables July 10, 2012
July gardening: Odd shaped veggies
Questions We’re Often Asked: Watering July 8, 2012
July gardening: Compost, mulch and sprinklers
Putting the Squeeze on Tomatoes July 7, 2012
July gardening: Tomatoes that taste like something straight from the home garden
Gardening is an active hobby July 1, 2012
July gardening: Now that’s tilling it like it is!
Questions We’re Often Asked: Natural Pest Control June 29, 2012
June gardening: Diatomaceous earth
Cricket Matches Excite the Orient June 22, 2012
You can’t keep a good cricket down
Raising Giant Pumpkins June 17, 2012
June gardening: Lots of tender loving care
Gardens of Health June 12, 2012
June gardening; “There’s nothing more beautiful in this world than nature.”
Renovating a Lawn June 5, 2012
June gardening: “Flower beds are often best set in grass, and those that are to see them will approach them quite as readily on grass as on hard walks.”
Follow-Up on Aspirin June 5, 2012
June gardening: The potent pill’s unexpected anti-cancer action
Timely tips for June gardening June 1, 2012
Readers, rejoice! Gardening is the only hobby where costs aren’t growing
Questions We’re Often Asked: Soil vs. Dirt May 26, 2012
May Gardening; Dirt is what politicians sweep under the carpet. Soil is what plants grow in
The Strange Spice Vanilla May 19, 2012
May gardening; everything tends to be unusual about this spice
29th May: Royal Oak Day May 11, 2012
May gardening
Bug Extract a Natural Colouring? May 8, 2012
It appears to be plain adverse publicity that caused the Seattle-based Coffea arabica purveyor to swap cochineal for another natural but less controversial food colouring.
Origins of Acetylsalicylic Acid, ASA May 4, 2012
May gardening: the astringent bark of various willows have for millennia been a traditional remedy for diarrhea, fever, arthritis and rheumatism
Spring arrives—Canadian Style May 1, 2012
May gardening: Patience is the watchword here
It Isn’t All Plain Snailing for Munching Molluscs April 25, 2012
April gardening; slug pubs
Corky-Fruited Water Dropwort Shoots Down Missiles April 18, 2012
April gardening; Oenanthe pimpinelloides
Plants to Protect Your Property April 14, 2012
April gardening; “Dear Plant Thief: If I catch you stealing my plants..."
All of the Latest Poop on Compost April 8, 2012
Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker spent $5,500 on compost to constituents, no small portion of his total 2011 spending of $31,077.34.
Gardeners Welcome New Season March 31, 2012
April City Gardening
Questions We’re Often Asked: Patches on Lawns March 28, 2012
“Here lies the last poodle that peed on my lawn.”
April Fools Day, Gardening Style March 23, 2012
March Gardening: A stowaway snail cost Britain a chance of winning the Gardening World Cup in Japan last month
Growing a Gigantic Gourd Depends On the Preparation March 17, 2012
March gardening: Since they take 120 days to produce mature pumpkins (or squash, if you will), starting early indoors is essential.
Landscaping Loses Ground In Canada March 10, 2012
March Gardening; Frederick Law Olmsted, Terry McGlade