Editor’s Note: We’ve been reaching back into Michelle Smith’s archive for gardening tips and this week, we found a good one about what to do when you’ve downed tools for the winter. (This column first appeared in November 2019). What to do this week It’s time to hang upRead More
Cruise news And now, from the “counterintuitive” department, I’d like to suggest that there are ways in which COVID may actually prove a boon to the cruise industry. It’s a theory I developed watching a “recovery of cruise” presentation from a November 2020 conference on “post-COVID” tourism in Cape BretonRead More
Editor’s note: We are reaching into Michelle Smith’s archives for tips that remain as timely now as when they were first published — which, in the case of today’s item, was 17 October 2017. What to do this week This week is a good time to care for yourRead More
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Editor’s Note: We’re reaching into Michelle Smith’s archive to provide gardening tips as timely now as when they first appeared — which today’s column did on 17 October 2018. What to do this week This is a great week to pot up a few of your herbs, if youRead More
Editor’s Note: We’re reaching into Michelle’s Smith’s archives for posts as useful now as when they were first published, like this one, which we last shared on 7 October 2020. What to do this week You might need a garden shovel or something similar in the next month orRead More
Editor’s Note: We’re reaching into Michelle’s Smith’s archives for posts as useful now as when they were first published. This was last republished on 30 September 2020. What to do this week I think we had better talk about planting garlic. It’s getting to be that time. I know itRead More
Editor’s Note: We’re reaching into Michelle Smith’s archives for still-timely gardening tips like these — first published on 19 September 2018. What to do this week This week I want to talk about the best ways to store your veggies once you pick them, both long term and shortRead More
Editor’s Note: We are reaching into Michelle Smith’s archives for gardening tips as timely now as when they were first published. Today’s offering first appeared on 5 September 2018. What to do this week This week can be all about tidying up in the garden, especially around your fruitRead More
Editor’s Note: We’re dipping into Michelle Smith’s archive for gardening tips that remain timely. This column first appeared on 22 August 2018. What to do this week It is all about harvesting this time of year, and how to keep up — just don’t sleep, and you will doRead More
Editor’s Note: The Spectator is reaching into Michelle Smith’s gardening column archive for some weekly advice that is as relevant now as when it was first written. This column was first published in June 2017. What to do this week This week you should be hardening off your precious seedlings. Take yourRead More
