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Flora & Fauna Episode 2: Sweet Potatoes

May 13, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 592 Views Canadian Gardening, easy gardening tips, growing sweet potatoes, heat-loving plants, low-care vegetables, nutrient-rich vegetables, summer gardening, sweet potato care, sweet potatoes, vegetable gardening

Sweet potatoes are densely packed with nutrients, delicious roasted or mashed with a dab of butter, and notoriously too heat-loving

CLG Podcast Edibles Flora & Fauna Local Gardener Plants

Flora & Fauna Episode 1: Apples

May 12, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 725 Views apple cultivation, apple trees, apples, Bob Osborne, Canadian apple varieties, Cold Climate Gardening, growing apples, hardy apples, New Brunswick gardening, Zones 2-4 gardening

Bob Osborne is a grower of apple trees in New Brunswick and he has recently published Hardy Apples: Growing Apples in

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May 12, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 541 Views gardening quote, inspiration quotes, Quote, quotes

Living on Air and Water: Tillandsia

May 9, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 697 Views air plants, Bromeliad family, creative decorating, houseplants, Indoor Gardening, Plant Care, Spanish moss, succulent alternatives, Tillandsia, water storage

Along with the luscious succulents this year comes Tillandsia, the plant that virtually lives on air and water. Tillandsias are

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May 8, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 641 Views gardener quote, inspiration quotes, Quote, quotes

Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley

About the Invasiveness of Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)

May 7, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 1871 Views Credit Valley, forest colonization, garden plants, Halton, invasive species, Lily of the Valley, Plant Care, poisonous berries, stolons, Upper Thames River

Recently, Canada’s Local Gardener changed our profile picture to a thumbnail of lily of the valley. We did it because

10 Neat Things Edibles

10 Neat Things About Celery

May 5, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 1001 Views ancient Greece, Black Celery Festival, Celery, cooling effect, diuretic properties, growing celery, harvest tips, Nemean Games, vegetable nutrition, Victorian aphrodisiac

1. A revered plant. In ancient times, celery wreaths were used as awards for winning athletes in the Nemean Games,

Quote for gardeners 11

May 5, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 555 Views inspirational quotes, Quote, quotes, quotes for gardener

10 Neat Things Bulbs Flowers Garden Pests Insects Perennials

10 Neat Things About Lily Leaf Beetle

May 4, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 934 Views beetle lifecycle, fecal shield, garden pests, invasive species, lily care, Lily leaf beetle, lily plants, lily protection, parasitic wasps, stridulation

1. What is it? What carries its poop around on its back? And why?! The lily leaf beetle (Liliocerus lillii)

Editor's Pick Local Gardener Perennials Plants

Embracing May’s Birth Flower: Lily of the Valley

May 1, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1739 Views bridal bouquet, Convallaria majalis, fragrant flowers, garden care, gardening tips, invasive plants, Lily of the Valley, May birth flower, spring blooms, toxic plants

As May blooms into its full glory, so does its birth flower, the delicate and enchanting Lily of the Valley.

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