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Beautiful Gardens Ontario

Garden of Margie and Donnie McAlear

January 27, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1543 Views Buddha statue, country home, country living, Margie and Donnie McAlear, Matawatchan garden, Ontario gardens, Queen Anne's lace, secret garden, spring-fed pond, vegetable garden

Garden of Margie and Donnie McAlear, Matawatchan, Ontario Story and photos by Shauna Dobbie He erects an outbuilding, she puts

The house.

Beautiful Gardens P.E.I.

Garden of Pat Uptegrove

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Garden of Pat Uptegrove, Victoria Cross, Prince Edward Island Story and photos by Shauna Dobbie Pat Uptegrove has lived all

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A gift for you

A Gift For You

January 10, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1588 Views backyard gardening, Canadian gardeners, Garden design, gardening challenges, growing methods, houseplants, insects, Trees, weeds, wildflowers

A Gift for you We cover insects you meet in your back yard and methods of growing from around the

10 neat things about oaks

10 Neat Things Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Oaks

January 1, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1568 Views acorns, ancient oak trees, Celtic history, North American oaks, oak cupule, oak for smoking, oak symbolism, Oak trees, poison oak, Quercus

1. Quercus and the Celts Quercus is the botanical name for oak and it is from the Celtic language meaning

10 neat things about frankincense and myrrh

About Frankincense and Myrrh

December 23, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 2175 Views ancient healing, Boswellia sacra, Commiphora myrrha, Frankincense, frankincense for cancer, gifts of the Magi, myrrh, myrrh for arthritis, Myrris odorata, resin harvesting

Boswellia sacra (image by Scott Zona / via Wikicommons) 1. Treasures from trees. The wise men from the East arrived

10 neat things about artichokes

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Artichokes

December 16, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 2009 Views ancient vegetables, aphrodisiac food, artichoke history, artichoke preparation, Artichokes, California artichokes, Cynara scolymus, healthy eating, Marilyn Monroe, New Orleans

1. Eating flower babies. An artichoke is the bud of the flowerhead of Cynara scolymus, a plant with lovely violet-blue

10 Neat Things about Plant Senses

10 Neat Things Gardening Science Plants

About Plant Senses

December 9, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 1429 Views jasmonate, photosensitive hormones, plant behavior, plant chemistry, plant communication, plant intelligence, plant memory, plant reactions, Plant senses, plant signaling

1. What you already knew. As a plant person, you already know that plants have senses, many beyond our ken.

10 neat things about potatoes

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Potatoes

November 18, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 2098 Views Irish Potato Famine, Lord Byron, nutritional benefits, Potato diet, potato history, potato nutrition, potato production, resistant starch, spud varieties, true potatoes

1. The potato diet. Potatoes have a bad reputation as a heavy carb food that adds inches to waistlines. But

2022 is Canada's Year of the Garden

2022 is Canada’s Year of the Garden

November 12, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 2065 Views Canada's Year of the Garden, Canadian Garden Council, environmental health, garden benefits, garden heritage, gardening community, gardening culture, public spaces, sustainable development, urban gardens

Proclaiming 2022 Canada’s Year of the Garden: A national movement to connect with plants Gardens and gardening contribute to the

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