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About Cabbages

May 26, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 3038 Views cabbage, cabbages

1. Cabbage head. Coming from the Middle-English word caboge, which itself probably derived from the French word caboce, both meaning “head”, the word

10 Neat Things Bulbs Flowers Plants

About Alliums

May 19, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 5808 Views alliums, plant supports

Allium azureum Toxicoxcordion venenosum Allium cepa (onion) Allium sativum (garlic) Allium moly Allium schoenoprasum (chives) 1. What are alliums? Plants

10 Neat Things Animals Birds

About Hummingbirds

May 12, 2022 Dorothy Dobbie 3432 Views bird flu precautions, bird migration, hummingbirds, spiders

1. Soap bubble throats. Hummingbirds have brilliant throats, but it is not pigment that is responsible for that luster. Instead,

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Raspberries

May 5, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 4370 Views edible berries, pruning

1. Oh Ida, how red your blood. Raspberries, Greek mythology has it, were once white. Then along came Zeus’ nursemaid,

Beautiful Gardens Ontario

Garden of Pete Mowat

May 2, 2022 Shauna Dobbie 3075 Views garden art, Garden design, gardening with divisions, giant plants, Jerusalem artichokes, Lake Erie, Pete Mowat, pond, Selkirk Ontario, vegetable garden

Pete Mowat’s garden, Selkirk, Ontario Pete Mowat is living the dream. Retired from Canada Post, he has the time, the

10 Neat Things Plants

About Carnivorous Plants

April 26, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2788 Views carnivorous houseplants, Carnivorous plants, Drosera, flypaper trap, insect digestion, Nepenthes rajah, pitcher plant, purple pitcher plant, sundews, Venus flytrap

1. They eat what? Carnivorous plants don’t eat meat, really; they eat insects and spiders and other arthropods. One of

Alberta Beautiful Gardens

Donna and Dave Bloski’s garden

April 25, 2022 Dorothy Dobbie 2826 Views Alberta, Donna and Dave Bloski, fairy gardens, greenhouses, mulching, ornamental garden, peonies, perennial collection, prairie gardening, roses, Spruce Grove

Story by Dorothy Dobbie, Photos by Dorothy and Shauna Dobbie It is Donna and Dave Bloski’s 54th wedding anniversary this

Beautiful Gardens New Brunswick

Garden of Corinne Hersey

April 25, 2022 Shauna Dobbie 2583 Views community gardening, Corinne Hersey, ecological gardening, food sovereignty, foraging, Natural Capital Gardens, pollinator habitat, urban gardening, vegetable garden, wild edibles

Story and photos by Shauna Dobbie Everybody gardens for their own reasons, and for Corinne, those reasons are for food

10 Neat Things Gardening Science

About Soil

April 21, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2693 Views compost, gardening tips, microorganisms, organic material, plant nutrition, pollinators, potting mix, soil conservation, soil ecology, soil health

1. You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die. Fortunately, that old saying does not apply to

10 Neat Things Bulbs Flowers Plants

About Crocus

April 13, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 4129 Views corms, Crocuses, fall-blooming, gardening tips, naturalizing, Plant Care, prairie crocus, saffron, spring flowers, squirrels

1. Plural. You can say “crocuses”, “croci” or “crocus” when you have more than one. Personally, I think “crocuses” is