About Sun and Shade
1. Deadly shade. Very little will grow in deep, deep shade, say right beside a north facing wall with overhanging eaves where the sun never
Canada's Local Gardener
June 2, 2022
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About 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 has taken on many other
Canada's Local Gardener
May 26, 2022
About Alliums
Allium azureum Toxicoxcordion venenosum Allium cepa (onion) Allium sativum (garlic) Allium moly Allium schoenoprasum (chives) 1. What are alliums? Plants in the genus Allium generally
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May 19, 2022
About Hummingbirds
1. Soap bubble throats. Hummingbirds have brilliant throats, but it is not pigment that is responsible for that luster. Instead, it’s the arrangement of their
Dorothy Dobbie
May 12, 2022
About Raspberries
1. Oh Ida, how red your blood. Raspberries, Greek mythology has it, were once white. Then along came Zeus’ nursemaid, Ida, who pricked her finger
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May 5, 2022
Garden of Pete Mowat
Pete Mowat’s garden, Selkirk, Ontario Pete Mowat is living the dream. Retired from Canada Post, he has the time, the space and the energy to
Shauna Dobbie
May 2, 2022
About Carnivorous Plants
1. They eat what? Carnivorous plants don’t eat meat, really; they eat insects and spiders and other arthropods. One of the larger carnivorous plants, Nepenthes rajah,
Canada's Local Gardener
April 26, 2022
Donna and Dave Bloski’s garden
Story by Dorothy Dobbie, Photos by Dorothy and Shauna Dobbie It is Donna and Dave Bloski’s 54th wedding anniversary this year and they are celebrating
Dorothy Dobbie
April 25, 2022
Garden of Corinne Hersey
Story and photos by Shauna Dobbie Everybody gardens for their own reasons, and for Corinne, those reasons are for food and safe pollinator habitat. As
Shauna Dobbie
April 25, 2022
About Soil
1. You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die. Fortunately, that old saying does not apply to plants, which in fact, do
Canada's Local Gardener
April 21, 2022