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10 Neat Things

10 Neat Things about watering plants

10 Neat Things How-to Plants

About Watering Plants

July 10, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3614 Views Consistent watering, lawn care, overwatering, Plant hydration, Plant needs, Soil moisture, Surfactants, watering plants, Watering schedules, Watering Tips

Water is essential to a plant’s growth. 1. Water is the staff of plant life. Watering plants will deliver nutrients

10 neat things about strawberries

10 Neat Things Edibles Perennials Plants Wild Flowers

About Strawberries

July 3, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3621 Views Brain function, False fruit, Global cultivation, health benefits, Low-calorie snacks, strawberries, Strawberry history, Strawberry planting, Strawberry salad, Strawberry seeds

1. The strawberry isn’t a berry. It isn’t even a fruit. Botanically speaking, the strawberry is a false fruit because

10 neat things about spiky flowers

10 Neat Things Annuals Bulbs Flowers Perennials Plants Wild Flowers

Spiky Flowers

June 26, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5511 Views Delphinium, Foxglove, Gladiolus, Hyacinth, Liatris, Lupin, Obedience plant, Pollination strategy, snapdragon, Spiky flowers

1. Flowers on spikes. Spiky flowers could refer to flowers with spikes or flowers that form on a spike-like stem;

Pollinators in your Garden

June 20, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 2865 Views bee conservation, Butterfly bush, Echinacea, habitat loss, hummingbirds, Monarch Butterflies, native plants, pesticides, Pollinator-friendly gardening, pollinators

Populations of many pollinators have declined seriously across North America according to a recent United States National Academy of Science

grass for your lawn

Gardening for Beginners

Grass for your Lawn

June 19, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3649 Views Annual ryegrass, Fine fescue, grass types, Kentucky bluegrass, lawn care, lawn maintenance, Perennial ryegrass, Shade tolerance, Sustainable lawns, Turf grass

Well-cultured lawns have several beneficial features. They filter and clean water and return it to the water table. In urban

asian greens

Asian Greens

June 19, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 2742 Views Asian greens, Bok choi, cool weather crops, Garden vegetables, Lemon grass, Malabar spinach, Mizuna, Mustard greens, Tatsoi, Vietnamese coriander

A shrinking globe brought Asian vegetables to prominence in North America. Tourists, soldiers returning from the Korean and Vietnam wars,

Spittlebug

Spittlebugs

June 17, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4672 Views froghopper, garden pests, nymph stage, organic gardening, Perennials, Pest control, plant pests, Spittlebugs, strawberries, xylem

Who’s been spitting on my plants? Spittlebugs show a preference for nitrogen-fixing plants such as legumes and it is postulated

10 Neat Things about cosmos

10 Neat Things Annuals Flowers Perennials Plants

About Cosmos

June 16, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4985 Views Butterfly magnet, Chocolate cosmos, Cosmos, Cosmos bipinnatus, Cosmos caudatus, King’s salad, Mexican aster, Ornamental beauty, Sulphur cosmos, Ulam Raja

Ulam Raja 1. King’s salad. When we think of cosmos, we think of the pretty delicate flowers once so common

10 neat things about brassicas

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Brassicas

June 11, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3867 Views Brassicas, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, Collard greens, Gai lan, Kale, Kohlrabi, Romanesco

Watch for an article on these vegetables in the summer issue of Canada’s Local Gardener magazine! 1. All the

10 Neat Things about Moss

About Moss

June 4, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5914 Views Bryophyta, Japanese gardening, Moisture retention, moss, Moss as a ground cover, Moss care, Moss growth, Moss reproduction, peat moss, Sphagnum moss

Are you interested in growing moss? Look for an article on it in our Summer issue of Canada’s Local Gardener!

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