Red Maples for Manitoba
Let’s celebrate Canada’s heart beat with bred in Manitoba red maple trees. Plus 150 more wishes for Manitoba’s sesquicentennial anniversary. By Ian Leatt I am
Canada's Local Gardener
February 6, 2020
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The Pergola Solution
Never mind fences making good neighbours, it’s pergolas and privacy screens that are doing all the work these days when trying to create some privacy
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February 6, 2020
About Container Gardening
1. Vegetables. It used to be that just about the only edibles that people grew in containers were herbs and tomatoes. Now you can grow
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January 31, 2020
Seed Heads
By Dorothy Dobbie It isn’t often that you grow a plant mainly for its seed heads, but some are so spectacular, you may want to
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January 30, 2020
Dutch Elm Disease
By Dorothy Dobbie American elms and Dutch elm disease The native elm bark beetle, Hylurgopina rupifes, and the smaller European elm bark beetle, Scolytus multistriatus,
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January 29, 2020
Black Knot on Cherry Trees
In the wintertime, black knot infections become increasingly apparent. Black knot is a fungus, Apiosporina morbosa, that colonizes members of the Prunus or cherry families,
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January 27, 2020
About Herbs
1. Herb or ‘erb? Dropping the h-sound at the beginning of “herb” is an American affectation, so if you’re from south of the border, you
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January 24, 2020
About Waiting
1. Waiting to plant. Across Canada, with the possible exception of the West Coast, Canadians wait till Victoria Day, which is the traditional planting
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January 17, 2020
About Raccoons
1. Smart cookies. Raccoons are highly intelligent with excellent memories. One study showed that they could remember very well for at least three years. It
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January 13, 2020
10 Neat Things about Annuals
1. Live fast, die young. In the plant world, an annual is a plant that completes its life cycle in one season, from seed to
Shauna Dobbie
January 10, 2020