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10 Neat Things about peaches

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Peaches

September 12, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4280 Views 10 Neat Things, cool and interesting facts, peaches

1. Clingstone or freestone. When you eat a peach and the flesh comes neatly away from the pit, that is

10 Neat Things about planting trees

10 Neat Things Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Planting Trees

September 9, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2981 Views 10 Neat Things, planting trees

1. The roots don’t reach to China. Many tree planting failures can be traced to digging the planting hole too

10 Neat Things about spiders

10 Neat Things Animals Garden Helpers Wild Critters

About Spiders

September 6, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3608 Views 10 Neat Things, facts about spider

Eyes 1. Those eyes have seen a lot of… Most spiders have eight eyes, and they see a lot. In

10 Neat Things about Apples

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Apples

August 29, 2019 Dorothy Dobbie 3131 Views 10 Neat Things, apples

1. They are so pomaceous! Pome is from the Latin word for fruit, pomun, but in our world, we apply

Garden Fresh Recipes

Gingered Carrots

August 28, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2502 Views carrots, garden fresh recipe, ginger, vegetarian recipe

This gingered carrot recipe never fails to inspire carrot haters to a fervent new loyalty and (hopefully) better eyesight! 5

highbush cranberry

Highbush cranberry grows wild just about everywhere in Canada.

Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

Cranberries

August 27, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4718 Views bush, Canada, cranberry, plant

Lowbush cranberry The lowbush cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is a North American plant, related to the blueberry, that grows naturally in

cranberry chicken recipe

Garden Fresh Recipes

Cranberry Chicken

August 27, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2642 Views chicken, cranberry, garden fresh recipe, recipe

Dorothy’s Cranberry Chicken This cranberry chicken recipe was invented by Gojko Bodiroga, the former chef at Restaurant Dubrovnik. It is

10 Neat Things about Water Gardening

10 Neat Things Garden Design Ideas Plants

About Water Gardening

August 25, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2849 Views algae control, aquatic plants, backyard pond, container pond, floating plants, mosquito prevention, oxygenating plants, pond maintenance, water gardening, water lilies

1. Water, water everywhere. Water in the garden is such a natural fit that every garden should have some. You

10 Neat Things about corn

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Corn

August 22, 2019 Dorothy Dobbie 3553 Views biodegradable plastic, biofuel, corn, corn earworm, corn facts, ethanol, high fructose corn syrup, Indigenous agriculture, nitrogen depletion, three sisters

1. Corn is grass. Zea mays, the Latin name for maize, which is the farming name for corn, is a

10 neat things about asian ladybugs

10 Neat Things Animals Insects

About Asian Ladybugs

August 15, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 5854 Views aphid control, Asian ladybug, home pest prevention, invasive species, ladybug infestation, methoxpyrazines, overwintering pests, reflex bleeding, soybean aphids, wine contamination

1. The bird that bites. Harmonia axridis, better known as the Asian ladybug or ladybird, has a number of anti-human