10 Neat Things – Your LOCAL Gardener

Scent

1. Do bees have noses? Not exactly, but they do detect odour through receptors in their antennae. Various insects have

1. Waiting to plant. Across Canada, with the possible exception of the West Coast, Victoria Day is the traditional planting

1. Vegetables. It used to be that just about the only edibles that people grew in containers were herbs and

10 Neat Things about Precipitation 1. Snow is not so dense as it looks. A cubic yard of

1. Hanami . It’s cherry blossom time in Japan! Hanami means “flower-viewing” and generally refers to taking in the

Gooseberries are true berries Raspberries Blackberries Saskatoon berries Blueberries Currants Honeyberries Cranberries 1. A tomato is a berry, a

1. Pansies for thought. The origin of the word pansy is reputed to