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10 Neat Things

10 Neat Things

About Raspberries

May 5, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 3041 Views black raspberry, raspberries, raspberry colors, raspberry folklore, raspberry history, raspberry ketone, raspberry medicine, raspberry nutrition, raspberry pruning, thornless raspberries

1. Oh Ida, how red your blood. Raspberries, Greek mythology has it, were once white. Then along came Zeus’ nursemaid,

10 Neat Things Plants

About Carnivorous Plants

April 26, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1667 Views carnivorous houseplants, Carnivorous plants, Drosera, flypaper trap, insect digestion, Nepenthes rajah, pitcher plant, purple pitcher plant, sundews, Venus flytrap

1. They eat what? Carnivorous plants don’t eat meat, really; they eat insects and spiders and other arthropods. One of

10 Neat Things Gardening Science

About Soil

April 21, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1520 Views compost, gardening tips, microorganisms, organic material, plant nutrition, pollinators, potting mix, soil conservation, soil ecology, soil health

1. You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die. Fortunately, that old saying does not apply to

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Honeyberries

April 6, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2303 Views antioxidant-rich, berry recipes, fruit gardening, hardy shrubs, haskap, Honeyberries, Plant Care, Pollination, summer harvest, vitamin C

Photo: Hansicanada, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 1. What’s blue, grows on a bush and melts in your mouth?

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Vines

About Grapes

March 31, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1796 Views grape colors, grapevine history, grapevine pruning, raisins, red wine, resveratrol, Sour grapes, sultanas, Vitis riparia, wild grapes

1. Sour grapes. The expression ‘sour grapes’ originated from Aesop’s fable about the fox and the grapes; a hungry fox

10 Neat Things Annuals Bulbs Flowers Perennials Trees & Shrubs

Early Spring Flowers

March 24, 2022 Shauna Dobbie 1730 Views crocus, daffodils, forsythia, hellebores, Pansies, prairie crocus, primula, Pulsatilla, scilla, snowdrops, spring flowers

1. Hellebores. One of the early spring flowers, Hellebores, are poisonous, as are many plants in the garden. The sap

10 Neat Things Annuals Edibles Flowers Plants

About Sunflowers

March 10, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2058 Views allelopathy, Fibonacci sequence, heliotropism, nuclear remediation, pollinators, sunflower growth, sunflower oil, sunflower roots, sunflowers, Ukraine

1. Sunflowers for Ukraine. Sunflowers grow well in Ukraine, owing to its hot dry summers. The flower was widely planted

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Rosemary

March 3, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2211 Views Culinary Herbs, herb of remembrance, Herbal remedies, kitchen herb, Mediterranean herb, Propagation, Rosemary, rosemary flowers, sunlight, water drainage

1. Dew of the sea The name rosemary has nothing to do with roses or anyone named Mary. It is

10 Neat Things Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Big Trees

February 24, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1950 Views aspen grove, Big trees, coast redwood, dragon tree, giant redwood, Montezuma cypress, Pando, rain tree, sequoia, tallest trees

Sequoia National Park, California 1. What kind of big? You can measure the biggest trees as the tallest, the thickest

10 Neat Things Animals

About Cats

February 16, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 3754 Views 10 Neat Things, cats, furry pets, Pets

1. The story of Molly, Tom and their confused friend, Gib. We all know that male cats are called Toms,

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