10 Neat Things About Hardy Apple Cultivars
1. Named apples. You can never plant a seed and expect to get a certain type of apple, no more than you can make a
Canada's Local Gardener
September 4, 2024
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10 Neat Things About Hornets
You’ve invited a crowd for dinner on your patio. Everybody is having a great time until you bring out the food. Then the buzzing starts.
Shauna Dobbie
August 30, 2024
10 Neat Things About Outdoor Dining
Do you have a table for eating outside? Do you like to go on picnics? The long-time tradition of eating outdoors has so many benefits,
Shauna Dobbie
August 23, 2024
10 Neat Things About Apples
When you think of the word “fruit”, what do you picture? Most Canadians will imagine an apple. Great for storing through winter and easy to
Shauna Dobbie
August 5, 2024
10 Neat Things About Zucchini
1. One plant, one family. Zucchini is such a prolific crop that one plant is enough to feed one family. The more you pick them,
Canada's Local Gardener
July 30, 2024
10 Neat Things About Cabbage and Broccoli
1. Something sweet about sulfur. The distinctive flavor of brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, kale, cabbage and collard greens) comes from sulfur-containing compounds, which
Canada's Local Gardener
July 26, 2024
10 Neat Things About Mosquitoes
1. Blood suckers or nectar suppers? In spite of what you’ve heard, mosquitoes don’t eat blood. They eat nectar from flowers – and sip sugar
Dorothy Dobbie
July 5, 2024
10 Neat Things about Garlic
1. Vampire repellent. There are many theories as to why garlic is considered an effective vampire deterrent: 1) Vampires are blood suckers like mosquitoes
Dorothy Dobbie
June 17, 2024
10 Neat Things About Poison Ivy
1. We are family. Poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac are all in the genus Toxicodendron, which falls into the pistachio family of plants,
Shauna Dobbie
June 4, 2024
About Nettles
1. Hypodermic needle, anyone? Long before man came up with the idea of injecting our bodies with chemicals, the stinging nettle had already invented the
Dorothy Dobbie
June 3, 2024