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Gardening for Beginners

How to get started

January 29, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 3506 Views composting, diseased plants, fall clean-up, flower beds, garden maintenance, Local garden centre, plant hardiness, raking leaves, wildlife habitat, winter garden

By Shauna Dobbie Are you starting your very first garden? Congratulations! There are several little details to help you get

Gardening for Beginners

Grass for your Lawn

June 19, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3580 Views Annual ryegrass, Fine fescue, grass types, Kentucky bluegrass, lawn care, lawn maintenance, Perennial ryegrass, Shade tolerance, Sustainable lawns, Turf grass

Well-cultured lawns have several beneficial features. They filter and clean water and return it to the water table. In urban

Gardening for Beginners

Planting Companions

May 6, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3960 Views basil, beneficial herbs, companion planting, garlic, Marigolds, organic gardening, peppermint, Pest control, plant companions, vegetable gardening

Long before chemical fertilizers and pesticides appeared, there were planting companions where farmers and gardeners knew that certain plants grow

Gardening for Beginners How-to

Planning Your First Garden

April 23, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3300 Views colour schemes, First garden, flower bed, Foliage, Garden design, garden planning, garden style, gardening tips, landscaping, plant selection

To plant and maintain a flower border, with a good scheme for colour, is by no means the easy thing

Gardening for Beginners Pets

Harmful Plants

April 23, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 2381 Views cat safety, dog safety, garden hazards, garden safety, Harmful plants, houseplants, pet-friendly plants, Pets, plant toxicity, toxic plants

Pets love gardens. They react to gardens as much as we do, becoming euphoric and running through the plants, smelling

Gardening for Beginners How-to Seeds

Starting Your Own Seeds

March 11, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4293 Views Black-eyed Susan, fluorescent lightstand, growing plants, Home gardening, Indoor Gardening, monkey flowers, plant fertilizing, seed catalogs, seedling care, starting seeds

I used to say that gardeners should start seeds in their homes mainly because it’s fun. I don’t say that

Gardening for Beginners Plant diseases

You’ve Got Gall… or Fungus

March 8, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 2656 Views black spot, bladder gall mites, fungal infections, fungus growth, gall mites, Galls, mushroom growth, plant health, powdery mildew, tree fungus

What’s the difference between galls and fungus growths? Galls are out-growths on plant material that can be caused by (rarely)

Gardening for Beginners Plants Seeds

Seed Heads

January 30, 2020 Shauna Dobbie 3296 Views allium seed heads, clematis seed heads, garden beauty, hairy balls plant, milkweed, monarch butterfly, nigella seed heads, ornamental arrangements, poppy seed heads, Seed heads

By Dorothy Dobbie It isn’t often that you grow a plant mainly for its seed heads, but some are so

Gardening for Beginners

Pollen Magic

November 27, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2226 Views bee colony, bee pollination, flower reproduction, honey, plant fertilization, plant magic, Pollen, pollen granules, spinal cord regeneration, sunflower

Pollen is a wonderful, protein-rich particle, much prized by queen bees, but especially important to plant fertilization because it carries

Edibles Gardening for Beginners Plants

Growing Shallots

November 13, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4896 Views Gardening for beginners, growing shallots

Shallots are not the most commonly grown vegetable in Canada, perhaps because the maturity date for bulbs can be as

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