Friday, April 4, 2025

Home
Plants
- Annuals
- Perennials
- Edibles
- Bulbs
- Seeds
- Flowers
- Foliage
- Indoor plants
- Trees & Shrubs
- Vines
- Roots
- Weeds
- Herbs
- Plant diseases
Animals
- Birds
- Pets
- Wild Critters
- Insects
- Garden Helpers
- Garden Pests
Beautiful Gardens
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Newfoundland
- P.E.I.
- Quebec
Garden Info
Podcast
E-Shop
10 Neat Things

Gardening for Beginners

The Allium Family

November 13, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3172 Views Allium family, chives, edible flowers, garlic chives, leeks, onion varieties, scallions, shallots, spring onions, vegetable gardening

Knowing the difference of the allium family, between shallots, green onions, scallions, chives and leeks can be very confusing. One

Gardening for Beginners Manitoba Gardener

Quality Soil: Factors to consider

July 23, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3006 Views Gardening for Beginners, how to choose the right soil for your garden, what to look for in soil

Organic Factors. During almost all landscaping projects there comes a time when you have to decide, “What kind of soil

Baby Potatoes in the Garden

Edibles Gardening for Beginners Plants

Baby Potatoes

July 23, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3117 Views Edibles, potatoes, vegetable gardening

Po-TAE-to, Po-TA-to Nothing tastes better than fresh baby potatoes from the garden. Boiled, baked or put into salads or soups,

Gardening for Beginners How-to

Deadheading

July 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4137 Views deadheading, flower reblooming, garden maintenance, Hanging baskets, perennial care, Plant Care, pruning tips, seed prevention, self-cleaning plants, summer gardening

Off with their heads! How and why you need to deadhead New gardeners sometimes shy away from cutting back their

Gardening for Beginners

Protecting Your Early Bedding Plants from Frost

May 6, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 1754 Views cold weather gardening, early bedding plants, Frost protection, garage storage, gardening tips, Plant Care, plant health, seedling protection, Spring gardening, Temperature control

When keeping your early bedding plants in the garage, the coolness and the darkness slows down their growth, reduces their

Bulbs Gardening for Beginners Plants

Canna Infection

March 1, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 5609 Views Bulbs, canna plants, Gardening for Beginners, what's killing my canna

A tissue gone viral We all know that people and computers both get viruses, but guess what? Plants can get

Gardening for Beginners Trees & Shrubs

When to Call an Arborist

February 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2790 Views arborist, Gardening for Beginners, tree professionals, trees and shrubs

Trees are complicated organisms. It is hard to identify a problem without the help of a professional. You need to

Gardening for Beginners How-to Plants

Drought-Tolerant Plants

February 12, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4112 Views annuals, drought tolerant plants, Gardening for Beginners, gardening how-to, Perennials

Plants have several different ways of dealing with drought. For example, some, like cactus and other succulents, store water in

Gardening for Beginners How-to

More Tips for Planting Early

February 8, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3499 Views early spring guide to gardeners, Gardening for Beginners, gardening how-to, planting early, what to plant in early spring

If you have read Getting Started in the Garden, here are additional tips to consider if you want to not

Edibles Gardening for Beginners How-to Plants

Growing Garlic in the Garden

October 9, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener 7503 Views Gardening for Beginners, gardening how-to, what are the kinds of garlic, when to plant garlic

Garlic – The goddess of the edible garden By Dave Hanson Few ingredients can be as ubiquitous, raunchy and intense,

← Previous
Next →

Event Calendar

Upcoming Events

Home
Event Submission
Rates and policies
Contact Us
Login
Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

This site contains product affiliate links. We may receive a commission when you visit the site and click any links. This, however, has no bearing on our content. We will do our best to provide high quality content for you.

Subscribe now to your Local Gardener magazine. Dismiss

Manage Cookie Consent

To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Functional Functional Always active

The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.

Preferences Preferences

The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.

Statistics Statistics

The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.

Marketing Marketing

The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes

View preferences

{title} {title} {title}

Loading Comments...

Write a Comment...

Email (Required)

Name (Required)

Website