10 Unique Gifts For Gardeners
When you’re tearing your hair out looking for something unique to check off another person on your gift list, always peruse Etsy. It’s my go-to
Shauna Dobbie
December 1, 2023
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Tips for Adding Colour to Winter Gardens
If you long for colour outdoors in the winter garden, don’t despair. Study your garden over the next few months from the comfort of a
Shauna Dobbie
November 8, 2023
Asparagus: Health benefits of a spring sprout
By Dorothy Dobbie Love your first feed of asparagus in springtime? No wonder. Here’s a short list of the health-giving properties of this little green
Canada's Local Gardener
May 31, 2023
The Tricky Tomato: Fruit or vegetable?
By Heather Klein Is the tomato a fruit or is it a vegetable? This age-old question regarding the tomato actually has an answer. It’s both!
Canada's Local Gardener
May 23, 2023
How To Grow Your Own Tea Garden
By Tania Moffat Tea is a wonderful and healthy beverage. It can soothe most of what ails us — lack of sleep and digestion issues
Canada's Local Gardener
April 17, 2023
Test Your Garden Knowledge: Seeds and pollination
What’s the buzz about pollination? Test your knowledge by answering true or false to the following questions. 1. Seedless watermelons grow from seed. 2. Don’t
Canada's Local Gardener
April 17, 2023
Shade Plants: A rewarding plant of the spring garden
Story & photos by Dorothy Dobbie In my garden, under the shade of a young green ash, a garden is taking shape. There is room
Dorothy Dobbie
February 26, 2023
6 Soft and Fuzzy Plants
Story & photos by Dorothy Dobbie When we think plants along with soft and fuzzy or velvety leaves, Lamb’s ear springs to mind, but these
Canada's Local Gardener
January 30, 2023
Peas: Sweet and crunchy
By Dorothy Dobbie Technically and botanically, peas are actually a fruit! Their seeds are developed from the ovary of the pea flower. But nobody eats
Canada's Local Gardener
January 30, 2023
Growing Blueberries
By Shauna Dobbie They are delicious and nutritious, being full of anthocyanins (which are good for you). They’re also native to Canada, so why are
Canada's Local Gardener
January 27, 2023