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Test Your Garden Knowledge: Seeds and pollination

April 17, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2011 Views seeds, test, tulips

What’s the buzz about pollination? Test your knowledge by answering true or false to the following questions. 1. Seedless watermelons

Flowers Gardening for Beginners Perennials Plants

8 Perennials That Attract Our Friends the Bees

March 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2821 Views Asters, Black-eyed Susan, Catmint, crocus, Eco-friendly gardening, ecological gardening, gardening, Goldenrod, Perennials, pollinators, Purple coneflower, snowdrops

Are you looking for ways to attract more bees to your garden this year? More and more we are learning

Flowers Gardening for Beginners Perennials Plants

Peonies are the perfect flower

March 27, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2500 Views herbal therapy, peonies, Peony medicine, perfect flowers

When peonies burst into bloom, they scent the air with their musky fragrance. Everyone with a garden should have

Jacob's ladder with hostas and pulmonarias.

Garden Design Ideas How-to Plants

Shade Plants: A rewarding plant of the spring garden

February 26, 2023 Dorothy Dobbie 2310 Views tropical plants

Story & photos by Dorothy Dobbie In my garden, under the shade of a young green ash, a garden is

Garden Design Ideas Gardening for Beginners Indoor plants Plants

A House isn’t a Home Without a Plant

February 26, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2402 Views carbon dioxide, house plant, houseplants, NASA research, VOCs, watering

By Tania Moffat Plants transform our living spaces indoors and out, but those that are invited into our homes do

Annuals Flowers Garden Design Ideas Perennials Plants

Coreopsis: A bright and cheery flower

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2172 Views bedbug, coreopsis, insect, koris, Plants

Coreopsis pleases everyone! People love it for its sunny, long-lasting blooms. Birds love it for its seeds and butterflies, and

Animals Gardening for Beginners Gardening with Kids Insects

What Insects are in Your Backyard?

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 3276 Views Animals, backyard, insect, lady beetle, Ladybugs, red lily beetle, robert wrigley, soldier beetles

By Robert Wrigley It was a late afternoon when I decided to relax by reading a book in my backyard

Annuals Garden Design Ideas Garden Info Gardening for Beginners How-to Perennials Plants

6 Soft and Fuzzy Plants

January 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 6302 Views Dusty miller, lambs' ears, Plants, Purple velvet plant, Swedish ivy, Woolly thyme

Story & photos by Dorothy Dobbie When we think plants along with soft and fuzzy or velvety leaves, Lamb’s ear

Gardening for Beginners How-to Local Gardener Plants

Peas: Sweet and crunchy

January 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2307 Views edible plants, peas

By Dorothy Dobbie Technically and botanically, peas are actually a fruit! Their seeds are developed from the ovary of the

How-to Local Gardener Plants

Growing Blueberries

January 27, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2737 Views edible berries

By Shauna Dobbie They are delicious and nutritious, being full of anthocyanins (which are good for you). They’re also native

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