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
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January 30, 2023
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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
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January 27, 2023
Dandelions: Weed or wildflower?
By Shauna Dobbie When I was a young child, I was allowed to pick pansies and tulips sometimes, crocuses never, and dandelions any time at
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January 27, 2023
Dissecting Canada thistle
By Shauna Dobbie I bet you wish you could actually dissect all the Canada thistles out there and trash them. This plant is not native
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January 27, 2023
What to Plant to Attract Butterflies
If you want to have monarchs and other butterflies in your garden, plant nectar-rich flowers. Make sure your choices bloom in fall to give the
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January 27, 2023
Blue Jays Don’t Deserve Their Bad Reputation
By Dorothy Dobbie They look blue. You’d swear they are blue, a very striking, and intense blue kind of blue. But they are not. In
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January 27, 2023
Greenhouses: How to Choose One?
Hartley Botanic is one of England’s oldest and most respected greenhouse manufacturers, with an increasingly large following in the US & Canada. The business is
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November 28, 2022
Stephanie Rose and The Regenerative Garden
Shauna and Dorothy talk to Stephanie Rose about her new book, The Regenerative Garden. The book beautifully covers 80 projects in developing your self-sustaining garden
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November 3, 2022
10 Neat Things About Praying Mantis
1. So, what’s a praying mantis? A praying mantis (in the order of Mantodea) is a fascinating insect that is related to cockroaches – in
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September 8, 2022
Chicken talk with Lisa Steele
Lisa Steele of the website Fresh Eggs Daily visit with Dorothy and Shauna Dobbie to talk about gardening with chickens. Lisa is a 5th-generation chicken
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March 30, 2022