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Thinning is winning: Why thinning seedlings leads to a stronger garden

June 18, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 41 Views

It feels counterintuitive to plant a row of seeds, nurture them to life, and then snip off half their

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Ken Macdonald’s vertical tomato garden in Regina

June 2, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 103 Views

By Dorothy Dobbie Ken Macdonald’s garden in Regina isn’t the acreage he imagined managing when he went to agriculture college

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Stakes and trellises deserve praise: 10 Neat Things

May 15, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 321 Views stakes, trellis, vertical, Vines

They may not be glamorous, but stakes and trellises are the quiet champions of the garden. They hold up

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Stephanie Appleby-Jones’ Nova Scotia garden is a natural retreat

May 13, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 131 Views layered gardening, native plants, Nova Scotia, wild garden

Story by Shauna Dobbie; images by David Johnson Stephanie Appleby-Jones has always been a gardener at heart. She refined her

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Not Two Peas in a Pod: 10 Neat Things About Peas and Sweet Peas

May 1, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 420 Views lathyrus, peas, pisum, sweet peas, tendrils

They’re climbers, charmers, and cool-season classics. Whether you’re growing edible peas or their fragrant cousins, sweet peas, these vining

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The secret life of ferns: 10 strange and wonderful things

April 9, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 509 Views cryotogam, Dryopteris, fiddlehead, pteridomania, shade, Victorian

Ferns are among the oldest and most intriguing plants on Earth. With no flowers, no seeds, and a reproductive process

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A garden rooted in memory: Joan and Frank Quinn’s backyard retreat in Edmonton

March 31, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 295 Views hosta, lilac, lily, Shade garden

By Joan Quinn This garden story appeared in the 3rd issue of Canada’s Local Gardener. As someone who grew up

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Herbs for better sleep: 10 neat things

March 20, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 420 Views ashwagandha, chamomile, Herbal remedies, home remedies, hops, insomnia, lavender, lemon balm, magnolia bark, melatonin, natural health, passionflower, peppermint, sleep, sleep aids, sour cherries, valerian root, wellness

Discover the Best Herbs for Deep, Restful Sleep Do you toss and turn at night? Struggle with racing thoughts? Instead

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10 Neat Things About Permaculture

February 5, 2025 Shauna Dobbie 656 Views 10 Neat Things, agroforestry, companion planting, ecological design, food forest, forest gardening, homesteading, hugelkultur, Local Gardener, no-till gardening, organic gardening, permaculture, regenerative agriculture, sheet mulching, sustainable agriculture, sustainable living

If you’ve ever wished your garden could take care of itself, permaculture might be the answer. More than just a

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10 Neat Things About Sweet Potatoes

October 10, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 1160 Views sweet potato

As you plan your Thanksgiving menu, put some thought into sweet potatoes. Did you know that you can grow them

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