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Flora & Fauna Episode 12: Edible flowers with Erin Facer

July 5, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 783 Views babka, cookbook, cooking, edible flower, edible flowers, Erin Facer, flower petals, Jo, pasta, salad

The Edible Flower is a thick book with gorgeous photos. Erin and Jo write about how to grow edible flowers (that’s

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Flora & Fauna Podcast Episode 7: Growing Bamboo with Garry Heberg

June 20, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 482 Views bamboo, bamboo varieties, Canadian Gardening, garden clumps, Garry Heberg, growing bamboo, shauna dobbie, South Surrey, tropical plants, Vancouver

Bamboo is a kind of plant in the grass family (Poaceae) with over 100 genera. Most of them are tropical,

10 Neat Things about Garlic

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10 Neat Things about Garlic

June 17, 2024 Dorothy Dobbie 4107 Views Allium sativum, edible plants, garden tips, garlic, garlic benefits, garlic care, garlic harvest, garlic planting, mosquito repellent, vampire repellent

1. Vampire repellent. There are many theories as to why garlic is considered an effective vampire deterrent: 1) Vampires are

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Growing Sweet Potatoes

June 14, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 818 Views sweet potato

Sweet potatoes are densely packed with nutrients, delicious roasted or mashed with a dab of butter, and notoriously too heat-loving

10 neat things about nettles

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10 Neat Things About Nettles

June 3, 2024 Dorothy Dobbie 1568 Views nettles

1. Hypodermic needle, anyone? Long before man came up with the idea of injecting our bodies with chemicals, the stinging

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10 Neat Things About Spinach

May 22, 2024 Dorothy Dobbie 2186 Views Catherine de Medici, cool weather crops, flash freezing spinach, fresh spinach, healthy hair, insulin control, Iranian origins, spinach, spinach health benefits, superfoods

1. I’m strong to the finish, ‘cause I eats me spinach… Spinach can make you strong, but not as strong

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Flora & Fauna Episode 3: Garlic

May 17, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 497 Views 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 464 Views garlic Garlic is grown from bulbs, commonly referred to as “seed garlic”, Flora & Fauna Episode 3: Garlic May 17, garlic, which is a little confusing since garlic almost never produces true seeds. Just as with potatoes

Garlic is grown from bulbs, commonly referred to as “seed garlic”, which is a little confusing since garlic almost never

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10 Neat Things About Hostas

May 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1085 Views edible plants, foliage textures, garden beauty, hosta flowers, Hostas, hybridization, plant varieties, shade plants, slug-resistant plants, therapeutic plants

1. You can eat them? Yes! Young hosta shoots are edible and are considered a delicacy in some cultures, including

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Flora & Fauna Episode 2: Sweet Potatoes

May 13, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 477 Views Canadian Gardening, easy gardening tips, growing sweet potatoes, heat-loving plants, low-care vegetables, nutrient-rich vegetables, summer gardening, sweet potato care, sweet potatoes, vegetable gardening

Sweet potatoes are densely packed with nutrients, delicious roasted or mashed with a dab of butter, and notoriously too heat-loving

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Flora & Fauna Episode 1: Apples

May 12, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 595 Views apple cultivation, apple trees, apples, Bob Osborne, Canadian apple varieties, Cold Climate Gardening, growing apples, hardy apples, New Brunswick gardening, Zones 2-4 gardening

Bob Osborne is a grower of apple trees in New Brunswick and he has recently published Hardy Apples: Growing Apples in

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