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10 neat things about nettles

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10 Neat Things About Nettles

June 3, 2024 Dorothy Dobbie 1778 Views nettles

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

10 Neat Things Edibles Foliage Plants

10 Neat Things About Spinach

May 22, 2024 Dorothy Dobbie 2333 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

CLG Podcast Edibles Flora & Fauna Local Gardener Plants

Flora & Fauna Episode 3: Garlic

May 17, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 618 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

10 Neat Things Edibles Foliage Perennials Plants

10 Neat Things About Hostas

May 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1243 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 603 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 735 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

10 Neat Things Edibles

10 Neat Things About Celery

May 5, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 1012 Views ancient Greece, Black Celery Festival, Celery, cooling effect, diuretic properties, growing celery, harvest tips, Nemean Games, vegetable nutrition, Victorian aphrodisiac

1. A revered plant. In ancient times, celery wreaths were used as awards for winning athletes in the Nemean Games,

10 neat things about seeds

10 Neat Things Annuals Edibles Flowers Perennials Plants Seeds

10 Neat Things About Seeds

April 22, 2024 Dorothy Dobbie 4008 Views cotyledon, F1 hybrids, gardening tips, heirloom seeds, plant biology, Plant growth, seed germination, seed nutrition, seeds, sunflower seeds

1. Nuts and eggs are seeds, too. Although we don’t often think of them like this, eggs and nuts are

art of growing potatotes

Edibles Gardening Science How-to Plants

The Art of Growing Potatoes

March 10, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 8464 Views container gardening, growing potatoes, hilling potatoes, how to plant potatoes, potato care, potato harvest, potatoes, seed potatoes, soil temperature, where to plant potatoes

Have we lost the art of growing potatoes? At one time, every garden had a potato plot where it was

10 neat things about eggplants

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

10 Neat Things About Eggplants

February 17, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 2688 Views aubergine, eggplant history, eggplant preparation, eggplant varieties, eggplants, fruit vs vegetable, growing eggplants, health benefits, nutritional value, Solanum melongena

1. Madde apple, apple of insanity. These are just two of the terms used to describe eggplant over time, perhaps

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