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growing shallots

Edibles Gardening for Beginners Plants

Growing Shallots

November 13, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4898 Views Gardening for beginners, growing shallots

Shallots are not the most commonly grown vegetable in Canada, perhaps because the maturity date for bulbs can be as

allium family

Edibles Gardening for Beginners Plants

The Allium Family

November 13, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3172 Views Allium family, chives, edible flowers, garlic chives, leeks, onion varieties, scallions, shallots, spring onions, vegetable gardening

Knowing the difference of the allium family, between shallots, green onions, scallions, chives and leeks can be very confusing. One

beet roots

Edibles Garden Fresh Recipes

Beet Roots

November 13, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3024 Views beets, borsch recipe, Garden Fresh Recipes

Beet roots (Beta vulgaris), brilliantly red, smoothly round, lusciously earthy and sweet are a treat on any table. Related to

broccoli and cauliflower stir fry

Edibles Garden Fresh Recipes

Broccoli and Cauliflower Stir Fry

November 13, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2210 Views broccoli, cauliflower, edible plant, Garden Fresh Recipes

Broccoli and cauliflower stir fry recipe, a great dish for lunch or dinner that is high in vitamins A, C

broccoli and cauliflower

Broccoli and Cauliflower

November 12, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 1964 Views broccoli, cauliflower

Because broccoli is dark green, it signals its virtues before you even have a mouthful while Cauliflower for all its

10 Neat things about wheat

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Wheat

October 31, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3021 Views gluten sensitivity, grain composition, wheat cultivation, Wheat history, wheat production, wheat straw, wheat symbolism, wheat varieties, whole wheat flour, winter wheat

1. Wheat sheaf as symbol. A sheaf of wheat is one symbol of All Saints’ Day, which is November 1.

10 Neat things about pumpkins

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Pumpkins

October 3, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 5004 Views giant pumpkins, Pollination, pumpkin care, pumpkin competition, pumpkin flowers, pumpkin growth, pumpkin harvesting, pumpkin hybrids, pumpkins, secondary roots

1. Sex and the single pumpkin. Pumpkins are monoecious. A single plant will have both male and female flowers. Female

10 Neat Things about peaches

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Peaches

September 12, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4178 Views 10 Neat Things, cool and interesting facts, peaches

1. Clingstone or freestone. When you eat a peach and the flesh comes neatly away from the pit, that is

10 Neat Things about Apples

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Apples

August 29, 2019 Dorothy Dobbie 3033 Views 10 Neat Things, apples

1. They are so pomaceous! Pome is from the Latin word for fruit, pomun, but in our world, we apply

highbush cranberry

Highbush cranberry grows wild just about everywhere in Canada.

Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

Cranberries

August 27, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4614 Views bush, Canada, cranberry, plant

Lowbush cranberry The lowbush cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is a North American plant, related to the blueberry, that grows naturally in