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Test Your Garden Knowledge: Daffodils

February 26, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1537 Views beautiful garden, daffodils, Gardening for Beginners, Local Gardener

Test your daffodil knowledge by answering true or false to the following questions. 1. A daffodil is a kind of

Animals Seeds Wild Critters

Feathered Friends: Is your bird seed mix poisoning your birds?

February 25, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2200 Views Aflatoxin, Animals, Aspergillus flavis, bird seed, birdfeeder, featherfriends, hopper feeder, Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis, potent carcinogen, seed, tube feeders

Feathered Friends with Sherrie Versluis Wild bird products are found almost anywhere these days at hardware stores, gardening centres, and

Annuals Flowers Garden Design Ideas Perennials Plants

Coreopsis: A bright and cheery flower

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1243 Views bedbug, coreopsis, insect, koris, Plants

Coreopsis pleases everyone! People love it for its sunny, long-lasting blooms. Birds love it for its seeds and butterflies, and

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

10 Neat Things About Rhubarb

February 21, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2264 Views edible plants, Plants, rhubarb

1. The bitter truth, and neat thing, about rhubarb. Rhubarb lovers may lament it and disagree, but the truth is

Annuals Garden Design Ideas Garden Info Gardening for Beginners How-to Perennials Plants

6 Soft and Fuzzy Plants

January 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 3173 Views Dusty miller, lamb'sear, Plants, Purple velvet plant, Swedish ivy, Woolly thyme

Story & photos by Dorothy Dobbie When we think plants along with soft and fuzzy or velvety leaves, Lamb’s ear

Gardening for Beginners How-to Local Gardener Plants

Peas: Sweet and crunchy

January 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1352 Views edible plants, peas

By Dorothy Dobbie Technically and botanically, peas are actually a fruit! Their seeds are developed from the ovary of the

How-to Local Gardener Plants

Growing Blueberries

January 27, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1449 Views blueberries; gardener, blueberry

By Shauna Dobbie They are delicious and nutritious, being full of anthocyanins (which are good for you). They’re also native

Gardening for Beginners How-to Local Gardener Wild Flowers

Dandelions: Weed or wildflower?

January 27, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1206 Views dandelions, weed, wildflowers

By Shauna Dobbie When I was a young child, I was allowed to pick pansies and tulips sometimes, crocuses never,

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

10 Neat Things About Sea Buckthorn

September 29, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 3305 Views drought tolerant plants, Medicinal plants, nitrogen fixer, Omega-7, radiation burn treatment, Sea buckthorn, Siberian pineapple, skin care, sustainable farming, vitamin C

1. Shiny horse. Sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamoides, is a shrub or tree, growing eight to 12 feet tall, native to Europe

10 Neat Things Plants

10 Neat Things About Lawns

August 18, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1381 Views air conditioning, clover lawns, grass types, lawn alternatives, lawn care, lawn maintenance, lawn mower, Lawns, sod vs. seed, water conservation

1. Cheaper and deeper but longer. To seed or to sod? That is the question. Sodding gives you instant lawn

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