Dissecting Bleeding Heart
By Shauna Dobbie My grandmother had a big bleeding heart in her garden, next to her front door. As a child, I was fascinated by
Canada's Local Gardener
January 27, 2023
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10 Neat Things About Sea Buckthorn
1. Shiny horse. Sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamoides, is a shrub or tree, growing eight to 12 feet tall, native to Europe and China. It has amazing
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September 29, 2022
10 Neat Things About Lawns
1. Cheaper and deeper but longer. To seed or to sod? That is the question. Sodding gives you instant lawn gratification. But seeding, ah seeding!
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August 18, 2022
About Creeping Charlie
1. Hardy little newcomer. Creeping Charlie (Glechoma hederacea) came to us from Europe, where, like dandelion, it was found to be a very useful plant.
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August 4, 2022
About Petunias
1. The scent of a flower. Petunias have a heavenly scent in the early part of summer, before they have been pollinated. It is especially
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July 27, 2022
About Parsley
1. Once or twice. Parsley, Petroselinum crispum, is a biennial in temperate zones of the world and an annual in very warm or very cold
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July 21, 2022
A Quebec Family Analyses a Year of Data
How much work does it take to grow most of the produce our Quebec family eats in a year? How much does it cost, and
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July 6, 2022
About Native Wildflowers
1. Typhoid saviour. One of the native wildflowers, Joe Pye weed, boneset to some, and botanically Eutrochium (reclassified from Eupatorium a few years ago), shares its common
Shauna Dobbie
June 30, 2022
About Daylilies
1. The “perfect perennial”. Daylilies are often called the perfect perennial because they are easy to grow, come in many varieties (60,000 named and registered
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June 16, 2022
About Cabbages
1. Cabbage head. Coming from the Middle-English word caboge, which itself probably derived from the French word caboce, both meaning “head”, the word has taken on many other
Canada's Local Gardener
May 26, 2022