About Peonies
1. What’s so great about peonies? Peonies are drought tolerant, deer resistant, fragrant, hardy to Zone 2 and they can live for over 100 years.
Canada's Local Gardener
May 20, 2021
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About Cucumbers
1. Like broccoli with fewer calories. Cucumbers are among the world’s healthiest foods, containing health-giving lignans and flavonoids, as do broccoli, cabbage, garlic and onions,
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May 13, 2021
Buying Plants
1. Potted plants in bloom (1). At the garden centre, should you buy plants that are already blooming or not? The question has two answers:
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April 29, 2021
About Shrubs
1. To prune or not to prune: when and how. Shrubs often need pruning to keep them well-shaped and under control, but the timing really
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April 8, 2021
About Bananas
1. It’s a berry. A strawberry isn’t, a raspberry isn’t, but a banana is a berry, botanically speaking. So are tomatoes, grapes and eggplants. A
Shauna Dobbie
March 31, 2021
About Pussy Willows
1. Dyngus Day. Pussy willows were a player on Easter Monday or Wet Monday, a Polish celebration also known in the United States as Dyngus
Canada's Local Gardener
March 25, 2021
Starting Tomatoes
Starting tomatoes from seeds seems like an easy thing to do, but once you actually do it, there are a number of things to remember.
Canada's Local Gardener
March 11, 2021
Episode 1: Seeds
Episode 1: Seeds Episode 1: Seeds! Hosts Shauna and Dorothy Dobbie interview John Barrett of Vesey’s Seeds to learn how Vesey’s and other seed suppliers
Shauna Dobbie
February 25, 2021
Edible Garden
1. Plants feed the world. Only plants know how to change the energy of the sun into digestible, edible protein and they do this with
Canada's Local Gardener
February 25, 2021
About Orchids
1. Gardener, put down that watering can! More windowsill orchids die from drowning than any other cause. Just because many of them grow in humid
Canada's Local Gardener
February 19, 2021