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10 Neat Things about Water Gardening

10 Neat Things Garden Design Ideas Plants

About Water Gardening

August 25, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2802 Views algae control, aquatic plants, backyard pond, container pond, floating plants, mosquito prevention, oxygenating plants, pond maintenance, water gardening, water lilies

1. Water, water everywhere. Water in the garden is such a natural fit that every garden should have some. You

10 Neat Things about corn

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Corn

August 22, 2019 Dorothy Dobbie 3495 Views biodegradable plastic, biofuel, corn, corn earworm, corn facts, ethanol, high fructose corn syrup, Indigenous agriculture, nitrogen depletion, three sisters

1. Corn is grass. Zea mays, the Latin name for maize, which is the farming name for corn, is a

10 Neat Things about brussel sprouts

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Brussels Sprouts

August 14, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4422 Views 10 Neat Things, Brussels sprouts, vegetables

1. Mon petit chou. My little cabbage, a term of endearment in French, could be applied to Brussels sprouts, which

cool facts about beets

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Beets

August 2, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3576 Views 10 Neat Things, beetroot, beets, Vegetable

1. Blood turnip. Beets or beetroots, as they are known in the United Kingdom, evolved from the sea beet, a

chokecherries and chokeberries

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs Wild Flowers

Chokecherries and Chokeberries

August 1, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 12688 Views 10 Neat Things, chokeberries, chokecherries

Chokecherry fruit 1. Not the same. Chokecherries and chokeberries look quite similar to the untrained eye and they both taste

potatoes

Baby Potatoes in the Garden

Edibles Gardening for Beginners Plants

Baby Potatoes

July 23, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3154 Views Edibles, potatoes, vegetable gardening

Po-TAE-to, Po-TA-to Nothing tastes better than fresh baby potatoes from the garden. Boiled, baked or put into salads or soups,

pruning shrubs shears

How-to Trees & Shrubs

Pruning Shrubs

July 23, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 7030 Views gardening how-to, pruning shrubs, trees and shrubs

New life for old shrubs Nearly all well-established gardens have at least one old shrub which is often ignored until

Rafflesia arnoldii

Pungent Plants

July 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3158 Views Flowers, pungent plants, stinky plants

Noteworthy pungent plants from around the world. Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) The corpse flower is known as “the worst smelling

Stinky Flowers

July 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 6595 Views Flowers, Plants, stinky plants

There aren’t many things that smell better than walking through a beautiful garden and inhaling the intoxicating aroma of flowers

Ontario rose garden

Ontario Ontario Gardener Plants

The Ontario Rose Garden: Michel Giroux

July 17, 2019 Shauna Dobbie 4327 Views beautiful garden, Ontario Gardener, rose garden

The rose, adored for its beauty and grace, is perhaps the most romantic flower in the garden. This is why