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Transition Time: Leaving the garden for the indoors

September 5, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1793 Views Fall transition, fuchsia, herbs, Indoor Gardening, mandevilla, overwintering plants, plant cuttings, Succulents, tropical hibiscus, Winter Gardening

It may feel a bit precipitous when the weather is still good, the sun still warm and golden, and flowers

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

10 Neat Things About Hardy Apple Cultivars

September 4, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 2828 Views hardy apples

1. Named apples. You can never plant a seed and expect to get a certain type of apple, no more

China pink (Dianthus chinensis). Photo by Mokkie.

Edibles Local Gardener Plants

Edible Ornamental Flowers and Antioxidants

August 29, 2024 Tania Scott 2277 Views antioxidants, edible garden

Edible ornamental flowers are a great way to boost your antioxidant intake. Edible ornamental flowers are defined as harmless and

10 Neat Things Edibles

10 Neat Things About Apples

August 5, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 2202 Views apple, DNA diversity, ethylene gas, forbidden fruit myth, growing apples

When you think of the word “fruit”, what do you picture? Most Canadians will imagine an apple. Great for storing

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

10 Neat Things About Zucchini

July 30, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 4543 Views zucchini

1. One plant, one family. Zucchini is such a prolific crop that one plant is enough to feed one family.

10 Neat Things Edibles

10 Neat Things About Cabbage and Broccoli

July 26, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 13 Views edible garden, edible plants, Local Gardener, plant supports

1. Something sweet about sulfur. The distinctive flavor of brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, kale, cabbage and collard greens)

How-to Perennials Plants

Refreshing That Perennial Bed

July 17, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 5322 Views Bergenia, Biennial hollyhock, blue flax, Blue flax (Linum), borders, Brunnera macrophylla, Campanula, daylilies, delphiniums, Echinacea, Gas plant, Ligularia, linum, phlox, Pulmonaria, tiger lily

Is your perennial bed looking a little sad? Are your plants suffering from disease and needs to be replaced? Know

Insects Podcasts Trees & Shrubs

Flora & Fauna Episode 14: Emerald ash borer with Ryan Statham

July 10, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 2072 Views

Since 2002, Canada has been watching the emerald ash borer kill our native ash trees, starting in Ontario and moving

CLG Podcast Edibles Flora & Fauna Local Gardener Plants

Flora & Fauna Episode 12: Edible flowers with Erin Facer

July 5, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 2214 Views cooking, edible flower, edible flowers, Erin Facer, pasta, salad

The Edible Flower is a thick book with gorgeous photos. Erin and Jo write about how to grow edible flowers (that’s

Flora & Fauna Podcasts Trees & Shrubs

Flora & Fauna Episode 11: Climate change and trees with Dan Herms and Joe Steinfeld

July 3, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 2143 Views

Given that Earth is getting warmer rapidly, what is the consequence for trees? This is a concern for Davey Tree

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