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10 Neat Things

Vines

A plant uprooted and a knife on a potting bench.

Dividing perennials is good for your pocketbook.

Increase perennials for free

July 11, 2025 Shauna Dobbie 101 Views air layering, divide perennials, grow plants from cuttings, layering, perennial propagation

How to increase your perennial garden By Shauna Dobbie You love your perennial garden soooo much, you’d like to

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Stakes and trellises deserve praise: 10 Neat Things

May 15, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 413 Views stakes, trellis, vertical, Vines

They may not be glamorous, but stakes and trellises are the quiet champions of the garden. They hold up

10 Neat Things Annuals Edibles Flowers Plants Vines

Not Two Peas in a Pod: 10 Neat Things About Peas and Sweet Peas

May 1, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 509 Views lathyrus, peas, pisum, sweet peas, tendrils

They’re climbers, charmers, and cool-season classics. Whether you’re growing edible peas or their fragrant cousins, sweet peas, these vining

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10 Neat Things About Plants that Kill

October 31, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 1041 Views plant, toxic

Plants don’t always live up to their gentle, green reputation. Some have evolved lethal mechanisms to survive, capturing prey, and

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Vines

About Grapes

March 31, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1943 Views grape colors, grapevine history, grapevine pruning, raisins, red wine, resveratrol, Sour grapes, sultanas, Vitis riparia, wild grapes

1. Sour grapes. The expression ‘sour grapes’ originated from Aesop’s fable about the fox and the grapes; a hungry fox

How-to Vines

Layering Vines

February 7, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2069 Views clematis, garden tips, grapes, ivy propagation, Layering vines, plant propagation, rooting hormone, serpentine layering, Virginia creeper, wisteria

Layering involves pinning the nodes of a young, flexible vine stem to some nicely prepared earth and letting the vine

Flowers Plants Vines

Clematis beauty

February 7, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2706 Views clematis, clematis care, clematis varieties, climbing vines, container gardening, Garden design, garden pests, perennial plants, pruning tips, Shade-loving plants

There are gardeners who hesitate to plant clematis, fearing that, like hothouse flowers, they may require too much knowledge or

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Vines

About Cucumbers

May 13, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 2294 Views anti-cancer properties, burpless cucumbers, climbing cucumbers, cucumber varieties, Cucumbers, healthy foods, pickling, vegetable cultivation, vegetable gardening, wild cucumber

1. Like broccoli with fewer calories. Cucumbers are among the world’s healthiest foods, containing health-giving lignans and flavonoids, as do

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Buying Plants

April 29, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 2316 Views Buying plants, Garden centre, gardening tips, insect infestations, moss, plant health, plant labels, plant warranties, root-bound plants, yellowing leaves

1. Potted plants in bloom (1). At the garden centre, should you buy plants that are already blooming or not?

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Vines

About Beans

April 24, 2020 Shauna Dobbie 4104 Views Beans, edible legumes, favomancy, green manure, legumes, mung bean sprouts, nitrogen fixing, Phaseolus vulgaris, pulses, raw beans

1. Bean, legume or pulse? All three words mean the same thing but in different ways. “Bean” can refer to

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