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Flora & Fauna

Flora & Fauna Podcast Episode 19 – New gardens

July 24, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 808 Views Aspen Grove Gardens, compost, fertilizer myths, garden myths, Gardening science, gardening tips, organic gardening, plant nutrients, Robert Pavlis, rose care, tomato care, tree care

Faced with the very arduous task of building a new gardening bed, Shauna Dobbie, editor of Canada’s Local Gardener magazine,

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Flora & Fauna Podcast Episode 18: Seeds with Kevin Twomey

July 22, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 891 Views Canada gardening, flower gardening, gardening podcast, gardening tips, Kevin Twomey, Seed planting, Seed starting, shauna dobbie, T and T Seeds, vegetable gardening

It is seed starting time across Canada. From March through June, depending on where your garden is, you may be

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Flora & Fauna Episode 17: Garden power tools with Kris Kiser

July 18, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 720 Views garden maintenance, Garden power tools, gardening podcast, gardening tools, Kris Kiser, lawn mowers, leaf blowers, Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, shauna dobbie, urban gardening

For many gardeners, power tools sound like something their partner or friend would be more interested in. But at some

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Flora & Fauna Episode 16: Nutrients in the garden with Robert Pavlis

July 12, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1027 Views Aspen Grove Gardens, compost, fertilizer myths, garden myths, Gardening science, organic gardening, plant nutrients, Robert Pavlis, rose care, tomato care

Did you know that you can give too much compost to your garden? Also, there isn’t a “best” fertilizer for tomatoes or

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Flora & Fauna Episode 13: Growing berries with Sheryl Normandeau and Janet Melrose

July 5, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 728 Views Berries, berry, Haskaps, Janet Melrose, Prairie Gardener’s Go-To for Fruit, raspberries, Sea buckthorn, shauna dobbie, Sheryl Normandeau, strawberries

Strawberries and raspberries have been growing in gardens across Canada since we became a country. Haskaps, sea buckthorn and ground

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Flora & Fauna Episode 12: Edible flowers with Erin Facer

July 5, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 935 Views babka, cookbook, cooking, edible flower, edible flowers, Erin Facer, flower petals, Jo, pasta, salad

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

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Flora & Fauna Episode 10: Poison Ivy with Susan Pell

July 3, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 720 Views botany, pistachio family, plant identification, poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, rash, Susan Pell, Toxicodendron, United States Botanic Garden

Forget about oceans of calamine lotion, this is the real dirt on poison ivy and all of its kin. Susan

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Flora & Fauna Podcast Episode 9: Monarch Butterflies

June 27, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 918 Views butterfly garden, gardening for butterflies, Joan Harvey, Julianne Labreche, life cycle, Master Gardener, Meet the Monarch, migration, Monarch Butterflies, Monarch Teacher Network

People of all ages become fascinated with the monarch butterfly when they learn about its long flight from Canada to

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Flora & Fauna Podcast Episode 7: Growing Bamboo with Garry Heberg

June 20, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 612 Views bamboo, bamboo varieties, Canadian Gardening, garden clumps, Garry Heberg, growing bamboo, shauna dobbie, South Surrey, tropical plants, Vancouver

Bamboo is a kind of plant in the grass family (Poaceae) with over 100 genera. Most of them are tropical,

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Flora & Fauna Podcast Episode 6: International Peace Garden

June 20, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 902 Views Canada-USA border, Dorothy Dobbie, friendship between countries, garden symbolism, gardening history, international peace garden, Manitoba, North Dakota, peace garden, shauna dobbie

Join Shauna and Dorothy Dobbie as they explore the beauty and significance of the International Peace Garden, which sits on

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