Flora & Fauna Podcast Episode 19 – New gardens
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Join Shauna and Dorothy Dobbie as they explore the beauty and significance of the International Peace Garden, which sits on
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