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10 Neat Things about Lawns in Fall

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Lawns in Fall

September 25, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2582 Views 10 Neat Things, lawns in fall, what to do to your lawn during fall

1. Leaf it be. We used to spend backbreaking hours raking leaves off our lawns in fall, piling them into

10 Neat Things about Trees

10 Neat Things Foliage Plants Trees & Shrubs

Trees

September 23, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2108 Views 10 Neat Things, facts about trees, tree trivia, Trees

1. The lungs of the world. Trees produce oxygen in exchange for carbon dioxide. A large tree puts out enough

10 Neat Things about Weeds in Fall

10 Neat Things Plants Wild Flowers

Weeds in Fall

September 19, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3587 Views 10 Neat Things, weeds in fall, what to do with weeds during fall

1. Ground huggers, skyscrapers. Weeds are plants with an indomitable will to live – they are tough and strong and

10 Neat Things about peaches

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Peaches

September 12, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4101 Views 10 Neat Things, cool and interesting facts, peaches

1. Clingstone or freestone. When you eat a peach and the flesh comes neatly away from the pit, that is

10 Neat Things about planting trees

10 Neat Things Plants Trees & Shrubs

Planting Trees

September 9, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2818 Views 10 Neat Things, planting trees

1. The roots don’t reach to China. Many tree planting failures can be traced to digging the planting hole too

10 Neat Things about spiders

10 Neat Things Animals Garden Helpers Wild Critters

Spiders

September 6, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3428 Views 10 Neat Things, facts about spider

Eyes 1. Those eyes have seen a lot of… Most spiders have eight eyes, and they see a lot. In

10 Neat Things about Apples

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

Apples

August 29, 2019 Dorothy Dobbie 2933 Views 10 Neat Things, apples

1. They are so pomaceous! Pome is from the Latin word for fruit, pomun, but in our world, we apply

10 Neat things about dragonflies

10 Neat Things Animals Garden Helpers Insects

Dragonflies

August 15, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 7303 Views 10 Neat Things, dragonflies

Do you have dragonflies in your garden? Here are 10 neat things about these cool dragonflies. https://youtu.be/xnO8Uk3bmsY 1. Do dragonflies

10 Neat Things about brussel sprouts

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

Brussels Sprouts

August 14, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4261 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

10 Neat Things about elephants

10 Neat Things Animals

Elephants

August 8, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2599 Views 10 Neat Things, elephants

1. Trunk. An elephant’s trunk is kind of like a nose, in that it is used for breathing and smelling