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10 Neat Things about Garlic

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10 Neat Things about Garlic

June 17, 2024 Dorothy Dobbie 4106 Views Allium sativum, edible plants, garden tips, garlic, garlic benefits, garlic care, garlic harvest, garlic planting, mosquito repellent, vampire repellent

1. Vampire repellent. There are many theories as to why garlic is considered an effective vampire deterrent: 1) Vampires are

How-to Local Gardener

The Tricky Tomato: Fruit or vegetable?

May 23, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1625 Views Fruit or vegetable, garden tips, gardening, Heirloom tomatoes, Homegrown produce, Lycopene, tomato, Tomato growing tips, Tomato varieties, vegetable gardening

By Heather Klein Is the tomato a fruit or is it a vegetable? This age-old question regarding the tomato actually

Flora and fauna

Flora & Fauna Local Gardener

Flora and Fauna

October 6, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1595 Views Canadian gardens, flora and fauna, Flora and Fauna Podcast, garden recipe, garden tips, garden zine, gardening knowledge, Indigenous gardens, nature facts, podcast

New this fall! Try it today. Flora and Fauna is a weekly zine-ette, featuring a completely new Ten Neat Things,

layering vines

Layering Vines

February 7, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1720 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

10 neat things about roses

10 Neat Things Flowers Foliage Perennials Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Roses

February 10, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 2232 Views black spot fungus, Canadian roses, David Austin roses, flower care, garden tips, hybrid tea roses, pruning roses, rose gardening, rose varieties, roses

1. Prickle or thorn, it still hurts. Technically, roses have prickles. Thorns are modified leaves containing vascular strands of the

Putting Garden Tools to bed

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Putting Garden Tools to bed

October 23, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 1801 Views DIY project, Fall garden care, garden maintenance, garden tips, garden tools, Seasonal change, Tool cleaning, Tool organization, Tool storage, Winter preparation

The seasons are changing, what to do now? The weather has changed, no more warm summer breeze, now a north

How-to Local Gardener

How to Install Garden Lighting

May 31, 2017 Canada's Local Gardener 3421 Views garden tips, gardening how-to, how to, lighting garden, Local Gardener

Garden lighting can be a practical way to beautify our garden. It can help safeguard our property, illuminate a walkway

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