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Gardening for Beginners

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Plant Pig Squeak for Next Year

June 24, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 5037 Views Bergenia, early spring flowers, evergreen plants, fall foliage, flower, Gardening for Beginners, ground cover, leaf texture, pig squeak, Plant Care, shade plants

Pig squeaks have big shiny, paddle-shaped leaves surround a sturdy, 16-inch stalk that bursts into exuberant pink, sometimes white, flowers

How-to Local Gardener

Some Fantastic Books on Gardening and Food

January 31, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 2174 Views backyard chickens, beekeeping, cooking with flowers, gardening books, Gardening for Beginners, growing undercover, native plants, Nikki Fotheringham, raised bed gardening, vegetable gardening

Here are some brilliant books on gardening and food we’re looking at ordering soon! Taste Buds: A Field Guide to

Gardening for Beginners

How to Grow Mushrooms at Home

May 25, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2277 Views DIY gardening, Fungi, Gardening for Beginners, Growing mushrooms, Home gardening, Indoor Gardening, Mushroom cultivation, Mushroom spawn, Mushroom varieties, Sustainable growing

By Tania Moffat Growing mushrooms is unlike growing any other vegetable. Fungi grow from spores rather than seeds. These spores

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Test Your Garden Knowledge: Daffodils

February 26, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1684 Views beautiful garden, daffodils, Gardening for Beginners, Local Gardener

Test your daffodil knowledge by answering true or false to the following questions. 1. A daffodil is a kind of

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Ripening Tomatoes

October 15, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2959 Views Edibles, Gardening for Beginners, gardening how-to

Tomatoes are climacteric, which means they will continue to ripen after they’ve been picked from the vine. This really matters

Why should I buy high-quality soil?

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Quality Soil: Factors to consider

July 23, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3254 Views Gardening for Beginners, how to choose the right soil for your garden, what to look for in soil

Organic Factors. During almost all landscaping projects there comes a time when you have to decide, “What kind of soil

Gardening Trends

March 1, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3721 Views Garden how to, garden trends, Gardening for Beginners

One of the wonderful things about gardening is its changeability in trends. No two years are ever the same and

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Canna Infection

March 1, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 5874 Views Bulbs, canna plants, Gardening for Beginners, what's killing my canna

A tissue gone viral We all know that people and computers both get viruses, but guess what? Plants can get

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How-to Trees & Shrubs

Birch Trees in the Urban Landscape

February 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 7946 Views birch tree, Gardening for Beginners, trees and shrubs

by Dorothy Dobbie When and where to plant a birch The best time to plant a birch tree is spring

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When to Call an Arborist

February 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3022 Views arborist, Gardening for Beginners, tree professionals, trees and shrubs

Trees are complicated organisms. It is hard to identify a problem without the help of a professional. You need to

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