Alliums (Allium)
Alliums (Allium): These plants, including onions and garlic, are generally avoided due to their strong smell.
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March 15, 2024
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About Soil
1. You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die. Fortunately, that old saying does not apply to plants, which in fact, do
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April 21, 2022
About Crocus
1. Plural. You can say “crocuses”, “croci” or “crocus” when you have more than one. Personally, I think “crocuses” is the clearest. 2. Fall-blooming crocuses.
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April 13, 2022
About Peppers
1. Greek kapto, to bite or to swallow. Peppers and chillis are also known as capsicums. Their botanical name came from the Greek kapto to
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July 15, 2021
Planting the Vegepod
By Ian Leatt It’s the beginning of May and I hear a little knocking at the door. Rising and opening the door, I am greeted
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June 17, 2021
Buying Plants
1. Potted plants in bloom (1). At the garden centre, should you buy plants that are already blooming or not? The question has two answers:
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April 29, 2021
The Vegepod
Two olde dawgs: putting together a Vegepod Last fall, as I was outside raking still more leaves from the trees that provide beautiful shade in
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April 8, 2021
About Pussy Willows
1. Dyngus Day. Pussy willows were a player on Easter Monday or Wet Monday, a Polish celebration also known in the United States as Dyngus
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March 25, 2021
Carrots – Yummy, Crunchy
Carrots are easy to grow and are filled with vitamins and minerals, it’s no wonder they are the vegetable of the year! What is more
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February 11, 2021
About Tulips
1. Tulips rising in fall. Much of Canada has been enjoying a bit of unseasonably warm weather this fall. Some gardeners are asking about their
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November 13, 2020