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How to Grow Mushrooms at Home

May 25, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1960 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

10 neat things about peperomia

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About Peperomia

January 28, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1442 Views houseplants, Indoor Gardening, Light Requirements, Peperomia, peperomia flowers, peperomia species, plant of the year, plant propagation, succulent care, toxicity

Peperomia argyreia Watermelon 1. Plant of the year! Peperomia has been declared the plant of the year by the National

sowing seeds

Sowing Seeds

February 5, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 1885 Views early spring planting, gardening equipment, Indoor Gardening, organic gardening, Peppers, Seed starting, seedling care, tomato seedlings, transplanting, vegetable gardening

By Mark MacDonald Getting a head start on spring, scores of farm crops have been cultivated for centuries through the

gardening calendar february 2021

February 2021

February 2, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 1859 Views backyard bird count, dormant spray, flower seeds, garden planning, gardening tips, Indoor Gardening, last frost date, seedling trays, starting seeds, vegetable seeds

Can you feel the days getting longer? I’m preparing dinner during daylight now and it feels wonderful! It’s February! It’s

starting your own seeds

Gardening for Beginners How-to Seeds

Starting Your Own Seeds

March 11, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4275 Views Black-eyed Susan, fluorescent lightstand, growing plants, Home gardening, Indoor Gardening, monkey flowers, plant fertilizing, seed catalogs, seedling care, starting seeds

I used to say that gardeners should start seeds in their homes mainly because it’s fun. I don’t say that

growing orchids in your home

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Growing Orchids in your Home

January 9, 2020 Shauna Dobbie 3391 Views Dendrobium orchids, Epiphytic plants, Indoor Gardening, indoor plants, orchid flowers, orchid light requirements, orchid watering, Orchids care, Phalaenopsis orchids, plant humidity

Growing orchids should be easy. They are a very forgiving plant if you understand it. Sadly, most are drowned by

10 Neat things about houseplants

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10 Neat Things about House Plants

January 3, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3434 Views African violets, air-purifying plants, house plants, Indoor Gardening, Light Requirements, Orchids, Plant Care, plant pests, Tillandsias, Watering Tips

Shade dwellers. One of the most important things to understand about house plants is that most are shade or partial

10 Neat Things about Bugs with Wings in your Home

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About Bugs with Wings in your Home

November 18, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4000 Views flying insects, fruit flies, fungus gnat larvae, fungus gnats, houseplants, Indoor Gardening, insect control, pest management, pests in the house, plant health

1. Things with wings. Pesky little bugs fly around the house and everyone believes they are fruit flies. You should

10 Neat Things about Fungus Gnats

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10 Neat Things about Fungus Gnats

November 14, 2019 Dorothy Dobbie 4750 Views fungus gnats, houseplants, Indoor Gardening, insect control, pest management, Plant Care, Plant diseases, plant pests, pythium, root rot

Fungus gnats on houseplant 1. Pesky little flies. If you have houseplants, chances are you have encountered the pesky little

Houseplants

November 14, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener 4194 Views air-purifying plants, beneficial indoor plants, Darryl Cheng, English ivy, Flora & Fauna Podcast, hard to kill plants, houseplants, Indoor Gardening, peace lily, snake plant, spider plant, The New Plant Parent

Plants transform our living spaces indoors and out, but houseplants that are invited into our homes do more for us

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