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Garden Primer: All about fertilizer

Plants require macro nutrients, of which the big three in most fertilizers are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, followed by calcium, iron, magnesium and sulphur, along

Canadian Prairies Seed Catalogues 2024

Explore the latest Canadian Prairies seed catalogues for top-quality seeds and gardening essentials. Perfect your garden this season!  Here are the seed catalogues for Alberta,

10 neat things about spittlebugs

About Spittlebugs

1. Who spit on my perennials? See those little dabs of foam on the stems of your favourite perennials? It looks like spit. Who would

10 neat things about compost

About Compost

1. What every good compost pile needs. Nothing can happen to a compost heap unless it has carbon (brown and dry organic material) for energy,

sowing seeds

Sowing Seeds

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

Spittlebug

Spittlebugs

Who’s been spitting on my plants? Spittlebugs show a preference for nitrogen-fixing plants such as legumes and it is postulated that they are most plentiful on

planting companions

Planting Companions

Long before chemical fertilizers and pesticides appeared, there were planting companions where farmers and gardeners knew that certain plants grow and taste better when planted

Flora & Fauna Episode 16: Nutrients in the garden with Robert Pavlis

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