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10 Neat Things Flowers Local Gardener Plants

10 Neat Things About Poppies

November 7, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 576 Views Arctic poppy, California poppy, culinary uses, drought-tolerant, easy to grow, floral symbolism, Iceland poppy, morphine, native poppies, opium poppy, ornamental gardening, papaver, pollinators, poppies, remembrance, resilience, Shirley poppy, Xeriscaping

As we get ready for the somber day of November 11 with a poppy in our lapels, we turn to

Flowers Gardening for Beginners Perennials Plants

8 Perennials That Attract Our Friends the Bees

March 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1687 Views Asters, Bee Balm, Bees, Black-eyed Susan, Catmint, crocus, Eco-friendly gardening, gardening, Goldenrod, Perennials, pollinators, Purple coneflower, snowdrops, Sustainable gardens

Are you looking for ways to attract more bees to your garden this year? More and more we are learning

10 neat things about soil

10 Neat Things Gardening Science

About Soil

April 21, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1456 Views compost, gardening tips, microorganisms, organic material, plant nutrition, pollinators, potting mix, soil conservation, soil ecology, soil health

1. You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die. Fortunately, that old saying does not apply to

Talk about Wildflowers

CLG Podcast Plants Wild Flowers

Talk About Wildflowers

March 16, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1624 Views Bee Balm, big bluestem, Canada anemone, Kelly Leask, native plants, pollinators, Prairie Originals, Purple coneflower, swamp milkweed, wildflowers

Hosts Dorothy and Shauna Dobbie talk to Kelly Leask about the wonderful world of wildflowers. Wildflowers nourish bees and other

10 neat things about sunflowers

10 Neat Things Annuals Edibles Flowers Plants

About Sunflowers

March 10, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1978 Views allelopathy, Fibonacci sequence, heliotropism, nuclear remediation, pollinators, sunflower growth, sunflower oil, sunflower roots, sunflowers, Ukraine

1. Sunflowers for Ukraine. Sunflowers grow well in Ukraine, owing to its hot dry summers. The flower was widely planted

10 neat things about rudbeckia

10 Neat Things Flowers Plants

About Rudbeckia

August 26, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 2315 Views Black-eyed Susan, butterfly garden, deer resistant, fall blooms, garden versatility, Maryland state flower, perennial flowers, pollinators, Rudbeckia, sweet William

1. Black-eyed Susan loves sweet William. All in the downs, the fleet was moored,Banners waving in the wind,When Black-Eyed Susan

Pollinators in your Garden

June 20, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 2843 Views bee conservation, Butterfly bush, Echinacea, habitat loss, hummingbirds, Monarch Butterflies, native plants, pesticides, Pollinator-friendly gardening, pollinators

Populations of many pollinators have declined seriously across North America according to a recent United States National Academy of Science

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