Trowel Talk Newsletter December 15, 2025

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter December 15, 2025 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County.

This issue contains the following articles:

• Four Season Gardening in my Greenhouse.
• A Garden Ecosystem for All.
• Button Bush--—Cephalanthus occidentalis.
• Book Review: The Comfort of Crows.
• Nettles--Urtica spp.

Our Master Gardeners answer these questions:

    ? What are these brown bumps on my dogwood.

    ? My button bush got uprooted. What should I do?

If you would like to receive our newsletter directly, email me at lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo of a Jack in the Pulpit poking through its warm blanket of leaves, by Dale Odorizzi

Merry Christmas to you all and I hope you have a wonderful 2026!

December Flashback

 

This post is a flashback to December 2018 Edible Garden Post. This issue contains the following articles:

• Favorite Gifts for Gardeners.
• On the Road for Haw Berries.
• Can I Grow Cannabis?
  
  

Test Links

 

Christmas Tree--Real or Fake Which one do you choose? Our friend the beaver has made his choice.

Trowel Talk Newsletter November 15, 2025

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter November 15, 2025 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County.

This issue contains the following articles:

• Building a Greenhouse;
• The Not so Rare Norfolk Island Pine;
• More about Food Preservation;
• Canada Elderberry--Sambucus canadensis;
• Detritivores: Tiny Perfect Recyclers.

Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:

• What are your suggestions for controlling or eradicating Crab Grass?
• What is wrong with my gladioli?

If you would like to receive Trowel Talk in your inbox send a request to lanarkmg@gmail.com.

Photo of Elderberry Fruit by Heather Clemenson, Master Gardener of Ottawa Carleton

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter October 15, 2025 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This issue contains:

• Preserving Tomatoes.
• The Wonderful World of Flies.
• American Hazelnut.
• Birch - The Tree of Life
• Where to find us.

Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:

    ? My carrots have a netting of tiny roots. The main root is often forked and woody.

    ? How do I overwinter a fig tree.

If you would like to subscribe to Trowel Talk, email me at lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners.

Trowel Talk Newsletter September 15, 2025

 Trowel Talk Newsletter for September 15, 2025 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County.

This issue contains the following articles:

• Stinzenplanten: A European Tradition Springing Up Across Ontario.
• Identifying Birds in the Garden.
• Crickets, Songsters of Summer.
• Witch Hazel.

Our Master Gardeners answer the following questions:

• My Oregano has small round dark spots. How can I stop it?
• My neighbours boxwood shrubs are dying back. How can I protect my own boxwoods?

If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, contact lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo by Kim Allen (my brother) of Juvenile Cardinal turning red.

Trowel Talk Newsletter August 15, 2025

 Trowel Talk Newsletter August 15, 2025 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County.

This issue contains the following articles:

• Wildscaping: Wild Planting in a Strong Design.
• More than Just Pretty Native Plants in Pots.
• Spidey Sensing in the Garden!
• Maple Tree in Indigenous Culture.

Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:

• After producing strawberries, my plants are putting out runners. Should I be keeping them to develop into new plants or cutting them off?
• When is the best time to move my Oriental Lilies?

To subscribe to the newsletter, Visit www.mgottawa.ca

Photo by Dale Odorizzi Goldenrod Crab Spider on Arrowwood shrub.

Trowel Talk Newsletter July 15, 2025

 Trowel Talk Newsletter for July 15, 2025 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. In this month's issue, we discuss:

• Growing Vegetables in Small Spaces;
• Showing Moths Love Too;
• Cattails and Indigenous Wisdom.

Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:

        ? What is wrong with my Cherry tree;

        ? Why are my Oriental Lilies turning yellow.

If you would like to subscribe to our Newsletter visit www.mgottawa.ca

Photo of Io Moth Caterpillar by Dale Odorizzi. Photo taken in Florida but Moth is native to Ontario.