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?

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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?

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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.

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

Trowel Tak Newsletter June 15, 2025

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

This issue contains the following articles:

• Companion Planting;
• Aphids, Food Chain Essential;
• I am not Sage.
  

Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:

• How do I make spent spring bulb foliage less of an eyesore?
• Is there a way to amend clay soil and make it better for gardening?

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Photo of Aphids on Heliopsis. A little creepy close up but does the plant little harm. by Dale Odorizzi

Trowel Talk Newsletter May 15, 2025

 

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

• Don't Diss That Radish
• A Garden to Welcome Beneficial Insects;
• Three Sisters Gardening.

Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:

        ? How can I avoid introducing Jumping Worms to my Garden when planting Trees;

        ? How can I move a yucca.

Check the back pages to see where to find us over the next month.

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Photo of Dragonfly by Dale Odorizzi

Trowel Talk Newsletter April 15, 2025

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

• High Performance, Low Maintenance Plants.
• Gardening with Peat Moss--Why an Issue?
• Gardening Beetles can be Fab!
• What is Traditional Tobacco?
• Book Review: The Seed Detective.

Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:

• Can I get tomatoes from seeds sprouting inside a tomato?
•  How can I keep rabbits out of my garden? 

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

Photo by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners of garden full of low maintenance, high performing plants.

Trowel Talk Newsletter March 15, 2025

 

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

• My Foray into Hydroponics;
• Ants: Tiny Creatures with a Giant Impact;
• The Indigenous Gardens at the University of Ottawa..

Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:

        ? What is wrong with my kalanchoe;

        ? How can I bring my potentilla shrub under control.

Where can you find our talks, events and clinics over the next month.

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi.

When do I plant Seeds and Transplants?

 When do I plant seeds and transplants into my garden?

I had a recent question about an article I wrote some time ago and thought it an appropriate time to share start dates for starting seeds, inside and out and also when to plant out your seedlings.

This is a bonus article. Trowel Talk will be published on the 15th of the month as usual.

Photo by Helen Halpenny--tray of Marigold seedlings.