Trowel Talk September 15, 2022

 Trowel Talk Newsletter September 15, 2022 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County.

This issue contains articles on:

• Smooth Asters
• Amazing Life Cycle of the Aphid
• Last Hurrah of Flowers
• Know Your Weeds--Purslane
• Gardeners Beware--Winged euonymus
• Ask a Master Gardener

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Photo Rudbeckia triloba (brown-eyed Susan) by Dale Odorizzi

Trowel Talk August 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk August 15, 2022, is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This issue contains articles on:

• Big, Bold and Beautiful Plants in your Garden
• Good King Henry Herb
• The Gardener's Sense of Sound
• Sow Thistle
• Oriental Bittersweet
• Ask a Master Gardener column answers the question adding blooms to the late summer and fall garden.

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Photo Queen of the Prairie (Filipendula rubra) by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners

Trowel Talk July 15, 2022

 Trowel Talk Newsletter July 15, 2022 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Lanark County and Ottawa Carleton. This month's issues features articles on:

• Herbs in the Garden
• Wood Betony--Stachys officinalis
• The Gardeners Sense of Taste
• Common Chickweed
• Ox-eye Daisy

Our Ask a Master Gardener column answers the question about an ailing Burning Bush.

Photo by Judith Cox, Master Gardener of Ottawa Carleton. This pot has calendula, alysum, nasturtium and a black krim tomato.

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Trowel Talk June 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter June 15, 2022 brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County is now available. This issue contains the following articles:

• Combining Edibles with Ornamentals
• Living with Rabbits in the Garden
• Please Touch the Plants
• Lambsquarters 
• Invasive Honeysuckles
• Ask a Master Gardener answers questions about tomatoes and rhubarb.

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi--Fritillary Butterfly enjoy a snack on chives in the Rose Garden.

Trowel Talk May 15, 2022

Trowel Talk Newsletter May 15, 2022, is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This month's issue contains:

• An Invitation to meet the Monarch.
• Book review of 100 Plants to Feed the Monarch.
• Carrots and Their Kin.
• Know your Weeds: Dandelion.
• Visual Sense in the Garden.
• Gardeners Beware: this Knotty Weed.
• Ask a Master Gardener:
• Growing Plants near a cedar hedge.
• Growing vegetable in containers.
• Where to find us--Clinics and Talks.

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Photo of Cow Parsnip by Patrick Ryan at his home in Balsam Creek, Ontario.

Trowel Talk April 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk for April 15, 2022 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. In this issue, we discuss:

• Hardening off--Getting your seedlings safely from under the lights to growing in your garden.
• Edible flowers you can grow.
• Scent and sensibility: Sense of smell in the garden.
• Gardeners Beware--False Spirea.
• Know your Weeds--Garlic Mustard.
• Ask a Master Gardener.

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi-Viceroy Butterfly also enjoys the old fashioned and sweet smelling heliotrope.

Trowel Talk March 15, 2022

Trowel Talk Newsletter for March 15, 2022 is now available. Spring is finally getting closer, and this issue has articles on:

• 2022- The Year of the Garden.
• Seed Starting: Equipment and Supplies.
• Jumping Worms--A peril to our Northern Forests.
• Shiso--An Ornamental Asian Herb to Discover.
• Annuals--Why we Love Them and Tips for Success.
• Autumn Olive--Our Gardener Beware series continues.
• Ask a Master Gardener answers the question on:
• Pagoda Dogwood--yellowish branches. 
• I forgot to plant my garlic last fall. Help!

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi--Gomphrena, a favorite of bees, butterflies, and White Crowned Sparrows.

Trowel Talk February 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter for February 15, 2022 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This month's issue contains articles on:

• Connecting the Dots: The Wonders of the Common Polka Dot Plant.
• When do I Start Seeds?
• Shady Site Challenge: Can a Pollinator Garden Grow Here?
• Homemade Vinegars from the Garden.
• Gardeners' Beware: Creeping bellflower.
• Ask a Master Gardener column answers questions about Orchids and ground covers to grow along the road allowance.

Photo by Master Gardener Kelly Noel

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