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Friday, March 15, 2024

Trowel Talk Newsletter March 15, 2024

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter March 15, 2024

Trowel Talk Newsletter March 15, 2024 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This issue contains the following articles.

  • Direct Seeding in the Gardens
  • Under the Microscope
  • Short-Handled Ho-Mi Digger
  • Paper Birch
  • Canada Serviceberry.
Our Master Gardeners answer the questions--Planting tree in a narrow space?

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Photo of a young Serviceberry by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Trowel Talk Newsletter February 15, 2024

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter February 15, 2024

Trowel Talk Newsletter February 15, 2024 is now available brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This issue contains  articles on the following topics:

  • Architectural Plants.
  • Bur Oak.
  • Oak Wilt in Ontario.
  • Cutting Tools: A Cut Above.
  • Wild Strawberry.
Our Master Gardeners answer the following questions:
  • Should I focus on buying organic seeds?
  • Why is my rabbit's foot fern not thriving?
To receive the newsletter in your inbox each month, email me at lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo by Kim Allen of granddaughter, Rosie visiting and helping with the harvest. Children who help in the garden tend to eat more vegetables.

Monday, January 15, 2024

Trowel Talk Newsletter January 15, 2024

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter January 15, 2023



Trowel Talk Newsletter January 15, 2024
is now available brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This issue contains articles on:

  • Violets in Space!
  • Ode to the Sawzall.
  • Eastern White Pine.
  • Prairie Smoke.
Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:
  • Can I reuse soil in containers next year?
  • Are some house plants better than other to improve indoor air quality?
If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, send an email to lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo of Mama deer and fawn playing in front of a young 4 Acre White Pine Plantation by Dale Odorizzi


Friday, December 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter December 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter December 15, 2023

 Trowel Talk Newsletter for December 15, 2023 is now available. Take some time from your busy festive season to enjoy our latest edition, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County, This edition includes the following articles:

  • Land Acknowledgement.
  • Native Trees for Ottawa Gardens.
  • Planting for Northern Cardinals.
  • Little Bluestem.
  • Book Review: Growing Joy
In addition, our Master Gardeners answer the questions:
  • Are there native plants that are compact and colourful?
  • What care do air plants need?
If you would like to receive this newsletter each month in your inbox, send a message to lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo by Dale Odorizzi of Highbush Cranberry, native shrub and a favorite of Northern Cardinals. Like my Mom, birds prefer the Cranberry berries after a frost. They often stay on the shrub for most of the winter.

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter November 15, 2023

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter November 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter November 15, 2023 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County.

This month the newsletter contains the following:

  • Ten Common Gardening Mistakes.
  • To Prune or Not to Prune?
  • Planting for Sparrows.
  • New England Asters.
Our Master Gardeners answer the question:
  • My green hostas have yellow spots or speckles. Is it a disease?
  • How late in the season can I divide and replant perennials?
Photo by Dale Odorizzi--Gomphrena (Globe Amaranth), an easy to care for annual. Sparrows enjoy it in the fall, especially the White Crowned Sparrow who arrived in large flocks and devoured every seed in a few days.

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter email us at lanarkmg@gmail.com

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter October 15, 2023

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter October 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter October 15, 2023 is now available brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. In this month's issue, we bring you the following articles:

  • Perfect Porch Pots for the Winter Season.
  • Tsuga canadensis--Eastern Hemlock.
  • Planting for White-Breasted Nuthatches.
  • Solidago flexicaulis--Zigzag Goldenrod.
Our Master Gardeners answer the question:
  •  How do I deal with raspberries that come from the neighbouring plot in our community garden?
  •  Will my 'Phantom standard hydrangeas need additional winter protection?
Sugar Maple in the Fall--Beautiful to the eye and much used by birds and insects. Photo by Dale Odorizzi

Send email to lanarkmg@gmail.com to have the newsletter delivered to your inbox

Friday, September 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter September 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter September 15, 2023

 Trowel Talk Newsletter September 15, 2023 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This month we feature articles on the following topics:

  • Growing Raspberries;
  • Edible Herb Flowers to Enjoy;
  • Planting for Blue Jays;
  • Flowering Raspberries.
Our Master Gardeners answer the following questions:
  • When is the best time to move a climbing rose?
  • How do I save a standard lilac tree?
If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, send an email to lanarkmg@gmail.com.

Photo of Chives and a Great Spangled Fritillary by Dale Odorizzi


Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter August 15, 2023

Trowel Talk August 15, 2023

 Trowel Talk Newsletter August 15, 2023 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This month's newsletter contains the following articles:

  • Gardening in Small Spaces
  • Growing Alpine Plants aka Rock Gardening
  • Meadowsweet--Queen of the Prairie
  • Planting for Mourning Doves
  • Turtlehead.
This month, our Master Gardeners answer these questions:
  • What plants can I use that bloom for a long time
  • How can I help my established gooseberries.
To receive our newsletter in your inbox, send an email to lanarkmg@gmail.com.

Photo of Meadowsweet by Dale Odorizzi

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter July 15, 2023

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter July 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter July 15, 2023 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This month's issue contains the following articles::

  • Reclaiming Gardens in a City Park;
  • Glen Villa Art Garden;
  • Planting for Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds;
  • Joe Pyeweed Eutrochium maculatum.
Our Master Gardeners answer the following question:
  • My ornamental grasses have some blades that are turning brown;
  • When is the best time to divide peony and poppy?
If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, send an email to lanarkmg@gmail.com.

Photo of  Joe Pyeweed Eutrochium maculatum by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners



Thursday, June 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter June 15, 2023

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter June 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter June 15, 2023 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This month issue features articles on the following:

  • In Defence of Earwigs.
  • Grow a Garden Full of Memories.

  • Planting for Cedar Waxwings.
  • In the Alcove Garden: Blazing Star.
Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:
  • Why are my seedlings stunted?
  • How do I get scale off my Ficus benjamina?

If you would like to receive our newsletter in your email each month, send a message to lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners

Monday, May 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter May 15, 2023

 

Trowel Talk May 15, 2023

The Trowel Talk Newsletter May 15, 2023 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Lanark County and Ottawa Carleton.

This issue contains articles on the following topics:

  • My Passion for Dahlia 
  • The Observant Gardener 
  • Gardening for American Goldfinches 
  • Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed).
Our Master Gardeners answer these questions:

  • What shrubs can I plant in dry shade?
  • What plants won't the deer eat?
If you would like to receive our newsletter in your inbox each month, send a message to lanarkmg@gmail.com

Dahlia, happily growing on my 9th floor terrace. Photo by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners 

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter April 15, 2023

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter April 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter April 15, 2023 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This month, we feature the following:

  • Wildflowers and Native Plants: Are they the same?
  • Keystone plants--Shrubs
  • Planting for American Robins
  • Anise hyssop.
Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:
  • When should I start spring lawn tasks?
  • Dividing overwintered dahlia tubers?
If you would like to receive our newsletter in your inbox each month, email us at lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo by Dale Odorizzi--Highbush Cranberry (Virburnum trilobum) Berries are tastier after a freeze and a good winter source of food for birds.

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter March 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter March 15, 2023

 Trowel Talk Newsletter March 15, 2023 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This month features articles on the following topics:

  • Getting a head start on the summer growing season
  • Trees--Ecoregion Five
  • Planting for Owls
  • Aquilegia canadensis.
This month's Ask a Master Gardener answers the questions?
  • What are these bugs on my seedlings?
  • Growing tomatoes in containers?
Photo by Dale Odorizzi a young Serviceberry in shrub format--a keystone plant in Ecoregion Five

If you would like to receive our newsletter in your inbox, send an email to lanarkgm@gmail.com

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter February 15, 2023

 
Trowel Talk Newsletter February 15, 2022

Trowel Talk Newsletter February 15, 2023 is now available brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This month's issue contains articles on:

  • Interpreting your garden through Botanical Art.
  • Gardening for Nature: Ecoregion Five.
  • Gardening for Birds: Planting for Woodpeckers.
  • Native Plant: Sanguinaria canadensis.
Ask a Master Gardener answers these questions:
  • Will this early though then deep freeze harm my bulbs that have poked up?
  • How and when should I prune my tropical hibiscus?
Photo by Dale Odorizzi Woodpeckers only peck in wood to find insects. Your tree is already dying by the time they start working on it. Two Pileated Woodpeckers are disappointed to find their tree cut down.

If you would like to receive the newsletter each month in your email inbox, send a message to lanarkmg@gmail.com

Sunday, January 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter January 15. 2022

 

Trowel Talk Jan 15, 2023

Trowel Talk Newsletter January 15, 2022 is now available brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This issue introduces two new series:

  • Plants in the Alcove Garden--Wild Ginger.
  • Planting for the birds--Black-capped Chickadees.
We also have an article on Angel Wing Begonia, including propagation tips and a Book Review on "A Way to Garden" by Margaret Roach.
Ask a Master Gardener answers questions about forcing bulbs and caring for Clivia.

If you would like to receive the newsletter in your inbox, contact us at lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo of Native Highbush Cranberry by Dale Odorizzi--provides birds with insects and caterpillars and fruit remains on the tree into the winter for our overwintering friends.

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Trowel Talk Newsletter December 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter December 15, 2022

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

  • When is a fern not a fern? When it is a Plumosa fern.
  • How to make a Fairy Garden for Christmas.
  • Beyond the Bird Feeder.
  • Gardeners Beware--Japanese Barberry
  • Our Master Gardeners answer the following questions:
    • When is the best time to prune roses?
    • How do you get a very pot-bound agave out of the pot?
To receive our newsletter each month in your inbox, email us at lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo by Dale Odorizzi--Baltimore Oriole and Blue Jay clean up insects in the apple tree while awaiting the fruit of the serviceberries, arrowwood and dog wood.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Trowel Talk November 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk November 15 2022

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

  • Vermicompost or My Pet Worms
  • A Primer on Seed Documentation
  • Botanical Art and Gardening
  • Book Review--A Garden for Rusty-Patched Bumblebees
  • Gardener Beware Siberian Pea Shrub.
Ask a Master Gardener answers question on bringing plants back indoors and on the dreaded Creeping Charlie.

If you would like to receive the newsletter in your email inbox send a message to lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo by Dale Odorizzi, a pollinator paradise. Read Lorraine Johnson's book for more ideas.


Saturday, October 15, 2022

Trowel Talk October 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter October 15, 2022

Trowel Talk October 15, 2022 is now available. October is upon on and this issue features articles on Fall Gardening, such as:

  • What to do in your Fall Garden;
  • Seed Saving--An Act of Revolution;
  • Winter Sowing--A Lesson about Growing:
  • Canadian Bunchberry
  • Sea Buckthorn.
Ask a Master Gardener answers:
  • Why do my squash plants have mostly male flowers?
  • Can I bring fresh herbs indoors?
If you would like to receive our newsletter each month in your inbox, email us at lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Trowel Talk September 15, 2022

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
We hope you enjoy these articles and share with your friends. If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter. contact us at lanarkmg@gmail.com

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


Monday, August 15, 2022

Trowel Talk August 15, 2022

 

Lanark County Master Gardeners


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.

If you would like to receive the newsletters in your inbox, contact us at lanarkmg@gmail.com

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

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