Showing posts with label The Edible Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Edible Garden. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Edible Garden Newsletter September 2016

Lanark County Master Gardener Edible Garden Newsletter
The Edible Garden Newsletter for September 2016 focuses on the wonderful world of Squash, both winter and summer.  Winter Squash is a delicious and nutritious vegetable that can be stored and used almost all winter long without any elaborate storage processes.  We also share our Love of Lavender, an exotic plant that is beautiful and delicious and introduce you to the ancient, myth filled world of the Dragonfly. Read more

Monday, August 1, 2016

Edible Garden Newsletter August 2016

Edible Garden Newsletter Lanark Master Gardeners
The Edible Garden Newsletter/August 2016 introduces us to a new concept, Plant Guilds.  Plant Guilds take Companion Planting to the next level explaining how trees, shrubs and perennials can combine to improve the growing of all.  The Siberian Iris is a member of the Wet Meadow Guild that also contains Dogwood, Chelone and High Bush Cranberry.  Learn how to protect your cabbage family plants from the White Cabbage Moth.  Finally a review of Frankie Flowers new book "Food to Grow".  Read more

Friday, July 1, 2016

Edible Garden Newsletter July 2016

Lanark County Master Gardeners
The July Edible Garden Newsletter goes off the beaten track and goes foraging in the Yukon and Eastern Ontario.  Learn more about Mason Bees and join bees and butterflies to discover the joys of Agastache.  Read more.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Edible Garden Newsletter June 2016

Lanark Master Gardeners June 2016
This month, we visit the members of the Allium family--onions, garlic and more. Learn all about another Edible beauty, Nasturtiums, and read a review of the movie Symphony of the Soil.  Finally a reminder of some excellent water sharing techniques.  Read more.

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Edible Garden Newsletter May 2016

Lanark County Master Gardeners May 2016
Beautiful and delicious--that's what Edible Ornamentals are all about.  Learn how to grow and use both Pansies and Bloody Sorrel.  This month, we are including a book review of "In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto" By Michael Pollan. Finally, we round out the issue with an article about the dreaded Leek Moth that is attacking our Garlic and Onions across Eastern Ontario.  Read more

Friday, April 1, 2016

Edible Garden Newsletter April 2016

Lanark Master Gardeners April 2016
In this newsletter, we celebrate the International Year of the Pulses.  Learn what pulses are and how to grow them, including a feature article on the ever popular Peas. Many people, gardeners and non-gardeners alike have a terrible fear of Wasps.  Our article on Parasitoid Wasps may help change your mine.  If you are "Krazy for Kale" Read more

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Edible Garden Newsletter March 2016

Lanark Master Gardeners Edible Garden Newsletter March 2016
Do you grow the same vegetables year after year?  Maybe this year it is time to grow something different.  In this issue of the Edible Garden Newsletter, we introduce you to some unusual edibles.  Maybe you would like to try some sweet Ground Cherries or how about the perennial Good King Henry pictured above.  Also, stop thinking about Dandelions as a persistent troubling weed and learn about how valuable it really is.  Read all about it in the March Edible Garden Newsletter.

Monday, February 1, 2016

Edible Garden Newsletter February 2016

Lanark County Master Gardener Edible Garden  February 2016
Edibles on the rise--How high can we go? Save space and grow your plants up.  Transform sterile roofs of high rise buildings into thriving gardens,  Also, what the heck are Cardoon and May Pops?  Read all about it in the February Edible Garden Newsletter.

Friday, January 1, 2016

Edible Garden Newsletter January 2016

Lanark County Master Gardeners - Edible Garden Newsletter January 2016
Why should I start plants indoors?  How do I start plants indoors?  When I started my own tomatoes, they were tall and spindly and flopped around.  In this month's Newsletter, we cover the why's and how's of growing your own transplants.  Also, we have an article from a gardener who grows the best tomato plants that are always the first to sell out at our annual Plant Sale.  Read more

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Edible Garden Newsletter December 2015

Lanark County Master Gardeners - Edible Garden Newsletter December 2015
It is December.  Gardening season is so far away.  What is a gardener to do?  Get ready to start your seedlings indoors.  This month we focus on what you need to grow your own seedlings, Read more

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Edible Garden Newsletter November 2015

Lanark County Master Gardeners - Edible Garden Newsletter November 2015
Do you want to grow your own edibles but you do not have enough full sun?  This issue of the Edible Garden Newsletter features "Shad-ibles" or Edibles that grow in less than full sun.  Many gardeners compost all summer long but give it up when winter rolls around.  Find out how you can keep producing your black gold all year long.  Read more

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Edible Garden Newsletter October 2015

Now that it is fall it is time start to think of the next gardening season.  It is a terrific time to start a new Edible Garden so you will be ready to plant come spring.  In this issue of the Edible Garden Newsletter, we discuss how to locate the best site on your property to plant edibles and the different alternatives to changing your garden location from turf to a spot where your garden will thrive.  Finally, an introduction to the Big Wigs in our garden, the Earwig. Read more.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Edible Garden Newsletter September 2015

The United Nations has designated 2015 The  International Year of Soil.  To commemorate this year, we are focusing much of this newsletter on soil.  All life on earth depends on soil and it can take up to 1000 years to create just 2.5 cm of new soil! We also discuss the building and use of a Cold Frame that can extend both ends of the growing season.   Read more.  For a larger view of chart, click here.


Saturday, August 1, 2015

Edible Garden Newsletter August 2015

This month, two of our Master Gardeners discuss their approaches to building a Cold Storage system used to store their produce for the winter.  We also profile the very welcome Lady Bug.  Read more

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Edible Garden Newsletter July 2015

This month's newsletter focuses on the Bean family which includes more than just beans.  We talk about the Three Sisters and how to control the dreaded Squash Borer (see image on left).  Read more

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Edible Garden Newsletter June 2015

Beneficial Insects and Pollinators are essential to Vegetable Gardeners.  They help keep the bad bugs away and do all the hard work in turning a vegetable seed into a delicious fruit or vegetable.  To learn more about attracting these hard workers to your garden Read More.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Edible Garden Newsletter May 2015



Learn all about the delicious Solanacea Family. Find out how to grow and cook Eggplant. Simple tricks for protecting your tender transplants.  Read more.

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Edible Garden Newsletter April 2015

Make your gardening life simple with a Square Foot Garden.  Learn to grow your own Super foods (Brassica).  All this plus recipes, book reviews, garden tips and did you know in this issue of April  Edible Garden Newsletter.  We welcome your feedback.  If you have any comments, click the feedback button on the left side of the screen.  Thanks.  Read more

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Edible Garden Newsletter March 2015

Do you want to grow your own fresh herbs?  Get your kids interested in gardening?  Read our March 2015 edition of the Edible Garden Newsletter.  All this and Garden tips, book reviews, recipes and more.  Read more

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Edible Garden Newsletter February 2015

The February 2015 Edible Garden Newsletter is now available.  This month we focus on small, soft fruits from your old favorites--raspberries, strawberries and blueberries to some of the more unusual--Haskap and Goji berries and hardy Kiwis.  Book reviews, recipes, Gardening tips and more.  Check it out!  Read more

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