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?

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

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.
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• 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?

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners

Trowel Talk Newsletter 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?

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

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?
  

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

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

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Trowel Talk Newsletter February 15, 2023

 

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.

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Trowel Talk Newsletter January 15. 2022

 

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.

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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.

Winter Seed Sowing

 

Can't wait to plant seeds? Try Winter Seed Sowing!

Peterborough Master Gardener, Master Gardener Emma Murphy demonstrates the Kiss Principle of Winter Seed Sowing.