Trowel Talk Newsletter April 15, 2024

 

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

• Keep those plant tags
• Gardening in Small spaces
• Great Gardening Tools: Garden Claw
• In the Alcove Garden: Meadow Anemone

Our Master Gardeners answer your questions:

• How do I get a lush lawn in the shade?
• When is it time to take the covers off your shrubs?

Spring is here! The first Bloodroot of the year. Photo by Lanark County Master Gardener, Timothy Deslippe.

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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

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?

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

Trowel Talk Newsletter January 15, 2024

 

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?

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

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?

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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.

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.

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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

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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?

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Photo of Chives and a Great Spangled Fritillary by Dale Odorizzi