Trowel Talk Newsletter March 15, 2025

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter March 15, 2025 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This issue contains the following:

• My Foray into Hydroponics;
• Ants: Tiny Creatures with a Giant Impact;
• The Indigenous Gardens at the University of Ottawa..

Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:

        ? What is wrong with my kalanchoe;

        ? How can I bring my potentilla shrub under control.

Where can you find our talks, events and clinics over the next month.

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi.

When do I plant Seeds and Transplants?

 When do I plant seeds and transplants into my garden?

I had a recent question about an article I wrote some time ago and thought it an appropriate time to share start dates for starting seeds, inside and out and also when to plant out your seedlings.

This is a bonus article. Trowel Talk will be published on the 15th of the month as usual.

Photo by Helen Halpenny--tray of Marigold seedlings.

Trowel Talk Newsletter February 15, 2025

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter for February 15, 2025 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This issue contains the following articles:

• Downsizing ideas for senior gardeners;
• Bonsai: The art of miniaturized trees;
• Yes, Wasps are a gardening friend;
• Plant Books by Indigenous authors.

Our Master Gardeners answer the question about dealing with dead lawn under birdfeeders.

 

Learn where you can find Master Gardeners at Talks and Events in Eastern Ontario and all about the Master Gardener Lecture series with Friends of Central Experimental Farm.

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Photo by Tim Deslippe of Carpet Juniper bonzai plant.

Trowel Talk Newsletter January 15, 2025

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter January 15, 2025 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This issue contains the following articles:

• Orchid Care;
• Seed Catalogues have Arrived;
• Exploring New Brunswick Botanical Gardens;
• Changing the Way We See Bugs;
• Snowberry.

Our Master Gardeners answer the question:

    ? My cotoneaster shrubs look sparse. What can I do to make them look fuller?

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Photo of Philippine Ground Orchid (Spathoglottis plicata) by Dale Odorizzi, taken at Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Trowel Talk Newsletter December 15, 2024

 

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

• Native Cranberries Bring the Festivities;
• Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Biocontrols;
• Celebrating the Season with Indoor and Outdoor Arrangements;
• Wild Clematis.

Our Master Gardeners answer the following questions:    

• Why are the flowers on my peonies decreasing in numbers?
• Is it too late to dig up some tender plants (dahlia and canna) from my garden?

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Photo: by Dale Odorizzi Lanark County Master Gardeners enjoy a delicious pot luck luncheon and then create festive arrangements using plant material we brought in from our gardens. 

Trowel Talk Newsletter November 15, 2024

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter November 15, 2024 is now available. Brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County.

This issue contains the following articles:

• Sitting in the Garden Thinking Positive Thoughts;
• Everything you always wanted to know about bio controls;
• How to take great nature and garden photos;
• Spiderwort.

Our Master Gardeners answer the following question:

        ? What do I need to know to give a Japanese maple a chance of survival.

        ? My weeping larch is looking unhealthy, What could be the matter with it.

Photo of Black Swallowtail Butterfly caterpillar dining on my carrot tops. by Dale Odorizzi

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Trowel Talk Newsletter October 15, 2024 revised

 

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

• To Wrap or Not to Wrap?
• Visiting Montreal Botanical Gardens.
• The Garden Edger.
• Sneezeweed.

Our Master Gardeners answer the questions:

    ? Should I be worried about the mushrooms growing on top of my indoor planters.

    ? My purple coneflowers started budding but never got any further. What was it?

Photo of Grass-Leaved Goldenrod by Dale Odorizzi--Mystery native plant that appeared this spring in my 9th Floor planter.

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