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 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 April 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk for April 15, 2022 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. In this issue, we discuss:

• Hardening off--Getting your seedlings safely from under the lights to growing in your garden.
• Edible flowers you can grow.
• Scent and sensibility: Sense of smell in the garden.
• Gardeners Beware--False Spirea.
• Know your Weeds--Garlic Mustard.
• Ask a Master Gardener.

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi-Viceroy Butterfly also enjoys the old fashioned and sweet smelling heliotrope.

Trowel Talk Newsletter April 15, 2021

The Trowel Talk Newsletter for April 15, 2021 is now available. This month contains articles on:

• Earth Day 2021--This is the fiftieth anniversary of this international events and we include special ways you can honour this day.
• Rhubarb is a glorious spring vegetable.
• Clematis--We answer the common question of When do I prune my Clematis?
• My Favourite Spring Edimentals--some popular ornamentals you can actually eat.
• Creeping Jenny--Our series on invasive perennials continues.
• Ask a Master Gardener column answers the questions:
• When can I divide hostas?
• How do I prune and rejuvenate a large group of lilacs?

Talks and Events are happening in garden clubs and horticultural societies, primarily using virtual meeting software. We have included such events where our Master Gardeners are appearing. Also Check our the series of Trowel Talk Live.

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Trowel Talk Newsletter April 2020

Trowel Talk Newsletter April 2020 is now available.  This is the first issue of our new newsletter, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County.  We have combined the Edible Garden Newsletter and Trowel Talk, hopefully taking the best of both into one newsletter.  This month, we feature an article on Planting Tomatoes to Prevent Problems and help you create an interest in gardening with your children by planting a Pizza Garden.  Our Native Plant profile features False Blue Indigo, Baptisia australis, an early blooming perennial that is as attractive to Pollinators as it is to the eye.  We have also added a new feature, Ask a Master Gardener.  We welcome your feedback and suggestions for articles and have provided a handy feedback button  on page 6. 
As you are all no doubt aware, the current COVID19 emergency has forced the cancellation of all clinics, talks and events for the foreseeable future.  We are still available to answer your gardening questions and links to Helplines for both Lanark and Ottawa Carleton are provided in the Newsletter.
Hope you enjoy it.

Edible Garden Newsletter April 2019

The Edible Garden Newsletter April 2019 is now available.  This month, we feature a very rarely grown legume to our part of the world--Peanuts.  It is doubtful that Peanuts will become a cash crop in Eastern Ontario but for those who like a challenge, it is possible to grow them here and even harvest a few.  Swiss Chard is native to Southern Europe and will tolerate heat but it grows best in our cooler climate.  It is not a demanding vegetable and some think it is almost "too pretty to eat".  Our author has also provided information on some of her favorite varieties.  Carrots are another popular vegetable.  While they sometimes seem fussy to start, they grow well here and are one of the root vegetables that are easy to store and in the right conditions can last most of the winter.  We even include a recipe for an easy to make and delicious Carrot Cake. Finally we start a new series on Soil, focusing on the terms we use to describe it.

The Edible Garden Newsletter April 2018

The Edible Garden Newsletter April 2018 is now available.  This month we demonstrate that edibles are good for more than just eating.  Many edibles are a natural source of dye and we explain how to use them to create beautiful colours.  We often think that large showy double flowers are best to use to attract bees to you garden.  Start thinking like a bee and you will soon see that single blooms are in fact the best to use.  Do you love Horse Radish?  If your answer is yes, try growing it in your garden.  Continuing in our favorite tool series, read all about one gardener's favorite saw.

Edible Garden Newsletter April 2017

The Edible Garden Newsletter April 2017 focuses on starting seeds and growing vegetables that are adapted to cool starts.  We take you from starting a few seeds through to Vegetable gardens that have the real "Wow" factor.  We show you how you can avoid laying out big bucks for plant starting equipment by using  items from your recycle bin and even how to make soil blocks so you can avoid pots completely.  Finally, we continue our Pollinator Series with an article about Spring Plants for Bees.

Carleton Place Community Garden

Gardening Calendar Workshop--April 8th 10-noon.  Join Lanark County Master Gardener, David Hinks and CBC Gardening expert Ed Lawrence for a discussion on what plants to plant and when to plant them.  Also learn about plans to revitalize the Carleton Place Community Garden.  Want to help?  We need volunteer builders and dirt moves to get this project going.For more info email carletonplacecommunitygarden@gmail.com.

Edible Garden Newsletter 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

Rose, The Queen of the Garden

Roses were first cultivated in China over 5000 years ago.  Today, there are thousands and thousands of roses to choose from.  Now, the most difficult thing about growing roses is selecting the one (or many) that is perfect for your garden.  Read more

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

How to Grow Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes are tasty, nutritious and can grow in our climate.  To learn how, read more.

Edible Garden Newsletter April 2014

April 2014 issue of the Edible Garden details Growing Spuds in a Pot.  It also has a book review of Crops in a Pot, recipe, tips and more.  Enjoy!