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 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 March 15, 2022

Trowel Talk Newsletter for March 15, 2022 is now available. Spring is finally getting closer, and this issue has articles on:

• 2022- The Year of the Garden.
• Seed Starting: Equipment and Supplies.
• Jumping Worms--A peril to our Northern Forests.
• Shiso--An Ornamental Asian Herb to Discover.
• Annuals--Why we Love Them and Tips for Success.
• Autumn Olive--Our Gardener Beware series continues.
• Ask a Master Gardener answers the question on:
• Pagoda Dogwood--yellowish branches. 
• I forgot to plant my garlic last fall. Help!

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi--Gomphrena, a favorite of bees, butterflies, and White Crowned Sparrows.

Trowel Talk Newsletter March 15, 2021

 

The Trowel Talk Newsletter for March 15, 2021 is now available. Spring is almost here and there are signs of it everywhere. This month, we feature articles on:

• Sorrel--Culinary herb or a wild edible perennial?
• Weeds, the Universal Problem--where do they come from and some weed ending strategies.
• Will that be Sage or Savory? Join the great Canada stuffing debate.
• Bloodroot--Gladden your heart at this longed for sign of spring!
• Amur Maple--Gardeners beware! Another beautiful but invasive species from Asia.
• Ask a Master Gardener-Best time to prune trees and reviving last years geraniums.

Introducing a new Lunch and Learn program brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton. Click here to register.

The photo above is of a Serviceberry or Amelanchier canadensis, just as the flowers are turning into berries that the birds always beat me to eat. The Serviceberry is a wonderful native shrub that brings 3 season beauty to your yard.

Edible Garden Newsletter March 2020

The Edible Garden Newsletter for March 2020 is now available. This month, our feature article is all about Winterizing Herbs from the garden.  Sage, as shown in the picture, does not need to come indoors as it happily produces all winter long. We also focus on Rosemary.  One gardener tells how she and some friends preserve a tradition by canning Grandma's Chili Sauce.  Finally, a gardener talks about the pleasure of growing blueberry bushes.
I am sad to report that this is the last issue of The Edible Garden Newsletter.  We are combining this newsletter with another existing newsletter, Trowel Talk.  We will be taking the best from the two newsletters and creating one, retaining the Trowel Talk name.  It will be available of the 15th of each month.  If you subscribe to The Edible Garden you do not need to do anything to keep your newsletters flowing.  Thanks to all for your support over the past 6 plus years.

Edible Garden Newsletter March 2019

The Edible Garden Newsletter March 2019 is now available. This month we continue with two of our ongoing series.  First is the BeeLine with Trees for Bees.  The next is our unusual vegetable series with an introduction to Yacon.  Birds in Winter rounds out this edition.

Edible Garden Newsletter March 2018

The Edible Garden Newsletter March 2018 is now available.  This months issue focuses on Vegetables, Vegetables and more Vegetables--how to grow them in containers, what is the vegetable of the year for 2018 and "funny little cabbages" aka Brussels Sprouts.  We also introduce a new, recurring feature, focusing on some of our favorite garden tools and helpers.

Edible Garden Newsletter March 2017

The Edible Garden Newsletter for March 2017 is full of information.  In this issue, we talk about where Carrot seeds come from and how you can grow and collect your own carrot seeds.  Our summers are either rain every day or long periods of drought.  Learn how to create a water efficient garden.  You too can grow cherries in Eastern Ontario.  We also continue our Pollinator series with a brief article on Hummingbirds as pollinators.

Seedy Saturday and Seedy Sunday

Seedy Saturdays and Sundays take place across Canada in January February and March.  Many are free admittance and all are fun. You can swap and exchange seeds and buy seeds from suppliers.  Meet with fellow gardeners.  Many Seedy days have free gardening seminars.  In Lanark County, your local Master Gardener group is on hand to answer your gardening questions. In Almonte, join us on Saturday February 9 at the Almonte Civitan Club from 9 am to 3 pm and in Perth on Sunday March 2 at the Perth Civitan Club.  Read more.

Seedy Sunday Perth March 6 2016

Come out to the Perth Legion for Seedy Sunday March 6. Bring seeds to share or come to get some. Free Seeds and check out the Seed Vendors. Gardening Seminars and workshops are available.  Lanark County Master Gardeners will be there all day to answer any gardening questions.  Stop by and say Hello.

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.

How to Grow Sweet Potatoes

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

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

Inviting Spring in--A Guide to Starting Seeds Indoors

Do you want to get a jump start on Spring?  Consider growing some of your own transplants.  Do you ever wonder when you should start your seeds indoors and out?  To find out, Read more.

Edible Garden Newsletter March 2014

March 2014 issue of the Edible Garden is now available.  This month, we focus on Jump Starting your garden.