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

Trowel Talk Newsletter August 15, 2023

 Trowel Talk Newsletter August 15, 2023 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This month's newsletter contains the following articles:

• Gardening in Small Spaces
• Growing Alpine Plants aka Rock Gardening
• Meadowsweet--Queen of the Prairie
• Planting for Mourning Doves
• Turtlehead.

This month, our Master Gardeners answer these questions:

• What plants can I use that bloom for a long time
• How can I help my established gooseberries.

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Photo of Meadowsweet by Dale Odorizzi

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.