Trowel Talk Newsletter December 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk December 15, 2022, is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Lanark County and Ottawa Carleton. This month's issue contains the following articles:

• When is a fern not a fern? When it is a Plumosa fern.
• How to make a Fairy Garden for Christmas.
• Beyond the Bird Feeder.
• Gardeners Beware--Japanese Barberry
• Our Master Gardeners answer the following questions:
• When is the best time to prune roses?
• How do you get a very pot-bound agave out of the pot?

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi--Baltimore Oriole and Blue Jay clean up insects in the apple tree while awaiting the fruit of the serviceberries, arrowwood and dog wood.

Trowel Talk November 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk November 15, 2022 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This issue contains the following articles:

• Vermicompost or My Pet Worms
• A Primer on Seed Documentation
• Botanical Art and Gardening
• Book Review--A Garden for Rusty-Patched Bumblebees
• Gardener Beware Siberian Pea Shrub.

Ask a Master Gardener answers question on bringing plants back indoors and on the dreaded Creeping Charlie.

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi, a pollinator paradise. Read Lorraine Johnson's book for more ideas.

Trowel Talk October 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk October 15, 2022 is now available. October is upon on and this issue features articles on Fall Gardening, such as:

• What to do in your Fall Garden;
• Seed Saving--An Act of Revolution;
• Winter Sowing--A Lesson about Growing:
• Canadian Bunchberry
• Sea Buckthorn.

Ask a Master Gardener answers:

• Why do my squash plants have mostly male flowers?
• Can I bring fresh herbs indoors?

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners

Trowel Talk September 15, 2022

 Trowel Talk Newsletter September 15, 2022 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County.

This issue contains articles on:

• Smooth Asters
• Amazing Life Cycle of the Aphid
• Last Hurrah of Flowers
• Know Your Weeds--Purslane
• Gardeners Beware--Winged euonymus
• Ask a Master Gardener

We hope you enjoy these articles and share with your friends. If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter. contact us at lanarkmg@gmail.com

Photo Rudbeckia triloba (brown-eyed Susan) by Dale Odorizzi

Trowel Talk August 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk August 15, 2022, is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This issue contains articles on:

• Big, Bold and Beautiful Plants in your Garden
• Good King Henry Herb
• The Gardener's Sense of Sound
• Sow Thistle
• Oriental Bittersweet
• Ask a Master Gardener column answers the question adding blooms to the late summer and fall garden.

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Photo Queen of the Prairie (Filipendula rubra) by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners

Trowel Talk July 15, 2022

 Trowel Talk Newsletter July 15, 2022 is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Lanark County and Ottawa Carleton. This month's issues features articles on:

• Herbs in the Garden
• Wood Betony--Stachys officinalis
• The Gardeners Sense of Taste
• Common Chickweed
• Ox-eye Daisy

Our Ask a Master Gardener column answers the question about an ailing Burning Bush.

Photo by Judith Cox, Master Gardener of Ottawa Carleton. This pot has calendula, alysum, nasturtium and a black krim tomato.

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Trowel Talk June 15, 2022

 

Trowel Talk Newsletter June 15, 2022 brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County is now available. This issue contains the following articles:

• Combining Edibles with Ornamentals
• Living with Rabbits in the Garden
• Please Touch the Plants
• Lambsquarters 
• Invasive Honeysuckles
• Ask a Master Gardener answers questions about tomatoes and rhubarb.

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Photo by Dale Odorizzi--Fritillary Butterfly enjoy a snack on chives in the Rose Garden.

Trowel Talk May 15, 2022

Trowel Talk Newsletter May 15, 2022, is now available, brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton and Lanark County. This month's issue contains:

• An Invitation to meet the Monarch.
• Book review of 100 Plants to Feed the Monarch.
• Carrots and Their Kin.
• Know your Weeds: Dandelion.
• Visual Sense in the Garden.
• Gardeners Beware: this Knotty Weed.
• Ask a Master Gardener:
• Growing Plants near a cedar hedge.
• Growing vegetable in containers.
• Where to find us--Clinics and Talks.

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Photo of Cow Parsnip by Patrick Ryan at his home in Balsam Creek, Ontario.