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Author: Gail Labrosse, Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton; published with permission
Drying hydrangea flowers from your garden for a winter table arrangement is easy. The best time for picking the flowers is toward the end of the growing season, when they naturally start to dry out. Take a tall container of cool water with you when you plan to pick your bouquet.
Annabelle and panicle hydrangeas are long-lived flowers. Dried or fresh cut, they make great flowers to decorate your home or your table. Remember to avoid placing them in direct sunlight to preserve their delicate colours
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Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a plant that can pose several dangers to humans and animals due to its toxic sap and other characteristics.
As I opened up their enclosure, I noticed something that made my day. An egg!! They had not laid any eggs since late November.
Learn how to freeze fresh tomatoes amd fruit to preserve their flavor. Follow these expert tips and enjoy your bountiful harvest all year round!
Uncover the ancient knowledge of indigenous medicines in the Cruz-Badiano Codex, the oldest medicinal book produced in the Americas. It offers 185 native plants and how to prepare remedies, therapeutic uses and cures for head-to-toe ailments. Find out more!
To try a cool crop planter, find a large pot and place it in partial shade. You can use seeds or seedlings. Watch for Gypsy moths.
Admire the delicate and graceful harebell wildflower with its deep bluish-purple flowers, native to North America and Europe, that are eaten raw, used to make dye, and believed to give witches the power of transformation. A perfect addition to the rock garden that grows through summer and fall, and pollinated by hummingbirds, butterflies and bees.
Obedient plant flowers are “obedient” and bend in any direction. It is a wonderful flowering plant in the mint family that is easy to grow.
Dracaena fragrans corn plant, grown in many forms, usually multiple plants of staggered heights, hardy indoors when acclimated.
Plant Eastern Redbud for a stunning display of spring colour, and the emergence of heart-shaped leaves. Read its quick growth Guide.
Identify and deal with scale insects on plants with this helpful guide. Learn about the different types, signs and symptoms, and short methods for treating plant scale. Get tips on how to spot scale insects and know when to take action.
I harvested a number of swiss chard microgreens. They are at the seed leaf stage, and I am being careful not to pull them out of the soil.
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