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Dahlias are gorgeous, versatile and obliging. No wonder they’ve enthralled gardeners for centuries. In...
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Our Issue #3 — Fall 2010 — with Dazzling Dahlias on the cover is now being delivered. Thank you to the thousands of gardeners who have already signed up to be Charter Subscribers. You can subscribe here. This issue is on sale in 3,000 stores across Canada. If you...
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We asked subscribers to Garden Making magazine to answer a few questions about the magazine and their gardening experiences. We enjoyed a terrific response from 665 subscribers (a 34% response rate) in the survey period from June 16 to July 16, 2010. All of us can identify with the...
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By Lorraine Hunter If you have garden space to spare or a fruit tree that produces more apples, pears or plums than you can use, there may be an organization near you eager to plant vegetables in that space or pick that fruit to distribute or sell in your...
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This has been a bad year in our garden for Japanese beetles. We planted two heirloom plum trees last spring, and this year they seem to be magnets for attracting the beetles. I stopped counting after dunking more than 300 into soapy water. The beetles enjoy eating the leaves of more than 200 different plants and trees, and in...
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One of the new plant introductions this year, King Tut papyrus, really loves the heat. It seems to put on more height the hotter it gets. The stalks, which are three-sided, can grow to 6 ft. x 36 in. (1.8 m x 90 cm) . King Tut is a papyrus that does well in a bed or border with...
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The ‘Along the Garden Path’ garden tour in the Newmarket area north of Toronto is organized by the Lake Simcoe South Master Gardeners. The garden tour highlights 12 unique private homes in the Newmarket area as well as the Sharon Temple (free admission with $10 tour ticket) and the Community Gardens of Newmarket. Tickets are limited and advanced purchase...
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In its 47th year, the Niagara Foundation’s Annual House Tour showcases the finest heritage homes and sites in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Each of the seven homes showcases is of unique architectural or historical significance. Closer to the date, full details of the homes on the tour are added to the Chamber of Commerce website. Many of the houses are surrounded by...
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