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gardens4everybody

gardens4everybody

by Elizabeth and Maryanne

How To Home and Garden

Season 2

Reducing plant stress in a hot dry summer

01;00 planning for reducing stress 0227 vegetable plants that like shade 0420 consider hills and troughs when planting 0520 soil management to reduce heat stress 0733 preventing powdery mildew with milk 0930 shading plants 1130 hand pollinating plants in humid weather

Flowers that bloom in July

009 native plants that bloom in July- 1:22 coreopsis 2:54 Rudbekia and Echinacia 3:49 healianthus and helianthemum 4:45 Hibiscus 5.50 ligularia 6:20 Liatrus 6:57 Lupins

A quick guide to growing easy vegetable plants

00:00 gateway plants 1:30 suggested easy plants and seeds 2:30 seed planting 5:20 bedding plants 7:00 soil medium for containers 08:11 suggested plants for containers

Worms, glorious worms

0010 introduction of worms 1:22 concerns re worms in natural forests 03:05 the worms in our gardens 06:00 worm farms 07:47 cutting earth worms

Love maple syrup? We talk to Scott Drummond to find out about maple syrup production

00.00 introduction o2.30 tapping trees 04.30 lines for draining sap 06.50 boiling sap 09.00 sap production 11.36 what affects the sugar content 12.04 Classes of maple syrup 15.37 more on boiling sap `17.36 filtering the syrup

A quick discussion of common invasive garden plants and their native alternatives

020 Scilla 00.40 Tiarella, bloodroot 58.5 forget ne not 1.17 Virginnia bluebells 1.30 Lily of the Valley 1.40 Heuchera 1.51 Vinca Minor 2.07 Wild ginger, Geranium maculatum 2.23 Goutweed 2.55 burning bush, honeysuckle, butterfly bush 3.17 vibernum, oak leaf hydrangea, dogwoods

Keeping a shoreline healthy for cottage owners and wildlife

00:00 Welcome 00:23 Defining the shoreline/ribbon of life/riparian zone 02:14 Oligotrophic lakes 02:37 Mesotrophic lakes 03:02 Eutrophic lakes 05:09 septic systems and their effect on lakes 06:45 Keeping water on the property/ rain gardens 08:47 Stabilising the shoreline to prevent erosion 13:24 Preventing Geese on the property 14:00 General recommendations 15:04 Planning a shoreline garden 16:00 Planting strategy 20:27 Plants to consider for erosion prevention and rain gardens

Weeds you can Eat

00.00 Welcome 01.15 Foraging guidelines 04.30 Chickweed 04.54 Curly dock 05.50 Dandelions 06.55 Lamb's quarters 07.36 Pigweed 08.32 Plantain 09.03 Purslaine 09.55 Stinging nettle 10.53 Wild leek

Spring Lawn Care

welcome 0044 snow mold 2.1 what to look for as the snow melts 2.2Lawn Mower care 2.4 Avoid compaction 3.5 Raking 5 Thatch 7.36 Salt in soil 9.08 re seeding 12.57 weed management 14.50 aeration and top dressing 1614 cinch bugs 1830 earth worms 1903 dandelions 19.2 watering

Help ! My garden has a large wet puddle.

welcome 040 reasons for a wet area 0220 swales 0300 rip rap 0320 rain garden 0400 don't alter the house municipal drainage 0500 making a rain garden 0620 plants for a rain garden 0750 City of Ottawa rain ready gardening 0810 streams in gardens 1030Hugel Kultur 1125 Berms 1200 soil texture effect on drainage

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