As we’re heading into the highly anticipated planting season, the Helpful Gardeners wanted to send out a little PSA on the common planting errors and how to avoid them. 1. When Planting Directly into a Pot, Make Sure It Has Drainage Holes If you’re creating annual planters this growing season, make sure your pots have […]
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May
May
Welcome back to the Helpful Gardeners Podcast! This week is a very special week because we’re giving some extra love and appreciation to Garden Mums! Throughout history, the garden has been a powerful symbol of growth, renewal, and beauty, qualities that also mirror the essence of motherhood. MOTHER’S OF NATURE COLIN’S FEATURE: Florence Nightingale BRANDI’S FEATURE: […]
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May
May
There has been a word drifting around the greenhouse lately, and it’s “acclimatizing”. What does that mean and how does it benefit your plants especially at transplanting time? Plus, when it does come time to transplant your annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, what is the best way to go about it? We’ll talk about water, […]
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Apr
Apr
What Do We Mean by “Ground Cover”? Ground cover, in today’s episode, is anything covering the ground for a purpose of function or aesthetic. Fabric There are lots of fabric in a typical garden centre. There’s landscape fabric, frost blankets, burlaps, shade cloth, pond liner, etc. For covering the ground, landscape fabric, or weed fabric, […]
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Apr
Apr
Are you a moving into a new home and not sure how to approach the garden? One of the helpful gardeners just bought a home and is not sure how to approach their new garden! Learn how to tackle lawn, existing structures/plants, and where to begin. START INSIDE As a gardener, you most likely […]
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Apr
Apr
Special Guest: Myrna Pearman Hummingbird Recipe These fast and colourful birds can be challenging to attract to your garden so it’s extra special when they come for a visit. If you build it, they will come. Most gardeners believe that putting out nectar alone with attract hummingbirds, but there are additional resources you can […]
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Mar
Mar
Starting Flowers from Seed Rounding out our Seed Starting Mini Series is a look into growing flowers from seed! In many ways, this will be a total 180 degree shift from growing veggies and fruit. Flowers aren’t targeted as much by bugs and disease, they benefit from deadheading, and they’re grown more for aesthetic purposes […]
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Mar
Mar
Leafy Greens Salads, stir-fry’s, etc. Fresh lettuce is a great addition to any vegetable garden as they’re easy to grow and can even grow in those shadier spots in the garden. They can grow quickly in pots too! Starting From Seed If you’re growing in the garden, due the fast growing nature of leafy […]
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Mar
Mar
Welcome back to the Helpful Gardeners Podcast! This week, we ‘rooting’ around the subject of root vegetables! How do we start them from seed, maintain them, and harvest them! Root Vegetables Root vegetables are pretty general in their needs. They all grow underground, can be cold hardy, and can sometimes be grown multiple times in […]
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Mar
Mar
What will your garden grow in 2024? This week, the gardeners explore how to cultivate the juiciest tomatoes, the spicy kick of peppers, the sweet crunch of corn, and the wholesome goodness of peas and beans. These plants are quite often focal points of any vegetable garden and can be a lot of fun. Tomatoes […]