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- KILLING DANDELIONS AND WEEDS IN YOUR LAWN
- THE BENEFITS OF MULCH IN YOUR GARDENS
- TURNING YOUR LAWN INTO A “GREEN CARPET” THIS SPRING
- CARING FOR YOUR “GREEN CARPET” LAWN
- STARTING YOUR NEW “GREEN CARPET” LAWN
- CORN GLUTEN MEAL AS WEED CONTROL?
- GRUB DAMAGE IN YOUR LAWN THIS SPRING?
- GROWING ALFALFA — GRASS MIXTURES
- LAMB SURVIVAL — The first 24 hours
- WINTER FOOTBATHS
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KILLING DANDELIONS AND WEEDS IN YOUR LAWN
Dandelions are starting to show their bright, yellow faces this spring and like it or not, they’re going to make their annual appearance in our lawns. Whether you can tolerate their short-lived bloom or endure watching their wispy seed pods … Continue reading
Posted in Lawn & Garden Care, Lawn Care
Tagged dandelion, dandelions, herbicide, iron-based herbicide, lawn weeds, Scotts, weed killer, weed-b-gon, weeds
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CORN GLUTEN MEAL AS WEED CONTROL?
Corn gluten meal is a great fertilizer — but its value as a weed control product is marginal. Due to the Ontario Pesticide Ban, there has been an increased demand for organic weed control products and the use of … Continue reading
Posted in Lawn & Garden Care, Lawn Care
Tagged controlling crabgrass, corn gluten, corn gluten meal, lawn care, lawn fertilizer, pre-emergent weed seeds, weed control
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GRUB DAMAGE IN YOUR LAWN THIS SPRING?
Do you have animals digging up your lawn, crows congregating and pecking in the grass or have you found shallow tunnels exposed after the snow melted? These are all signs that your lawn is … Continue reading
Posted in Lawn Care
Tagged grub damage, grubs, japanese beetle, june bugs, lawn, nematodes, raccoons, skunks, white grubs
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Mark Cullen’s May Garden To-Do List
Mark Cullen is an expert gardener, author, broadcaster and garden editor of Reno and Decor magazine. Get his free monthly newsletter at markcullen.com, and watch him on CTV Canada AM every Wednesday at 8:45 a.m. Follow him on Twitter @MarkCullen4 … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Lawn & Garden Care, Lawn Care, Uncategorized, Vegetable Gardens
Tagged black earth, cattle manure, composted manure, dig & divide perennials, garden to-do list; starting veggie seeds; start vegetable seeds indoors, Golfgreen Iron Plus, lawn care for spring, lawn preparations for spring, Mark Cullen's May Garden To-Do List, mowing height for lawn, organic compost, organic composted manure, organic manure, overseeding lawn, planting evergreens and roses, planting trees & shrubs in spring, preparing your soil for vegetable garden, sheep manure, soil amendments, soil prep for gardens, start from seed indoors, topdressing your lawn with seed, vegetables to plant in early May
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THINGS TO DO IN YOUR GARDEN IN SEPTEMBER
***This list is courtesy of Mark Cullen 🙂 Peonies. September is ‘peony splitting’ month. If you have one that is too big for the space that it is in or if you just want to move it, now is the time. … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, GENERAL INTEREST, Lawn & Garden Care, Lawn Care, Vegetable Gardens
Tagged apply nematodes, cut back flowering shrubs, deadhead roses, fall bulbs, fall harvest, fertilize, fertilizer, lawn seeding, pruning, pruning raspberries, split peonies
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CORN GLUTEN MEAL AS WEED CONTROL?
Corn gluten meal is a great fertilizer — but its value as a weed control product is marginal. Due to the Ontario Pesticide Ban, there has been an increased demand for organic weed control products and the use of corn … Continue reading
Posted in Lawn & Garden Care, Lawn Care, Uncategorized
Tagged corn gluten crumbs, corn gluten meal, fertilizer, lawn care, pre-emergent weed seeds, weed control
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FALL CHECKLIST FOR YOUR GARDEN, HOME & FARM
Fall has officially arrived with its first killing frost taking away any last remnants of our summer flowers, planters and baskets leaving us all with lots of clean-up and winter preparation work to consider around the farm and in the … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Lawn & Garden Care, Lawn Care
Tagged fall, fall checklist, garden checklist, planting bulbs, preparing for winter, protecting roses
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