Author: Simcoe County Master Gardener

By Linda Peacock, Master Gardener, SCMG Bonsai is the Japanese term for “shallow tray (Bon) planting (sai).  It has become the name of the Chinese art form that is based on the study of trees…

By Cynthia B. Lauer, Master Gardener, SCMG In this article, we explore our final three taxonomic families of plants. Common names are used along with their botanical names based on the binomial system described in…

By Cynthia B. Lauer, Master Gardener, SCMG In this article, we explore three taxonomic families of plants. Common names are used along with their botanical names based on the binomial system described in Part I.…

By Cynthia B. Lauer, Master Gardener, SCMG In this article, we explore three more taxonomic families of plants that are commonly found in our gardens and kitchens. Common names are used along with their botanical…

By Susie Cosack, Master Gardener, SCMG Dividing perennials is an easy way to have beautiful blooms year after year while at the same time creating more plants for your garden. It is a task I do…

By Linda Peacock, Master Gardener, SCMG Now is the time of year that your vegetable garden is showing a bit of space.  You have run out of peas, green onions, radishes, spinach, and lettuce and you…

By Susie Cosack, Master Gardener, SCMG In September cooler temperatures come into our days and nights.Luckily, a mild frost won’t damage many of our annuals and perennials, and they will keep blooming until the first…

By Cynthia B, Lauer, Master Gardener, SCMG The Basics of Taxonomy Have you experienced the surprise of discovering that a celebrity has an underworld sibling? What about the shock of learning that you have a…

By Cathy Krar, Master Gardener, SCMG Dog Strangling Vine, (DSV), tops my list for most “unwanted invasive species”.  Having spent hours and hours this past year cutting seed pods, digging out root systems and mowing…

By Stephanie Brash, Master Gardener, SCMG Are your flowering containers and baskets feeling the heat? Are annuals that were once glorious starting to look straggly and tired? All is not lost, you can return them…