By Christine March, Master Gardener, SCMG The holiday season will be in full swing any minute now and we will soon be decorating our homes with festive flair. Poinsettias, evergreen branches and Christmas cactus all…
By Marianne Lepa, Master Gardener in Training, SCMG Fall is a great time to get your garden ready for spring. In fact, you can even think of the next gardening year starting after October 1st.…
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 Christine March, Master Gardener, SCMG Most of us associate the fall gardening season with planting the bulbs that will provide beautiful and much-needed colour in the spring, but there’s another bulb you might consider…
By Susie Cosack, Master Gardener, SCMG Pumpkins, especially those that have been carved into jack-o’-lanterns, are an iconic symbol of Halloween. Evolving over centuries from a blend of folklore, agriculture and North American cultural practices,…
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…