Grow Lettuce Indoors This Winter!
By Pat Cook, Master Gardener, SCMG Do you grow lettuce indoors in the winter? Its easy and there’s nothing like fresh picked salad greens from your indoor mini-garden! 5 steps to success: Grow lights are…
Pothos: My Favourite Houseplant
By Christine March, Master Gardener, SCMG Like many trends, the passion for houseplants has ebbed and flowed over the decades. Today, we are in the midst of a massive houseplant boom thanks, in no…
Poinsettias at Christmastime: Colours and Varieties
By Susie Cosack, Master Gardener, SCMG A short guide to popular colours, varieties, and care tips. Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are classic holiday plants admired for their bold bracts and festive colors. While the traditional scarlet-red…
Caring For Your Live Christmas Tree
By Susie Cosack, Master Gardener, SCMG Buying a live Christmas tree? Here’s how to select and care for it: - Buy fresh. In general, local tree lots may have fresher trees than those sold at…
Rosemary for Remembrance… And More!
By Joan Sundeen, Master Gardener, SCMG Having trouble remembering where you put your keys? Are evil spirits a problem? According to the ancients, you need rosemary in your life. Greek students wore wreaths of rosemary to…
You Need Amaryllis This Holiday Season
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…
Preparing the Garden for Winter
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.…
Pumpkins at Halloween
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,…
It’s a Can of Worms! Another Invasive Pest To Be On The Watch For
By Cathy Krar, Master Gardener Not again! Invasive fish, invasive plants, invasive insects, invasive pathogens and now our native ecology is threatened by invasive Asian Jumping Worms. Asian Jumping Worms were first confirmed in Ontario…
Growing Garlic
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…