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Animals

Spittlebug
Garden Pests 

Spittlebugs

June 17, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 922 Views

Who’s been spitting on my plants? Spittlebugs show a preference for nitrogen-fixing plants such as legumes and it is postulated

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Keeping Cats out of the Garden
Gardening How-to Pets 

Keeping Cats out of the Garden

April 23, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 763 Views

Are neighbourhood cats using your flower beds as a litter box? These kitty-friendly tips can help you keep your garden

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harmful plants
Gardening for Beginners Pets 

Harmful Plants

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 756 Views

Pets love gardens. They react to gardens as much as we do, becoming euphoric and running through the plants, smelling

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hummingbirds
Animals Birds 

Attracting Hummingbirds

March 5, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 649 Views

Bits of light flash off a tiny breast sending out rays of brilliant red and green. A hummingbird has flitted

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What about worms?
Animals Garden Helpers 

What about Worms?

November 15, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 837 Views earthworms, garden helpers

Worms are really just dirt processing factories toiling away underground night and day. They eat dead organic material such as

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finches at feeders
Animals Birds 

Finches at the Feeders

August 13, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 709 Views Animals, bird feeders, Birds, finches, garden birds

There is no question that finches are among the most popular birds seen at feeders in summer. Finches don’t just

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Toads have many attributes that make them a great asset to any garden.
Animals Wild Critters 

Toads

July 23, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 811 Views amphibians, garden critters, toads

Toads are often given a bum rap. For starters, they are not considered as pretty as their trim and colourful

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common birch tree pests
Garden Pests Trees & Shrubs 

Common Birch Tree Pests

February 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 5539 Views birch tree pests, garden pests, insects that infect birch trees, trees and shrubs

The bronze birch bark borer and the birch leaf miner Several pests attack birch trees, especially those that are under

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Garden Pests 

Garden enemy Number One: Aphids

July 11, 2018July 13, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 938 Views garden pests, how to get rid of aphids, insects harmful to plants, what are aphids

We think of aphids as more pesky than dangerous in the garden but they do untold billions of dollars’ worth

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Garden Pests 

Those slimy slugs

May 3, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 736 Views garden pests, how to control slugs in the garden, slugs

By Sharon Moffat Under the cover of darkness slugs emerge to munch on your garden buffet and the resulting damage

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