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wild strawberry
Edibles Plants 

Ontario Story: Wild strawberry

February 6, 2020February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 5214 ViewsEdibles, Local content, wild strawberry

Have you ever considered a groundcover you can make jam from? Wild strawberries will multiply quickly to cover an area

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ripening tomatoes
Local Gardener Ontario Gardener 

Ontario Story: Ripening tomatoes

October 15, 2019November 7, 2019 Caroline Fu 1462 ViewsEdibles, Gardening for Beginners, gardening how-to

Tomatoes are climacteric, which means they will continue to ripen after they’ve been picked from the vine. This really matters

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potatoes
Baby Potatoes in the Garden
Edibles Gardening for Beginners Plants 

Baby Potatoes

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 Caroline Fu 2218 ViewsEdibles, potatoes, vegetable gardening

Po-TAE-to, Po-TA-to Nothing tastes better than fresh baby potatoes from the garden. Boiled, baked or put into salads or soups,

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herbs
Edibles Gardening with Kids Plants 

10 cool things about herbs for kids

February 7, 2019February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 1534 ViewsEdibles, herbs, herbs kids can start indoors

What are herbs? Herbs are the leafy green parts of a plant, fresh or dried, used for flavouring food. They

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Edibles Plants 

Rosemary

January 23, 2019February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 1966 Viewsedible plants, Edibles, herbs, prune herbs

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis, ‘Dew of the Sea’) is a woody, Mediterranean perennial that grows where the summers are hot and

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Edibles Gardening for Beginners Plants 

Growing cucumbers

May 15, 2018February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 3533 ViewsEdibles, Gardening for Beginners, planting cucumbers, vegetable planting

Ask anyone what vegetable is most often planted in their garden and the answer will probably come back, “tomatoes”. That

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Edibles Gardening How-to Plants 

Container gardening Peppers

May 15, 2018February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 2102 Viewscontainer gardening, Edibles, Garden how to, gardener, vegetable gardening

Pretty patio peppers As the container gardening trend heats up, peppers are staking out their place as one of the

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Edibles Gardening for Beginners Plants 

Growing herbs for the kitchen window

May 2, 2018February 7, 2019 Caroline Fu 1764 ViewsEdibles, herbs, kitchen herb garden

By Dave Hanson Few plants yield such a wellspring of delight as kitchen herbs. Herbs are purposeful, charming, full of

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Edibles Plants 

Top-pick herbs for the kitchen garden

May 2, 2018 Caroline Fu 2930 ViewsEdibles, herb garden, herbs, kitchen herbs

Basil (Ocimum sp.) Basil is a winning herb: it is available in a smorgasbord of classic and worldly flavours and

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Curly kale, typically the variety of kale most people are familiar with.
Edibles Plants 

Garden Kale

June 28, 2017May 13, 2020 Caroline Fu 1589 ViewsEdibles, Kale, Plants, Vegetable

Kale, Glorious Kale! There are many other varieties of kale that you can grow in your garden: Lacinto kale (left),

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