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Weeds you can Eat

00.00 Welcome 01.15 Foraging guidelines 04.30 Chickweed 04.54 Curly dock 05.50 Dandelions 06.55 Lamb's quarters 07.36 Pigweed 08.32 Plantain 09.03 Purslaine 09.55 Stinging nettle 10.53 Wild leek

A quick discussion of common invasive garden plants and their native alternatives

020 Scilla 00.40 Tiarella, bloodroot 58.5 forget ne not 1.17 Virginnia bluebells 1.30 Lily of the Valley 1.40 Heuchera 1.51 Vinca Minor 2.07 Wild ginger, Geranium maculatum 2.23 Goutweed 2.55 burning bush, honeysuckle, butterfly bush 3.17 vibernum, oak leaf hydrangea, dogwoods

Perennial vegetables to make your gardening easy- Asparagus, Rhubarb and Walking Onions

welcome 0024 Asparagus 0800 Rhubarb 1400 Muliplying/walking onions 1810 Medieval ways

A new way to control Japanese beetles -introducing the Winsome Fly

00 introduction, 0020 History of the Japanese beetle. 1.20 identifying Japanese beetles and lifecycle. Methods of control - 3.40 nematodes, 4.20 soapy water drowning, 4.30 Pheromone traps - they don't work, 5.11 introducing the Winsome Fly. 7.00 look out for eggs on the beetle, 8.00 Keeping the fly on your property.

Help ! My garden has a large wet puddle.

welcome 040 reasons for a wet area 0220 swales 0300 rip rap 0320 rain garden 0400 don't alter the house municipal drainage 0500 making a rain garden 0620 plants for a rain garden 0750 City of Ottawa rain ready gardening 0810 streams in gardens 1030Hugel Kultur 1125 Berms 1200 soil texture effect on drainage