Tag: plants
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Beginner’s Guide to Starting Your Vegetable Garden

Another dreary Edmonton winter has come and is almost gone. The days of negative temperatures and unexpected snowstorms will soon be replaced by warm and sunny weather. According to the calendar, there are only 19 more days until it is officially spring.
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Low Maintenance Gardening

While gardening can be a very relaxing and soul satisfying hobby, it can also be quite time consuming. Pulling weeds, watering, cutting back overgrown plants, trimming shrubs and hedges, and cutting the grass are just a few of the tasks that keep one busy in the garden.
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New Year, New Plant

Happy New Year! Only 5 more months until gardening season begins! With the joyful chaos of the Christmas season behind us, many plant lovers may find themselves welcoming the new year with a new plant. I’ll set the scene:
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Hibernation: Not Just For the Animals

Written by Heather Morren Most people are familiar with the word hibernation. It’s a process that many animals, including bears, skunks, groundhogs and even beavers, do in the winter time. Their body temperature drops, their metabolic rate slows and they appear as if they are sleeping for an extended period of time so that they…
