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Time to prepare your garden for winter

Ron Stevenson's ArticlesBy FDHS August 29, 2023

The Fergus Horticultural Society’s “Diggin’ in the Dirt” group has been preparing for the inevitable – winter! They know that snowdrifts and the freeze/thaw process are very hard on their gardens. Every October the society puts its 20 community gardens to bed. Let’s be honest. Garden cleanup can be an onerous task. The raking, pruning,…

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Trilliums are wildflowers that belong in the woods

Ron Stevenson's ArticlesBy FDHS August 3, 2023

The May two four weekend brings back great memories for me. It’s the weekend I was introduced to camping, courtesy of my Boy Scout troop. I was sure that we had arrived at a remote forest, far, far away from home. But early the first morning I surmised we were just in a farmer’s bush.…

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All plants have one unique botanical name

Ron Stevenson's ArticlesBy FDHS July 13, 2023

When is a spade, called a spade or is it a shovel? Likewise, in horticultural terms, a rose by any other name, may not be a rose. At our annual plant sale, an old situation arose. Do we label the plants for sale with the common or botanical (Latin) name? Our horticultural society’s mandate is…

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