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Nanoose Garden Club
DYI
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2023-03-17 - Learn how to build your very own cloche - Oregon State University, click HERE
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2021-12-15 - 5 Tips for using Holiday Greenery
EDUCATORS
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2023-03-15 - Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott https://puyallup.wsu.edu/lcs/
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2023-03-15 - Dr. Linda Gilkeson - www.lindagilkeson.ca
Information on Gardening
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2023-10-13 - For information on bulbs - click HERE
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2023-09-18 - For information on No-till Gardening - click HERE
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2023-06-23 - For things to do in your garden, a July garden calendar - click HERE
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2023-03-15 - Let Soil Temperature Guide You when planting Vegetables, click HERE
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2023-03-15 - Canada's Plant Hardiness Site, click HERE
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2022-11-28 - Indigenous Forest Gardens, click HERE
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2022-05-20 - For 6 Organic Alternatives to RoundUp, click HERE
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2022-11- How to control weeds without weed killer, click HERE
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2022-07-26 - For tips on Gardening in Extreme Heat, click HERE
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2022-05-20 - For 6 Organic Alternatives to RoundUp, click HERE
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2022-04-06 - Edible Landscaping by Connie Kuramoto
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2022-03-06 - Gardening in a Wildlife Friendly Habitat
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2021-10-22 - Sweep Wood Ash from the Fire
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2021-09-17 - Give Plants a Head Start
Information on Pests & Pollinators
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2023-08-03 - For information on using coffee grounds to control slugs, click HERE
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2023-08-03 - For information of identifying ground bees, click HERE
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2023-06-13 - For information on Noxious Weeds and Invasive Species click HERE
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2023-06-06 - For information on how to Manage Wildlife Conflicts in your Garden click HERE
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2023-05-23 - For information on Slugs, check out OSU's Slug portal HERE
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2023-04-10 - For information on Shrubs & Trees for Bees, click HERE
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2022-09-01 - For an Update on the Japanese Beetle, click HERE
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2022-09-12 - For Native Plant picks for Bees, click HERE
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2022-07-26 - For information on How to Help Bees survive a heat wave, click HERE
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2022-04-28 - VI Pests Pollinators & Beneficials by iNaturalist
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2022-04-28 - Expanded Regulated Area for Japanese Beetle
Information on Seeds
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2023-08-31 - In Preparation of Seedy Saturdays information, click HERE
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2023-08-16 - For a Step-by-step Guide to Saving Seeds, click HERE or HERE
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2022-06-09 - For an interesting article on Vivipary, click HERE
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NEED SEEDS? or try SEEDS.CA
Information on Specific Plants
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2023-11-04 - For information that Coreen provided on Brugmansia, click HERE
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2023-08-03 - For information on How to Help Hydrangeas Weather a Heat Wave, click HERE
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2023-05-23 - For information on Growing Your Own Peppers, check out OSU's Extension Service HERE
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2023-04-10 - "Growing Peppers adds flavor to ethnic dishes." Click HERE for the OSU article.
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2023-03-27 - Which potato varieties last the longest? Click HERE for the OSU article.
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2023-03-23 - Have Morels been popping up in your garden? Vancouver Island Mushrooms
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2023-02-13 - Stinging Nettle, click HERE
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2023-01-06 - To find maple syrup orchards & sugarworks on VI - check out: Maple Syrup Farms.org
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2022-09-12 - Pacific Poison-oak & Western Poison-ivy, click HERE
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2022-05-09 - Grow your own Tomatoes and Tomatillos by N. Bell, A. J. Detweiler, H. Noordijk & C. Bubl
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2022-05-03 - Swanson's Controlling Horsetail by Carol Hall, Gardens West, April 2004
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2022-03-18 - Sweeten up Summer with Strawberries
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2022-03-18 - Old-fashioned Sweet Peas fill the Garden with Fragrance
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2022-03-06 - Watch a video on how to Give Overgrown Trees a Makeover
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2022-02-17 - Native Plants for Vancouver Butterfly Gardens
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2022-02-02 - Selecting, Planting and Caring for a New Tree - Useful tips
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2022-02-02 - Love them or leave them: Fruit trees take plenty of work!
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2022-01-22 - 12 Deer Resistant Perennials from Proven Winners
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2020-03 - Check out a Catalogue from Oregon State University on Trees & Shrubs for Fall & Winter Bloom
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Learn how controlling perennial bindweed takes persistence.
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For research affirming Plastic Tunnels are very good for Strawberries, click HERE
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For Cultivar Susceptibility Tables click HERE
Local Nurseries & Garden Centres (as of March 15, 2023)
When visiting local or out-of-town nurseries, inquire if they will give a discount to garden club members. You may be required to show your current Nanoose Garden Club Membership card before your items are rung up.
MISC. VIDEOS
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Please check out Connie Kuramoto's presentation on Edible Landscaping and check out her website HERE
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Charles Dowding - Check out "No Dig Gardening" YouTube videos - HERE
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Gabbing About Gardening - Check out Lucretia Schanfarber's YouTube Channel or podcasts - HERE
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2022-03-20 - Learn how to keep your most important gardening tool fit - click HERE
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Documentary - "A Need to Grow" HERE (Sign up for free, & if you don't want future emails, simply unsubscribe.)
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For Pacific Horticulture videos focussing on ecologically-rich and -sound ecosystems, click HERE
Monthly Lists of Things to do in the Garden - As often seen in 'Nanoose Garden Tidings'
Monthly garden chores vary widely from garden to garden and year to year. These lists are meant only to be a guide of the sorts of things you may want to focus on throughout the garden season. Below, are from OSU.
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April Garden Calendar - tips from OSU
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November Garden Calendar, click HERE
RECIPES
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2023-09-02 - For information on easy freezing of apples & pears, click HERE
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2023-06-23 - For great tips on pickling your vegetables, click HERE
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2022-11-23 - For Indigenous squash recipes, click HERE
SOIL & AMENDMENTS
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2023-10-13 - Understanding Soil Health & Biota - click HERE
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2023-09-18 - How to use Compost in Gardens and Landscapes - click HERE
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2023-03-15 - SOIL + SOIL AMENDMENT Companies Local companies that sell bulk soil and/or amendment products.
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2023-02-28 - Learn about Canadian Peat Bog Restoration - click HERE
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2023-01-30 - Learn from a variety of videos about Canadian Gardening with Science - click HERE
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2023-01-30 - Learn about Canadian Peat Moss - click HERE
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2022-03-06 - Peat Moss Alternatives
WEBSITE LINKS (March 2023)
Here is a list of selected websites that may be useful and interesting.
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