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Hurrah for the red and white! Patriotism flows through the Singing Gardener’s veins and this year for Canada Day, Ted focuses on potted red and white petunias that reflect the colours of our national flag. Each time you see it proudly raised on high, think of red for freedom, white for beauty, maple leaf and endless sky.
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Singing Gardener: Happy Birthday Canada

Plus, home remedies and where to get marrow seeds

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Hi again readers. I, Ted, am thinking ahead one full year from now. That’s when we’ll be rolling out the red carpet, honouring our flag and celebrating, travelling and connecting with fellow Canadians in hundreds of celebratory ways from sea to sea to sea. This land of the great white north shall celebrate its 150th […] Read more
White Carolina pineberries with red seeds were only recently introduced to North America in 2012. White strawberries were endangered in the South American wild. In 2003 Dutch farmers crossed them with red strawberry cultivars from Europe to create this hardy, prolific, very fragrant white variety with a slight pineapple flavour. Be the first gardener in your area to dazzle family, friends and neighbours by growing these white-flesh strawberries with red seeds.
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Information on planting potatoes

Plus, a white strawberry, benefits of sauerkraut and a simple way to help shed some pounds

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Sprouting spuds and planting potatoes according to the moon. Also, I, Ted am focusing attention on a white strawberry with red seeds. Raw fermented veggies such as sauerkraut can contribute to intestinal tract well-being and shall also share a simple low-cost way to help shed some body weight. The script is ready and my hat […] Read more
Useful in beds, borders, patio pots and for cut flowers, the Singing Gardener anticipates high demand among gardeners for Jolt Pink. This relative to carnation is a heat-tolerant new annual dianthus for 2016 that demonstrates vigorous plant growth. Flowers are produced all summer long, but no seeds. Once discovered by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, these much-appreciated flying creatures will return time and again.
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Singing Gardener: 2016 is leap year!

Plus, info on the moon, a new annual dianthus and healing power of onions

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It’s leap year and that means February 2016 has 29 days. If you’re amongst those who celebrate a birthday once every four years according to the calendar, let’s hear from you what it’s like the other three years. We Canadians love to talk about the weather, so I’m asking Grainews readers to look skyward on […] Read more
This is a colourful view of Jennie Van Straalen’s enormous mass-planted impatiens floral bed containing over 500 plants.
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Singing Gardener: Ted talks about tomatoes

Plus, Butcher’s Broom, witch’s broom, and big-batch bran muffins

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Welcome to the Grainews Singing Gardener˜. Seems the subject of tomatoes is never far away, so I’ll be doing some Ted Talk in that connection. We’ve all heard of Flin Flon, Manitoba, border city to immediately adjacent Creighton, Saskatchewan. I, Ted, wrote a song called “Flin Flon’s Rock Garden” and the late Irvin Freese wrote and recorded “The […] Read more
Loving that Tema green bean
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Loving that Tema green bean

Plus, Ted shares some letters and hears from some seniors

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Occasionally my song “Green Beans and Ripe Tomatoes” gets aired over some radio station. Apart from that I sometimes sing it at personal appearances. Here on this Grainews page my audience and I get together via the printed word. For starters, I’ve something to say about beans. In my April 7, 2015 closing tag I […] Read more
humurous inspirational sign
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Get ready for the garden pests

Here’s some tips and spray recipes to help you fight back


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Is this true or false? If you grow spuds and have pairs of barn swallows visiting or nesting in your yard, they can eat a thousand potato beetles in a few hours. I, Ted, am curious whether any Grainews reader has had such an experience. Feedback, (if any) is welcome in this connection. Anyone who […] Read more
woman holding a tomato
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All about tomatoes

Plus, Movember moustache month, and a carrot cough remedy

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Don’t know whether Theresa Tanguay from Austin, Manitoba impressed the neighbours, but she sure impressed the Singing Gardener. Even her husband Armand Tanguay commented, “one slice of that tomato fills a sandwich and easily covers a slice of bread.” Armand’s the sheep farmer in the family and during 47 years of happy marriage he still […] Read more
Tithonia rotundifolia commonly called Mexican sunflower needs to be better known in Canadian gardens. In Mexico it grows as a perennial to six feet. In our country Tithonia reaches about three feet (one metre) as an annual with drought and heat tolerance. Dazzling three-inch bright-orange flowers attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Deadhead spent flowers for ongoing blooms July through October.
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Favourite recipe, gardening stories, thanks from readers

Ted shares what he’s been hearing from you

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A handwritten letter is a rare gem, but occasionally one does trickle into my mailbox. As a result I’ll share a recipe for best perogy dough ever, so stick around if you will. Also, best seeding dates according to the moon. Here’s a tip o’ my hat to all readers joining me here on the […] Read more
castor bean flowers
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Pictures say more than words

Plus, get all the info about castor beans


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Today it’s fewer words and more pictures. Right about now let’s say it’s time for a coffee break or tea at 2 p.m. So settle back wherever you are and from whatever you’ve been doing and join me for a time. Take a moment to get comfortable at the lunch counter or kitchen table with […] Read more
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More information on dill

Plus, where to buy cuke seeds and Ted shares some of your emails


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So what’s on this agenda? An old catch-no-cold remedy — lots on dill — where to buy pickling cucumber seeds — emails and who knows what else? I’m not at the end ’til I get there. Every gardener worth their dill pickle juice … has grown dill and made dills at one time or another. […] Read more

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