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Contents Message from the editor
Local dirt
Gardens Life is lush outside the city
ISSUE #1, 2015
Editor-In-Chief Dorothy Dobbie
dorothy@pegasuspublications.net
Managing Editor Tania Moffat
tania@pegasuspublications.net
Assistant Editor Brenlee Coates
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Humn Pharmaceuticals makes lidocaine available as a topical pain relieving cream 12
What's new, what's hot Care for trees
Eight must grow herbs for the kitchen window
Six must have perennials Early spring insect control Greenhouse map
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Campanula 'Chettle Charm'. Cover photo by Dorothy Dobbie.
Columns Fresh herb bread Those slimy slugs
Gardening with kids: Starting herbs for spring
What we love for spring My li'l chickadee
10 Neat things about lawns Classifieds
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brenlee@pegasuspublications.net
Art Direction & Layout Karl Thomsen
karl@pegasuspublications.net
General Manager Ian Leatt
ian.leatt@pegasuspublications.net Contributors
Michael Allen, Haidita Celestine, Dorothy Dobbie, Dave Hanson,
Sharon Moffat, Tania Moffat, Sherrie Versluis Photography
Dorothy Dobbie, Tania Moffat Editorial Advisory Board
Michael Allen, Lynn Collicutt, Darlene Golinoski, David Hanson, John Hreno, Keith Lemkey,
Prof. Ted McLachlan, June Minish, Jan Pederson, Dr. Wilbert Ronald, Harry Schriemer, Hugh Skinner, Kevin Twomey
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