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Contents Message from the editor


Local Dirt GARDENS


Tobermory’s rugged beauty: The garden at the end of the road 7


Humn Pharmaceuticals makes lidocaine available as a topical pain relieving cream


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


COLUMNS Fresh herb bread


Hostas.


12 13 20


22 26 28


25 Photo by Dorothy Dobbie. Those slimy slugs Like a rolling stone


What we love for spring My li’l chickadee


10 neat things about lawns 29


Gardening with kids: Starting herbs for spring


30 32 34 36 37


2015 International Year of Soils 38 Classifieds


39


Save the Monarch Butterfly


Plant Milkweed


Ontario Gardener magazine has launched a campaign to help save the monarch but- terfly. You can help by planting milkweed at home to attract butterflies, as it is the only plant upon which the butterflies will lay their eggs. We are offering free seeds to those who want to get involved. For more information, visit us at:


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