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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.
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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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