Professional Gardening Tips
GPC Pumpkin Results by Weight WEIGHT SITE FIRST NAME LAST NAME TOWN PR/ST =============================================================================== 1006.0 Ottawa Bill Greer Picton ON 941.0 Ottawa Al Eaton Richmond ON 940.0 Ottawa Pete Geerts Arkona ON 897.5 Carnation Jack LaRue Tenino WA 897.0 Ottawa […]
The World Champion Pumpkin List YEAR GROWER PLACE WGT 1979 Howard Dill Windsor, NS 438.5 *1980 Howard Dill Windsor, NS 459.0 *1981 Howard Dill Windsor, NS 493.5 1982 Howard Dill Windsor, NS 445.0 1983 Owen Woodman Falmouth, NS 481.0 *1984 […]
Windsor Pumpkin Festival – News Release – October 15, 1996 Fenton McInnis, of Hubbards, N.S., set a new Atlantic Canada record of 810 pounds at the 1996 Windsor Pumpkin Festival New Atlantic Canada Record Set at […]
Windsor Pumpkin Festival – October 5, 1996 – NEWS RELEASE – GIANT PUMPKIN GROWERS SET FOR 12TH ANNUAL WINDSOR PUMPKIN FESTIVAL WINDSOR – A Giant pumpkin growers from the Atlantic Provinces, and perhaps a few from outside the […]
GREAT PUMPKIN COMMONWEALTH GROWS TO OVER 20 SITES FOR 1996 WEIGHOFF TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 5 By Danny Dill Growth of the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth seems to be keeping pace with the giant vegetables its competitors are producing. In […]
GROWER’S LIST OF 700+ ATLANTIC GIANT PUMPKINS DEC-1995 DEAR FELLOW GROWERS In 1992 I started keeping lists of large ATLANTIC GIANT PUMPKINS. The intent was to show major growers where their prize pumpkins ranked free of the claims among the […]
20 plants to use around this simple water garden design. 1. Myosotis scorpioides, forget-me-not 2. Astilbe Peach Blossom 3. Vinca minor-underplanting azaleas 4. Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal-flower 5. Hernerocallis Hyperion (day-lily) 6. Aruncus sylvester, goats-beard 7. Caladium, bicolor hybrids 8. Iris […]
Listing of Alpine Plants and how to use:: THEME TROUGHS A great source of pleasure to me, is to design and plant out “Theme” troughs. There are many hundreds of theme ideas if you use your imagination.What about: Plants […]
Where to use a tree TREES OF RAPID GROWTH DECIDUOUS Magnolia grandiflora (South) Magnolia Populus alba Bolleana (Narrow Street) White Poplar Populus nigra italica (Narrow Street) Lombardy Poplar Platanus acerifolia London Plane Tree Quercus borealis (Q. rubra) Red Oak […]
TREES FOR THE SMALL PLACE* HEIGHT SPREAD Acer campestre 30 to 40 ft 40 to 50 ft English Maple, HedgeMaple Betula alba (B. pendula) 50 to 60 ft. 25 to 30 ft. […]