Silver Garden Studio

11/01/2024

Such sweet sorrow garden season is over!! Starting November 2 in am offering full xmas floral services. Seasonal planters, evergreen wreaths and swags and decorating services. Locally harvested, locally grown, and made with love.

10/25/2024

Bees on bees knees dahlias! 2024 single bloom dahlias are magnets

10/23/2024

It's bulb season. I am sold out. Get your order I early next year!. Planting has started!

10/21/2024

Luffa gourd to Luffa sponges

08/26/2024

A Gardenary style kitchen garden project
I am so proud of how's it coming together! The client also designed a self watering( wicking bottom)

08/24/2024

08/24/2024

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07/31/2024

Double pink knock out roses day 1 to day 5 photos. No Japanese Beetles!

07/29/2024

The beauty of Native Nodding Onion. Dry shade. These plants were started by winter sowing and are now in their 3rd season. Worth the wait!

07/18/2024

I'm not much for ditch lilies but oh the lilies from True North Garden center hybridizer Tim! This is year # 2. Everyday OMG

07/16/2024

Egyptian walking onions are a tree onion. The babies can be planted for baby green onions or left for years in the ground to make a tree onion! I am curing the tree onions for storage.

06/05/2024

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Gain hands-on experience and the technical skills you need to begin your career in the horticulture industry!

Apply now for the FREE Horticultural Technician Pre-Apprenticeship Program at Loyalist College:

- attend Apprenticeship Level 1 Training at no cost
- receive free tools and PPE
- earn while you learn with paid work placements
- learn from industry professionals

Training starts July 15!

06/01/2024

All set at the Wolfe Island Commons Farmers Market.

04/25/2024

https://1000islandsmastergardeners.ca

SUNHarvest's Spring Fling this Saturday

Need guidance in choosing plants for your garden? We'll have an advice table at Sun Harvest Greenhouse's 'Spring Fling'. Nancy will be selecting plants from their nursery to feature at our table.

When: Saturday April 27, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: 2542 Perth Road, Glenburnie, ON K0H 1S0

Seed saving and ‘winter sowing’ are the easiest and most economical way to grow many native plants … and it’s fun!

04/10/2024

Please find a link below that describes mushroom compost and that's why it's my go to.

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"What does mushroom compost do?

When used as an amendment, it provides a readily-available source of organic material to soil, which increases water capacity, microbial activity, and soil temperature. It also improves soil structure and amends clay-like soils over time. It is great for adding essential nutrients and micro-organisms to vegetable garden beds, as well as around perennials, trees and shrubs. Generally, the nutrients in a batch of this compost contains 1-2% nitrogen, 0.2% phosphorus and 1.3% potassium.

What’s the process of making mushroom compost like?

After mushroom farmers harvest a crop of mushrooms, they sell the soil that the mushrooms were growing in. This leftover soil is high in organic matter making it desirable for use as a soil amendment (PSU).

Since mushrooms are fungi, they do not have chlorophyll and cannot produce carbohydrates by photosynthesis like plants can. Therefore, the substrate that mushrooms grow in must have a large supply of all essential nutrients for mushroom growth. Commercially, the mixes vary from grower to grower; although, most substrate mixes usually consist of chopped straw, poultry and horse manure, gypsum, nitrogen-containing compounds, and water. The leftover soil is able to be given a new life in organic farming as an amendment.

As a result of the high temperatures associated with the composting and pasteurization processes, mushroom compost is free of pests and w**d seeds.

How should mushroom compost be used?

For flower beds and vegetable gardens, top-dress with the compost or till in about three inches of the compost into the top six inches of fairly dry garden soil. For containerized plants, it should only make up about one-quarter of the volume of soil in the container.

However, mushroom compost isn’t for every plant because it is rich in soluble salts and other nutrients. These can kill germinating seeds and harm salt-sensitive plants including rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, and other members of the heath family (OSU)."

Photo and content:
Jack Frost Landscapes and Garden Center

Citations:
PSU = Penn State University
OSU = Oregon State University

04/05/2024

City of Ottawa updates rules

https://wildpollinators-pollinisateurssauvages.ca/2024/04/04/residential-gardening-in-the-city-of-ottawas-right-of-way/?fbclid=IwAR3Uz10HnExldZuoLVZQgHeGFQIRJhI211C2nPbmgpls9w6uXkFbWtw0lJU

You can now plant right up to the curb in front of your house! In 2023 the City of Ottawa’s Use and Care of Roads By-law 2003-498 was updated to permit residents to plant on the land that abuts your property, adjacent to the street. This land, known as the right of way (ROW) or boulevard, is owned...

10/09/2023

I am a gardenary coach!

Make 2024 the year you go from grass to garden 🌱

Join me for the Gardenary Way Workshop where I’ll share the nine ordinary ways of gardening I had to ignore to get results in the garden like this. 🙌🏼

This kitchen garden happened in one season-it started with fall planning, winter ordering, spring building and summer growing.

And you can do this too.

Comment WAY and I’ll send a link to your DMs to register for the Gardenary Way Workshop.

I can’t wait to help you make your own garden transformation happen.

09/30/2023

All market ready.