The Growing Season

What is a berry?  What exactly is a lady bug?

Yeah, we have questions, but luckily we also have answers.  The McFarlands guide The Growing Season through these topics.

There are many berries that many of us aren't consuming and The Growing Season highlights the unusual suspects. 

What is the largest insect family and what buggos are part of it?   Matt tells a black widow story that is unsettling.

Need a visual?  We gotchu.  CLICK HERE.

Looking to book a consult for your property with spring finally here?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.

What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE.

Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE.

Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show.  CLICK HERE. 

There was so much info we had to do a part 2!

The McFarland's continue to chat about how to get your flower beds ready for the winter slumber. 

Should you remove the leaves from your lawn?  Is this the best time of year to prune and what should you or shouldn't you prune at this time of the year?

We dive into all that info and much more. 

We're wrapping up the flowering season in style.

Need a visual?  We gotchu.  CLICK HERE.

Looking to book a consult for your property with spring finally here?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.

What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE.

Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE.

Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show.  CLICK HERE. 

Who's ready for a nap?

It's that time of year when gardeners and landscapers and preparing the flower beds for the winter. 

The McFarland's briefly touch on what to do with your lawns, perennials and shrubs.  The conversation will pick up on part 2 of BEDtime. 

Julia Dimakos, The Growing Season's veggie Jedi Master, joins the show to chat about how the season treated her 7000 sq. ft garden and what she does to put it to bed.  It's a fun chat that features a ton of useful tips and tricks.

She's wonderful and we're honoured to have her on the show.

Visit Julia Dimakos online:  CLICK HERE.

Need a visual?  We gotchu.  CLICK HERE.

Looking to book a consult for your property with spring finally here?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.

What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE.

Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE.

Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show.  CLICK HERE. 

NUTS!

We say that a LOT on this show.  The McFarlands, the stewards of The Growing Season, chat about many of the plant materials that bear nuts and produce seeds.

What are the unique needs for trees that grow nuts?  Are they insect pollinated or wind pollinated?  You'll be surprised by the answer.

From how many sunflower seeds an MLB team goes through in a single game to the difference between hazelnuts and filberts Jack, Lynne and Matt cover it all.

Spend your fall with The Growing Season.

Need a visual?  CLICK HERE.

Looking to book a consult for your property with spring finally here?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.

What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE.

Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE.

Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show.  CLICK HERE. 

Its that time of the year!

The leaves are changing colour, the turkeys are running for the hills and The Growing Season is wrapping up a busy landscape season and kicking off the holidays in style.

The McFarlands chat about berries, corn, potatoes and fruit - all the fare that might be stopping by your Thanksgiving plate.

What were the three "berries" that were growing naturally in Canada before colonization?  What do almonds have to do with all of this? 

All that and more on The Growing Season's Thanksgiving show.

Need a visual?  CLICK HERE.

Looking to book a consult for your property with spring finally here?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.

What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE.

Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE.

Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show.  CLICK HERE. 

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Fall colour is all around us and The Growing Season discusses some of the FAll Stars of colour.  The VIP's of the L-E-A-F.   

What plants can you implement to give you the best colour possible.  The McFarland's take a scenic walk through the bows of colour that adorn the yards and wooded areas of our fine country. 

All that and more!

Need a visual?  CLICK HERE.

Looking to book a consult for your property with spring finally here?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.

What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE.

Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE.

Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show.  CLICK HERE. 

And just like that, we're 1 years old!

The Growing Season celebrates its 1 year anniversary by recapping what the McFarlands learned over the first year of the show.

Croci, drone bees and penises, anti freeze in evergreens and many of the other WTF moments are touched on during the course of the show.

Tune in to hear Jack, Lynne and Matt wax nostalgic over how far the show has come in 365+ days. 

All that and more...

Need a visual?  CLICK HERE.

Looking to book a consult for your property with spring finally here?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.

What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE.

Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE.

Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show.  CLICK HERE. 

Sometimes the bees are benched. 

The McFarlands of The Growing Season chat about the plants that pollinated by mother nature and not our winged friends. 

You'll be surprised to learn that you're probably eating something that was not born of the buzz.

Matt coined the term "401 Plants" earlier in the year and it stuck.  A 401 plant is one that you could plant in the middle of a highway and it will thrive.  Think hardy.  Really hardy!  Black Eyed Susie, Beauty Bush and more are all discussed. 

All that and more...

Need a visual?  CLICK HERE.

Looking to book a consult for your property with spring finally here?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.

What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE.

Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE.

Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show.  CLICK HERE. 

Its all in the family!

The asteraceae family is the largest plant family in the plant kingdom.  The McFarlands discuss the interesting relations and members of the family that you never thought would be cousins.

Lettuce and sneezeweed!  Yeah, they're related. 

All that and more...

Need a visual?  CLICK HERE.

Looking to book a consult for your property with spring finally here?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.

What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE.

Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE.

Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show.  CLICK HERE. 

YOU THROWING SHADE?

Shade...one of the most confounding and difficult horticultural scenarios to tackle.  Many of our clients throw their hands up when discussing this very topic.

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland detail the challenges that go along with creating a shade garden that supplies the same impact as a sun garden.

What to plant and where and what to avoid are all topics that are discussed on the latest episode of The Growing Season. 

All that and more...

Need a visual?  CLICK HERE.

Looking to book a consult for your property with spring finally here?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.

What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE.

Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE.

Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show.  CLICK HERE.