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The Growing Season, April 5. 2025 - Multi-Purpose Plants pt. 2
Season 6 Episode 14
So does it do anything else?
Picking up where last week left off, Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland highlight multi-purpose plants in the second part of the series on this week's episode of The Growing Season.
Bamboo kicks of the hort-topics. Why isn't bamboo more prominent in Canada?
Fabrics, construction materials and aesthetics - bamboo can do it all.
Toilet paper and how its made will dishearten you.
Is sugar cane used it Canada. Jack outlines how its integral to many of the aspects of Canadian life.
Should you let your grass go to seed? Yes and no.
Grass clippings get Jack REALLY excited. There are so many uses, some of which will shock you.
Hogweed comes into focus on Strange But True.
As has become an annual tradition, dandelions feature prominently.
Stinging nettles are AWFUL. They can be used, medically, for so much. The trio explain.
Cotton is a WATER HOG.
Goutweed. UH-OH. Lets talk about it.
Bull rushes and life jackets.
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