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The Growing Season, April 6, 2024 - Celebrating Spring Part 3: Spring Pruning
Season 5 Episode 14
Its safe to finally prune your plants, people!
Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland guide The Growing Season into the heart of spring pruning and all of its related topics.
When can you prune? If its bee…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
The Growing Season, March 30, 2024 - Celebrating Spring pt. 2
Season 5 Episode 13
Bunnies, bulbs and bougainvillea!
We’ll, not the last one but it started with “B” so it fit.
Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland continue to celebrate spring on The Growing Season.
McFarland Park is abou…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
The Growing Season, March 23, 2024 - Celebrating Spring pt. 1
Season 5 Episode 12
LET'S SPRING INTO...WELL...SPRING.
Its here and, even though there is snow on the ground for much of the GTA, Spring is here.
Jack, Lynne and Matt kick off the growing season in style. What can you be…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
The Growing Season, March 16, 2024 - Gardens Through Time
Season 5 Episode 11
Lets get down to some horticultural history.
Gardens through time are the focus of this week's episode of The Growing Season.
The Aztecs, The Myans, The Romans, The French, The Indians and The Japane…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
The Growing Season, March 9, 2024 - Destination Tropical: FIJI
Season 5 Episode 10
So you're looking to take a vacation. Let The Growing Season guide you through a tropical destination The McFarland's have longed to visit.
FIJI.
Let's travel to Fiji via the radio waves. Jack, Ly…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
The Growing Season, March 2, 2024 - Dormancy Pruning
Season 5 Episode 9
We know, we know, you're ACHING to get out into your garden and start the wheels in motion.
Can you do ANYTHING in the garden right now? How about pruning? Is it too early to prune? Many of us …
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
The Growing Season, Feb 24, 2024 - eXtremes
Season 5 Episode 8
Soooo, how exactly does that dandelion grown AND THRIVE in the asphalt on the 401?
Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss extremes and how horticultural organisms have adapted to exist in such environ…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
The Growing Season, Feb 17, 2024 - Put Your Plants On 2024
Season 5 Episode 7
Knickers made of nettles? Wouldn't that hurt?
This week Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss how horticulture and textiles converge.
The Growing Season tackles the putting on of your plants, as i…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
The Growing Season, Feb 10, 2024 - Sexy Plants 2024
Season 5 Episode 6
Let’s gather around the Yohimbe tree and get frisky!
Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland guide The Growing Season into all things planted and sexy on this week’s episode.
In honour of Valentines Day the t…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
The Growing Season, Feb 3, 2024 - Prehistoric Plants
Season 5 Episode 5
Life finds a way…
Matt McFarland’s love of Jurassic Park takes centre stage on this week’s episode of The Growing Season.
Are there any prehistoric plants still around in present day? You’ll be surpr…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago