Garden Activities Calendar

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Vegetable Growing Calendar

Plants for Butterflies
By Amanda C.

Plant Diseases includes the following diseases:

Disease & Pest Management, Powdry Mildew, Botrytis, Antracnose, Early & Late Blight,
Maple tar spot, Leaf galls, Black Knot of Plum & Cherry, Chlorosis,
Wind-Burn & Leaf-Scorch, Leaf Scorch or Sun Scorch

Garden Pests includes the following critters:

Groundhogs, Moles, Voles, Squirrels 

Garden Insects includes these creatures:

Japanese Beetle, Rose Chafer, Red Lily Beetle, Earwigs, Iris Borer, Leaftier or Leaf Rollers,
Leafminer, Rose Sawfly, Cutworms, Leek Moth or Onion Leafminer, Squash Beetle,
Slugs & Snails, Squash Vine Borer, Thrips, Fruit flies, Fungus gnats 

Aphids, Mealybugs, Scale, White Fly

Vegetable Pests includes:

Colorado Potato Beetle, Cucumber Beetles, Flee Beetles, Onion Maggots 

Turf Pests includes:

Hairy Chinch Bug, White Grubs 

Beneficial Insects includes:

Parasitic Wasps, Green Lacewings, Ladybugs, Bees, Butterflies,
Moths, Feather-legged Flies, Attracting Beneficial Insects

Botanical Insecticides includes:

Diatomaceous Earth, Dormant Oils, Insecticidal Soaps, Nematodes

Dog Strangling Vine

Controlling Algae in Ponds

Least Wanted Garden Bugs

Trees for the Ottawa Area (for Canadian Zones 4 & 5)

Fruit Trees Factsheet

Perennials Plants 101

Hostas: Preparing for Winter

Fran’s Ten Favorite Annuals

Host Nectar Plants

H20 Facts: Be Water Wise

Going Grassless – Honey I Shrunk the Grass

Kiwi Vines