The Growing Season

Let's prune some edibles!

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland continue their celebration of spring with a discussion on daffodils and their link to cancer fundraising.

Matt rages against the forcing of bulb…

Jurassic Park and horticulture meet in the middle!  

The McFarland’s continue to celebrate spring by highlighting a significant scientific achievement. 

How can this achievement be applied to horticult…

Its finally here!

Cole the cat has the ZOOMIES!   What does that mean?  SPRING FEVER. 

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland celebrate the opening the outdoor horticultural season on this week's episode of Th…

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 …

So what else does it do?

That's the focus of this week's episode of The Growing Season.  

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland dive into the Swiss Army knives of the horticultural world.  

Multi-Purpose plant…

Splish, splash I was taking a bath, walking around in my backyard!!! 

Everyone get their duck-waiters out! 

As a result of the immense amount of snow dropped in February 2025 many of our outdoor spaces…

Ahhhh, the familiar sounds of spring. 

Flying overhead, emerging from their southern getaway is the returning Canadian Geese. 

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss all things avian on this week’s epi…

If you're thinking about a vacation, why not consider Mexico?

Canada and Mexico's involvement in Trump's idiotic trade war is the impetus for this week's episode of The Growing Season.  

Matt is spitti…

And now for the cleanup!  Wow. 

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss the aftermath of the insane snowstorm of February 2025 on this week’s episode of The Growing Season. 

We have icicles. SOOOOO MANY…

So we got absolutely walloped. 

Breaking from the trend of the last few winters, the GTA and much of Ontario got absolutely nailed with snow over the last week. 

Records were set. Driveways were shovel…

So who had “an important time in history” on their bingo card for February 2025?

We sure didn’t! 

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland guide The Growing Season into waters inspired by the current news-making…

"This week’s show makes repeated references to coition, coitus, copulation, carnal carnivals and other c words.  We’ll be putting the Bed in flower beds on this weeks episode of The Growing Season an…

There was just SOOOO much info.

50 Years and Counting pt. 2 is the feature on this week's episode of The Growing Season.

What did people do before the microwave?   Lynne McFarland describes how she wou…

What has changed in the last 50 years?

A LOT!   The last half century is dotted with enough change that you could say the world that once was no longer is.  

The McFarlands discuss the changes in the w…

The situation in California is terrible.  

The wildfires in one of the most beautiful parts of the United States have come into focus internationally and we felt it was necessary to explore its ins an…