The Growing Season

Highway to safe zone!   

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland take The Growing Season into a votive of annual flowers. 

Now that we're into the Top Gun of annual planting time the McFarland's thought it was…

"Hey now, you're an All-Star!!!"

We'd use the song but there's copyright and all that. 

In what is an annual tradition, The Growing Season expands its listenership to include its MOOSE FM audience and…

One of the most popular colours in horticulture takes centre stage on this week's episode of The Growing Season.

Purple highlights the first TGS colour series episode of the season. 

Grapes, sweet pea…

And we're STILL out walking sites! 

Matt McFarland is busy with construction projects as the 2023 build season is underway.

In honour of the beginnings of "shovels in the ground" The McFarlands prese…

Lynne McFarland, from The Growing Season, chats with Joël Lamoureux about the how to get your gardens ready for spring the professional way.

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Jack McFarland, from The Growing Season, chats with Joël Lamoureux about the how to deal with grubs in your lawn without using chemicals.

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We get asked about essential tools ALL THE TIME!

FELCO, that is a name that we use on a regular basis.  Crafting the finest in Swiss made horticultural pruning tools, FELCO's are a tool that we have c…

In a similar fashion to Valentines Day, it should be Earth Day every day.

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss the many aspects of earth day and how it intersects with horticulture on this week's e…

Its totally time for trim!

The Growing Season touches on a topic that many would be interested in hearing about during this time of the year.  Pruning!

What plants do you prune in the spring?  Is sprin…

Those are the biggest rabbit droppings I've ever seen!

Easter is the celebration du jour on this week's episode of The Growing Season.  The McFarlands chat about all things horticulture that intersect…

"That's a lovely backyard!   I especially like the geese you've added to your lawn..."

Spring - the promise of growth anew and the time of the year when you can splash in that large puddle just off th…

And we're out walking sites! 

Matt McFarland has started the wheels in motion for the 2023 Landscape Season and it all begins with a little walk around sites. 

During these site walks and discussions…

I'm sorry, it grows WHERE?

The Growing Season trio dives into some of harshest environments on earth that boast some of the most unique growing conditions.

The International Space Station, Mt. Everest…

The Growing Season's McFarland trio step into the shade and deliver the names of some of the plants that they use routinely for shadier environments.

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The Growing Season trio spend 53 seconds outlining salt tolerant plants - rapid fire. Buckle up!

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What is a TGS Tiny Garden?…

That's right, you can use molasses to fertilize your plant materials!   

We're not kidding!   Let Jack, Lynne and Matt explain the how-to's!

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"You light up my life!"

There's something to that age old expression.  In  honour of Daylight Savings Time returning to our circadian rhythms, Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss all things light.

H…

The Growing Season trio attempt to take the PTSD out of the process by which plants make food.

Hopefully this helps make the process clear.

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Sometimes you just gotta wear it.

In what has become an annual tradition, The McFarlands spend some time focusing on the plant materials that go into making textiles.

Cotton, flax, bamboo, oranges, app…