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A groomed garden bed approach to killing my lawn to build pollinator habitat
The quick pollinator shade garden I made last week is doing great. I think I may have cooked some of the really early spring bloomers by waiting so late to plant them, but they are…
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Native shade garden in a day
So I did a thing today. It was a pretty big thing as it was the first time I’ve planted anything in our new place. As you may recall, or maybe you have no idea…
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What happened to the nursery?
Our little Aylmer village grew quite interested in our micro-nursery project, as Aylmer does in any new business endeavour that isn’t shawarma or pizza (except for Rose Pizza, because their pizza is in a world…
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How Local is Localeaf?
Every plant we sell is grown locally, from seed, by us, on our own property, here in Aylmer. Most of our seeds are ethically harvested from our own extensive gardens, in Aylmer, or from our…
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The making of a nursery. Year 1… February Updates
Getting away from my personal life and back to the purpose of this blog, here’s an update on our activities and where we are at coming to the end of this short month, and preparing…
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Why am I doing this? Some TMI and personal shit resulting in a micro-nursery
Why Localeaf? I have a few reasons. Not one of them is extensive horticultural experience or credentials, because really, honestly, I have none. Everything I know about plants and gardening I taught myself, mostly through…
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Winter Sowing for Beginners: Easy Steps to Get Started
I’ve been winter sowing seeds successfully for sever years, and racking up mistakes, learnings and tips from my experiences, as well as those of many others who started winter sowing before me, so by now…
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Our seeds, free seeds, shared seeds, and the small seed companies and nurseries we have loved supporting this year
We grow plants from seeds. That is at the core of what we love to do. Year after year, our collection of seeds grows. This is in part due to our plants growing, us collecting…
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Free Native Seed Packs: Planting Instructions
It has made my heart happy reaching so many people with our free native seed packs this year. Here is the list of all the native flower seeds included in each of our free packs.…
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Transform Your Garden with Native Plants
Native gardening is trending, but many still think they look messy. It doesn’t have to be that way! Native plants support our environment and come in lots of varieties. With smart design, native gardens can…