Letters to the editor

I just read your Volume 2, Issue 3 and I have to say it’s really interesting.

I’ve been growing peanuts for years in Southern Ontario. I never get a huge crop but I always get a few I can roast and eat. There’s nothing like peanuts fresh out of the oven. Yum yum.

Also I never knew about so many different kinds of woodpeckers. I think I’ve seen the northern flicker and I thought it was a dove.

The magazine looks really nice. I was wondering one thing though, and that is, what’s on the cover?

Betty Love, Southern Ontario

Thank you for your kind words! The picture on the cover of Volume 2 Issue 3 has rosy and yellow begonias and a yellow gladiolus, peeking out from behind.

I’m so excited to find a national magazine for gardening! The issue I have says Volume 2, Issue 2 on it. So where can I find the first year of copies? And will you be doing more?

I really miss Canadian Gardening and Gardening Life. I used to subscribe to both. And I’ll be subscribing to you too once I’ve finished reading the magazine.

Congratulations!

Janet Morgan, Surrey, BC

Thank you, Janet! Volume 1 of Canada’s Local Gardener was dedicated to Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario; we went from three stand-alone magazines to one. For the first issue of Volume 2, we decided to make the magazine national. And yes, we intend to continue. People love it!

I’ve been reading this magazine for just over a year now. You’ve told me to grow blueberries (not a problem), pineapple (makes a nice houseplant) and now peanuts? I have a question for you. Do you grow all these plants?

But keep up the good work. I enjoy a challenge.

William Malton, email

Haha! These “Have you ever tried…” articles are all research pieces. I am always inspired to try the hard-to-grow item, but I’m waiting until I’ve moved to a place with more land.

From the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association on Canada’s Local Gardener, nominated for Manitoba Magazine of the Year: “With a friendly and engaging tone, the jury found Canada’s Local Gardener demonstrates an intimate knowledge of the reader and subject. This publication is easy to dig into thanks to tight editorial and a thoughtful breadth of topics and ideas. This is solid publishing in action.”

Thanks, AMPA!