Churchill Park Community Garden - sustainable, healthy food in the city
Gardening Tips
The links below provide tips on healthy, productive gardening, and some suggestions about how to handle the most common weeds and pests that we find at Churchill Park Community Gardens. To access each file, click on the link.
Sustainable Gardening
Weeds
Ragweed (High priority - MUST BE CONTROLLED BY ALL GARDENERS!)
Amaranthus (July/August) low priority
Chickweed (spring / fall) high priority
Crabgrass (spring) medium priority
Garlic mustard (spring) high priority
Nutsedge (summer) low priority
Quickweed (summer) high priority
Ragweed (late spring / summer / early fall) high priority
Twitch grass (spring / fall) high priority
Insect and other animal pests
Flea beetles (spring)
Slugs and earwigs (all season)
Squash pests (summer)
Japonese beetles (summer)
84 Oak Knoll Cr., Hamilton, Ontario