The Growing Season
The lighter side of landscaping. Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland, chat about horticulture served with a hearty helping of humour. With over 70 years of design and installation experience the McFarland boys dig into topics in a way you've rarely heard. Packed full of guests that represent various corners of the industry, The Growing Season is smile worthy.The Growing Season: No politics or pulpits, just plants and muddy workboots.
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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 are flooded. “Keeping water away from home should be of paramount concern…” Speaking of flooding, Matt McFarland tells
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 episode of The Growing Season. What percentage of Canada’s birds migrate south in the fall and return north in the spring
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 spitting mad and he unloads on The President Of The United States. Discussions of politics abound... What are the temperatur
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 ICICLES. Is that a bad sign? Can we do anything about them? Matt talks about driveways, window wells and how they ti
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 shovelled again and again and again and again. Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland recount Snowmageddon 2025 on this week’s episo