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Judith Cox

Judith Cox is a Master Gardener and President of the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society . The many topics covered in her blogs include starting a garden, planting seeds, selecting the best seeds, identifying specific plants, and growing produce other than what is found at the grocery store. Every issue offers solutions to common issues faced by gardeners, including wildlife, whether to water, pests, snails, and other issues. During the winter, Judith writes for local journals and newspapers, give talks at local horticultural clubs on a range of gardening topics. She also finds time to run a small business selling watercolor and pen and ink cards.

Articles by Judith Cox

  • A dozen peas plants growing tubes

    Veggie Bites – Experiment with Pea Seeds

    … I noticed that the experiment I had done with my pea seeds has been successful. As I continue to watch every gardening show…

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  • green and red plant on white wooden fence

    Veggie Bites – Head Start with Your Vegetable Garden

    If you want to get a head start on some of your more tender vegetables in your garden them, now is the time to…

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  • An incredible vegetable display tomatoes, potatoes, leeks, peppers, onions, lettuce and so on

    Veggie Bites – Planting Vegetables

    It is not too early to be planting some vegetables such as peas, chard, kale, beets, and lettuce. These cool weather crops will be…

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  • orange and black monarch butterfly on flower

    Veggie Bites – Monarch Waystation

    You will need milkweed for a Monarch Waystation; however, I know of people who are allergic to milkweed and find it difficult to be…

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  • Veggie Bites – Seedlings and Potatoes

    I have planted up several tomato plants and there are other seedlings that would like to be potted up as well. In my case,…

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  • New spring purple and yellow flowers growing

    Veggie Bites – Colour in my garden

    Colour is coming back to my garden. The crocuses are jewel-like in the early morning, the bloodroot opens up to the spring sunshine, and…

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  • A small patch of Purple Crocus making their spring appearance

    Veggie Bites – Bulbs Growing

    But then I saw a large leaf of green poking up! I have bulbs growing and that is amazing. I am not sure what…

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  • A container garden with Alliums, Anemone, Muscari, and Hyacinths seeds ready to be planted in layers

    Veggie Bites – Layered Bulb Planter, Container Garden

    I decided that I wanted to try a bulb ‘lasagna’ planter. These planters are often featured on my favourite British gardening shows. I removed…

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  • In house vegetable and seed garden with artificial light

    Veggie Bites – Seedlings

    As the days have been getting longer, I have been monitoring my little seedlings and decided it was time to transplant several of them…

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  • snowdrops and Daffodils nubbins jutting from the ground i the spring

    Veggie Bites – Burdock and Wild Parsnip

    I use this time of year to pull out burdock and wild parsnip plants. Their long tap roots have not developed the little hair-like…

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  • A indoor tomato garden freshly planted with seeds

    Starting Tomatoes

    All of the tomatoes that I am growing are heirloom tomatoes, and they are all indeterminate. Indeterminate tomatoes continue to grow, and you can…

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  • Broccoli

    Veggie Bites – Broccoli

    I will try growing some radishes around my broccoli to distract the flea beetles; they love radish leaves. Greetings fellow gardeners, As I was…

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  • A Brussels Sprout plant

    Veggie Bites- Brussels Sprouts

    This year I will be growing Brussels Sprouts (Brassica oleracea). The seeds can be direct sown in early May, but the plants have a…

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  • Veggie Bites – Microgreens for Breakfast

    If I were to continue with microgreens, I think I would grab several packets of regular seed from the dollar store and do a…

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  • Veggie Bites – Eggplants

    My friend starts her eggplants around this time of year for the same reason.  Eggplants, or Aubergines, are in the nightshade family, just like…

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  • Veggie Bites – A Egg!

    As I opened up their enclosure, I noticed something that made my day. An egg!! They had not laid any eggs since late November.…

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  • a package of microgreen seeds

    Veggie Bites – Microgreens

    Microgreens are basically the seedlings of edible vegetables like beets and kale, or herbs like basil or cilantro. Their popularity in the kitchen seemed…

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  • Veggie Bites – Sage and Dragon Fruit

    A couple of weeks ago, I planted some of the white sage seeds that were sent to me from California. This zone nine sage…

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  • Pimento Peppers

    The Pimento pepper is one of my favourite peppers. It starts as a small green pepper, then turns bright red or cherry pepper with…

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  • bunch of green beans

    Sweet Peas

    On a happy note, I have sent in most of my seed orders. I didn’t get a lot this year as I kept discovering…

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  • Veggie Bites – Calendula and Grapeseed

    I am very excited at how well my calendula oil turned out. I used grapeseed oil as my carrier oil this time… Greetings fellow…

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  • Veggie Bites – Cattails and American Bittersweet

    Cattails are upright perennial plants that emerge from creeping rhizomes. My American bittersweet vine has beautiful orange berries on it at the moment and it…

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  • Veggie Bites – Roses

    My next big chore is to protect my roses; I have a lot of them. All of my roses are hardy, and most are…

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  • Veggie Bites – Peonies and Borage

    Oh, Borage, I love this herb!  I am hoping that you will try planting it next year in your garden or in pots. Greetings…

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