Shade garden design can provide difficulties: it can range from deep shade to mild shade, and from dry to moist. Plants respond to soil and moisture, and knowing what to plant is influenced by an understanding of those growth circumstances. When your house has a roof overhang that prevents rain and light from reaching plants…
My spring garden is bursting with new life. Isn’t this the most glorious time of the year? I am overwhelmed by how green and growing everything is and how vibrant the colours are. Bulbs start to grow, which always makes me happy, and I marvel at how they each have their own way of glowing….
Pea seeds are also placed in cardboard tubes, which keep them safe even after they’ve been planted out. Greetings fellow gardeners, Bee and Bee Cocoon Study This Saturday Lydia Wong, the PhD student who was conducting an experiment in my yard, returned with her two bee hotels and temperature gauge. Last year she collected…
Two tomato seed leaves have appeared and are developing their true leaves. Be sure there are several true leaves before you transplant them. Greetings fellow gardeners, Ah, the joys of springtime. On one day, we have temperatures of 19C and snowflakes on the other. This is why we don’t rush into tidying up the…
They have their little seed leaves (tomato cotyledons) waving at me and are all reaching for the light. I am continuing to leave them on their heated mat until they are ready to pot up to the next level. Greetings fellow gardeners, Spring? Sometimes weather happens. On Easter Monday I was able to putter…
When planting tomato seeds, I make sure that they are in contact with the soil. I press them gently to make contact and sprinkle soil over them to cover. Greetings fellow gardeners, I have been wandering about in the back all week, thinking about this and that and where am I going to put…
While it is said to have medical benefits, I would not grow burdock as it is so invasive and difficult to control. Greetings fellow gardeners, Today it is sunny and spring-like with a blustery warning looming on the horizon. That is the joy of spring. Like a broken record I ask that you stay…
A dog in your garden is a special balancing act. I loved having a dog in the garden. I would take time to talk to my dog or perhaps throw a ball or a stick. That got my body moving in a different way and helped to work out aches and pains. Greetings fellow gardeners,…
I would encourage you to start preparing yourself physically right now for the gardening season, to consider the importance of gardening exercises. Greetings fellow gardeners, It is foggy and mysterious this morning. Turkey gobbles are echoing around me, and I remind myself to stop watching so many scary movies. Soon we will be solidly…
Veggie Bites allowed me to share my thoughts and ideas, my successes and my failures. I thought that by sharing my own trials and tribulations I could make it easier for other vegetable gardeners. I also thought I would share the problems of living with the too-many cats as there would be others wondering how…
What is succession gardening? In the case of vegetable gardening, this is a way to grow plants to increase the yields of your crops while using your space well and extending the season. Greetings fellow gardeners, Once again, we are experiencing the constantly changing weather: lovely warm temperatures and sunshine, then swirling winds and…
One of my dear friends found a seed resource and seed sources on Facebook. The woman who compiled this list has a wonderful page called ‘How Does your Garden Grow?’ and she details her gardening adventures. I like that there are not only a lot of Canadian options here but local options as well. I…
Growing microgreens from seeds does not require a fancy set-up. A disposable plastic food tray will be fine as long as you poke drainage holes in the bottom and it has a see-through lid. Greetings fellow gardeners, Well, it has gone from raining with snow in the forecast to the temperature zooming down and…
I finally got my sweet pepper collection planted: Early Calwonder – a very sturdy fruit that goes from a thick green to deep scarlet and is very mild; Pimento – I love this tiny heritage pepper. It turns bright crimson and is very sweet; Sweet Cubanelle – this is a larger pepper and are yellow,…
I thought the Blood Orange Marmalade would be a fascinating one to try and a way to pave the way to making Seville Orange Marmalade next year. Seville oranges are only available for a very limited time. Greetings fellow gardeners, As I look out of my kitchen window, I see that the ravens have…
The carrots I buy are not all the same size and some are a little twisty, but they taste great. I just finished baking a vegan Carrot Spice Cake, so they obviously work well. I thought I would share the recipe as it uses lovely carrots and is fun to make on a snowy day….
I can take a cutting and put it in water where it will root and then I can plant it. It will be interesting to see if supermarket herbs will root. Image: Sprouting Bok choy and Romaine lettuce Greetings fellow gardeners, It is so cold! I am making sure that the bird feeders are…
Put lettuce stumps in water to watch them grow. You can do this with almost all of your vegetables. Use them for vegetable soup and stock. Greetings fellow gardeners, Seed Catalogue My OSC 2022 seed catalogue has arrived, and it is beautiful. It would seem that the company has updated their catalogue and added…
I never realized how much I did not know about bumblebees. And, this week I started going through the seeds that I collected and chose several that I want to test. I really wanted to test the pepper seeds that I collected to see if the seed was viable. Greetings fellow gardeners, Bumblebee Photo…
You can construct a seed growing light stand or modify an inexpensive shelving unit. You will need to take into account a few factors: there should be no cool breezes in the area, the need for lights, and the need to have enough room for what you want to grow. Greetings fellow gardeners, What…
I am going to take a break for the rest of 2021 and will be back fresh and crunchy in January. I have no craft shows booked, no talks or meetings for a while, so I am going to read the book that I bought for my birthday in May. The Complete Gardener by Monty…
Planning your garden for the next season can add to the joy of gardening. Planning allows new ideas and accentuating what worked well. Greetings fellow gardeners, Planning a garden is as difficult as you choose to make it. A simple points list can be your plan, or a map, made to scale, of all…
Basic orchid care attempts to recreate the habitat in which a certain variety of orchid developed. Some bloom November-December and others May-June – although hybrids may bloom just about any time. In nature many are epiphytes growing on a branch. When it rains plant detritus/insect debris washes over the roots which have evolved to get…
I used to be early if my order was in February, but now you will find many of the seeds that you want are unavailable then. Try to have your order ready to go no later than the first week of January.Eighty-five Greetings fellow gardeners, I did my chores in an icy rain this…
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