Growing Vegetables
Growing vegetables at home offers numerous advantages beyond just the practical benefits of having fresh produce. It can enrich your diet, improve your health, enhance your connection to nature, and provide a fulfilling and enjoyable hobby for individuals and families alike.
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A Model for Companion Planting and Crop Rotation
Companion planting is a practice of applying different plant species in close proximity so that they can offer identifiable benefits to each other. Some of…
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Don’t Compost Tomato Plants
Greetings, fellow gardeners, Life has been very busy, and now the breezes of autumn are in the air. As usual, my garden has not…
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Is Cucumber A Fruit Or Vegetable?
Here’s the deal! Did you ever ask yourself this question – “Is cucumber a fruit or a vegetable?” All fruits and veggies are very…
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Starting Seeds in August
The weather continues to lurch to extremes! Humidity, high heat, and torrential rains. A big test for our gardens. It can be disheartening to…
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Carrots and Their Kin
Author: Dale Odorizzi, Master Gardeners of Lanark County; published with permission One of my favourite vegetables is the carrot. They are easy to grow…
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Freezing Seasonal Produce
Author: Rebecca Last, Gardening at Last and Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton. Published with permission This was an amazing year for tomatoes. My small garden…
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Preparing for Frost
I have most of my vegetables in pots at this point, so they are a little less likely to get frost damage. Greetings fellow…
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Spring Garden into Summer
As spring advances and summer sets in, Judith shares valued observations on ticks, virburnums and transplanting herbs and vegetables. Greetings fellow gardeners, It is…
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Bees Need Water and the Bee Hotel
Bees need water and this water is a good source for the bees in the hotels. My pond has some cattails that need to…
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8 Tips For Sustainable Mushroom Cultivation At Home
Sustainability refers to the capacity to maintain a process over an extended duration while minimizing adverse impacts on the environment. Interestingly, mushrooms exhibit this…
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Try Fermenting Tomato Seeds to Improve Seed Quality
I cut tomatoes to open them, scooped out the seeds and put them in a jar with some water. This caused the seeds to…
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Growing All My Peppers in Pots
I found that peppers growing with flowers that attracted pollinators did better that those that were planted by themselves. I think a splash of…
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How To Grow Mushrooms From Scratch
Many people are becoming interested in growing mushrooms for personal consumption. Mushrooms are growing in popularity because they’re excellent sources of protein, fiber, antioxidants, and selenium. You can find…
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Planting in the Sun
Judith discusses the importance of locating your plants in the sun It is a grey day with various types of precipitation and a heavy…
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Calendula Seeds In an Envelope
For calendula seeds, once it is dry, I shake the seedhead into an envelope and store the seeds in a cool, dark place. They…
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Going to Seed
Several flowers and vegetables are going to seed. I took the opportunity to carefully collect Sweet Cubanelle pepper seeds. The humidity is oppressive this…
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Cubanelle pepper
Cubanelle pepper, beautiful, sweet, from the species Capsicum annuum, is almost ready to pick. It has gone through some tough times with chipmunks digging in…
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Nasturtium Vinaigrette Recipe
Today I am straining my nasturtium vinegar and making my Nasturtium Vinaigrette. I like to use basil as my herb, but really the herb…
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Magnesium Deficiency In Plants
Magnesium deficiency in plants can be identified most commonly by yellowing leaves while the veins remain green. The lower leaves usually turn yellow first.…
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Judith’s Oregano Pesto
Oregano is a woody perennial, so I often harvest only the young plants. I have discovered that my oregano makes amazing pesto! It is…
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Homemade Rhubard and Orange Jam Recipe
I found a great recipe for rhubarb-orange jam, and it is truly delicious. I picked the rhubarb and checked the fridge and found some oranges.…
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How to Prune Tomato Plants
It’s simple…. You’ll get the greatest yield when you learn how to prune tomato plants. Growing tomatoes is somewhat akin to growing bonsai. It…
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Planting Peas from Seed
Pea seeds are also placed in cardboard tubes, which keep them safe even after they’ve been planted out. Greetings fellow gardeners, Bee and…
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How I grow tomatoes from seed
When planting tomato seeds, I make sure that they are in contact with the soil. I press them gently to make contact and sprinkle…
