Shipping Containers and Sustainable Food Production: Growing Food

Growing Food is about edible gardening, and food security covers:
– Growing fruits, vegetables, and herbs to promote self-sufficiency and reduce food costs.
– Interest in heirloom varieties and seed saving.
– Kitchen gardening
– Supporting local food systems and reducing the carbon footprint of food production.

  • Gardening in shipping containers

    Shipping Containers and Sustainable Food Production

    It is a well-known fact by now that our current way of living on the planet is not sustainable. Global population continues to grow.…

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  • About a dozen red peonies in full bloom

    Veggie Bites – Peonies

    I added compost to my peonies last year and overwintered them with maple leaves. They are much better this year. Often, we add soil…

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  • bunch of tomatoes and hybrid tomatoes

    Veggie Bites – Hybridized Tomato and Rhubarb

    They discovered that when Joan’s father saved the seed it started reverting and became its own type of tomato. If for example you use…

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  • A fresh bunch of new radishes just pulled from a vegetable garden

    Veggie Bites – Partial Shade Planter

    My partial shade planter is starting to grow. It is not too late for you to plant a few seeds in partial shade as…

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  • 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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  • Thermometer in soil and ground

    The Importance of Measuring Soil Temperature

    Many factors affect how well a plant will grow. Everything from wind to soil nutrients will play a role. But it’s easy to overlook…

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  • green leafed seedlings in black plastic pots

    Soil and Seed Temperature Germination Chart

    How do tomato or lettuce seeds know when the temperature is right for germination? Well, this question will remain unanswered for now. We just…

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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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  • Basket of Freshly picked home garden vegetables, tomatoes, lettuce, herbs, peppers

    Building a Home Vegetable Garden

    If you have a garden of your own, getting access to fresh fruits and vegetables is convenient, but what if you live in an…

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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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  • The leaves of six herbs against a white background

    7 Best Kitchen Herbs for Cooking That You Can Grow Yourself

    Cooking with fresh herbs and spices does not have to be complicated or expensive. You can also have an indoor herb garden, especially if…

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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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  • Two people planting seeds in a hydroponic device

    Best Nutrients for Growing Vegetables

    Whether you are growing vegetables in a traditional garden or growing vegetables with hydroponics, the proper nutrients can help with higher yields, sweeter vegetables…

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