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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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Veggie Bites – Rose Petal Jelly
The rose I went for is the one I know as Frontenac. I brought a four-cup measuring cup with me and filled it with…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mindful Gardening Outdoors and Inside
We all know now that gardens and gardening enhance the wellbeing and happiness of people. That includes enjoying not only the beauty and the…
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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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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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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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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…
