In this second installment on Growing Garlic, I'm going to share a fantastic Pickled Garlic Scapes recipe. In the first post, I gave an overview about the process involved with growing Garlic. Garlic is one of the easiest garden vegetables to grow! Here in the Cariboo, the Garlic Scapes come on hot and heavy in early July. Since we have almost 300 garlic plants in the garden, we basically … [Read more...]
How to Transplant Tomatoes
I always start my tomatoes under lights in our seedling room, plenty of time before transplanting them into the greenhouse. I start seedlings in recycled styrofoam coffee cups (or any other free container I can find). Check out all the strange containers I start our seeds in. They get a great start and they stay in that container until they are root bound. How to Transplant … [Read more...]
How to Grow Zucchini
A little Zucchini goes a long way! You only need to plant a few zucchinis in your garden to enjoy a large harvest. They just keep on setting more and more zucchinis. Here is how to grow zucchini. Zucchini is a heat loving plant - I don't put my Zucchini plants into the garden until the weather warms up. Usually this means, they don't put in the Garden until early June here in the … [Read more...]
How to Grow Huge Strawberries
If you love fresh strawberries but don't want to pay the high prices at the grocery store, why not start your own strawberry bed in the backyard? You can grow them in a bed or even as a border alongside your patio. You can also grow huge strawberries in containers! Strawberries are quite easy to grow but to keep your bed going year after year, some maintenance needs to be done. And we've … [Read more...]
How to Grow Rhubarb
Rhubarb is one of the earliest producers in Spring. It's very easy to grow and it is a perennial, meaning that you plant it once and it will come up year after year. Many people get 20 years worth of harvest off of a single rhubarb plant. That is a great return. Use rhubarb in all kinds of recipes, from jams to pies, stewed or added to homemade juices or sodas. How … [Read more...]
Containers for Seed Starting
It won't be long until I can start planting the first seeds of the year. I can't wait - I always get itchy to get my hands in some dirt. I begin to dream of being in the garden, working the soil and being in the sun. For now I have to content myself with starting seeds indoors. Part of the process is getting my hands on containers for seed starting. What containers to use for seed … [Read more...]
Make A Personalized Seed Starting Schedule
At this time of year, my mind starts to fixate on seeds for the upcoming garden. Not that I can do anything about it; it is way too early for me to get any seedlings started indoors. I do, however, check my seed starting schedule to see when I can get those first seeds started. Sometimes I will feed my urge and start some perennial flowers and that helps a … [Read more...]
5 Reasons to Plant a Vegetable Garden
There are plenty of benefits that come from growing your own food. If you haven't yet had a homegrown meal straight from the garden, you really don't know what you have been missing. Here are my Top 5 reasons we grow our own food. 5 Reasons to Grow your own Food 1. Growing your own food can save you a LOT of money For the price of … [Read more...]
How to Make Sauerkraut
Since cabbage grows so easily (and big!) here in the Cariboo, we often end up with heads over 10 pounds. What to do with all that cabbage? That's easy - we turn it into Sauerkraut. We love having jars of home canned kraut on hand for a quick meal in the winter. Here's how to make Sauerkraut (and how to can it too). We do keep several heads in the Cold Room and … [Read more...]
