We are getting close to gardening season, so buy your seeds and let's get started. Here are the eight fastest vegetables to grow in your garden. You can also plant in containers on your patio, in long planters on your apartment balcony or you can even tuck in some vegetables among your flower and shrubbery beds. The 8 Fastest Growing Vegetables for Your Garden Getting … [Read more...]
How Big of a Container Does a Pepper Plant Really Need?
We enjoy growing peppers in our greenhouse. We plant some in the ground but we also grow peppers in containers. If you're wondering how big of a container a pepper plant really needs, this article will interest you. Peppers take a notoriously long time to germinate - as in, it can take them 2 weeks to break through the soil after planting the seeds. That's the first thing you need to … [Read more...]
Growing Garlic in the Garden (4 Part Series)
Thinking of growing garlic in your garden? You, my friend, are a person after my own heart. Here's everything you need to know about how to grow garlic. In my house, garlic is a staple for so many meals. Not only does it add a wonderful flavor to recipes, but it’s a healthy superfood. It’s packed with vitamins C, B6, manganese, and selenium as well as a good source of antioxidants (I’m … [Read more...]
10 Tips to Get the Most out of a Small Garden
When you have a large backyard garden, you can easily plant whatever crops, vegetables or herbs you like. When your garden is small, you will need to be more creative if you want to get the most out of your garden. Small garden spaces can still be utilized to maximize the output you can derive from them. Here are some tips on how to do that effectively. Get the Most from a Small … [Read more...]
How to Grow Carrots
If you want to grow Carrots, you need to make sure that the ground they are going into is rock free. If there are rocks, your carrots will find a way to grow around them and you will end up with some funky looking carrots. Carrots like loose soil, so if you have a spot with loose soil to about a foot deep, put your Carrots in there. Aside from rock free soil, they are pretty easy to grow and … [Read more...]
Growing Garlic – Part 4 Knowing Which Cloves to Replant
Here's the fourth (and last) installment in the How to Plant Garlic series and this one focuses on choosing cloves for planting. The first article can be found here; Part 2 here; Part 3 here. Here in Canada, we plant garlic in the Fall before the ground freezes. This lets the garlic cloves settle in and even grow a few roots. Then when the cold weather comes, the cloves go dormant for the … [Read more...]
Planning Your Food Garden
This is the perfect time of year to finalize plans for the gardens. Planning a vegetable garden is an important part of being able to ensure having enough food in the cold room for the winter. This planning is just one of the things I love about Winter. There's very little work to be done outside and no one minds if we get up late and linger over coffee. Garden … [Read more...]
Putting the Garden to Bed for Winter
It's Fall and things are finally winding down in the garden. Everything has been dug up and dealt with. Now it's time to start putting the garden to bed for winter. Here's what we've done so far this season with our garden harvests. Root crops are being stored in our cold room. The canning is almost finished for the season and we're happy to see jars full of home canned goodness on our … [Read more...]
How to Grow Cabbage
Cabbage is not a difficult plant to grow, especially in the Northern areas. It loves cooler weather and is quite hardy. Here's how to grow Cabbage. Cabbage is a heavy feeder though, so that means there will need to be a good layer of composted manure in the garden for it. Cabbage is such a good Cold Room staple for over Winter. It is really worth it to set aside some room in your garden for … [Read more...]