Peas are one of the easier vegetables to grow in your spring garden. Since peas are quite often the first vegetable ready for harvest, this delicious veggie gives you a chance of hope that summer is near. Today I’m going to show you how to grow peas so that you can enjoy this crisp, fresh veggie all garden season long. And actually, all winter long too! We've got an article that explains the … [Read more...]
How To Improve Clay Soil for Gardening
If you're looking for tips on how to improve clay soil, check out these frustration-free ideas! Here in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, we have clay based soil in our lawn that we are always trying to amend. I had never seen heavy clay soil before we moved here. Over time we learned how to improve clay soil. Here's how we were able to improve soil fertility in our home garden. How 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. What is Garlic? To start, in case you're not already familiar with the plant, here's some basic information! Part of the Allium genus, garlic is a type of flowering bulbous plant. Botanically it is considered a vegetable, and it's closely … [Read more...]
10 Tips to Get the Most out of a Small Vegetable 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 small vegetable garden. Small garden spaces can still be utilized to maximize the output you can derive from them. Here are some small vegetable garden ideas that will teach you how to … [Read more...]
How to Grow Carrots
Here's a comprehensive guide on how to grow carrots in your own home garden! Want to grow carrots in containers or in raised beds in a vegetable garden bed? Keep reading for all our best tips to grow straight carrots. We'll also cover how to prepare carrots for long term storage in your cold room or root cellar. And, we'll even cover how to save carrot seed for planting the next … [Read more...]
Best Garlic Cloves for Planting – Growing Garlic – Part 4
How to choose the best garlic cloves for planting - just follow these tips! Here's the fourth (and last) installment in the How to Plant Garlic series and this part focuses on how to choose the best garlic cloves for planting. The first article can be found here; Part 2 here; Part 3 here. Here in Canada, we plant garlic (Allium sativum) in the Fall before the ground freezes. This allows the … [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
Looking for a guide that teaches everything you'll need to know about how to grow cabbage? This guide contains all the information and tips you'll need to grow your own cabbage from seed to fully grown heads and ready to eat! Keep reading to find out how to grow cabbage from seed, when to transplant cabbage seedlings, how to harvest cabbage, and more! Cabbage is a great crop to grow for … [Read more...]
How to Make Pickled Garlic Scapes
In this second installment on Growing your own 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 summer around July. Since we have almost 300 garlic plants in the … [Read more...]