Here's a comprehensive guide on how to grow carrots in your own home garden! If you want to grow Carrots, you need to make sure that the ground they are going into is rock free. Check to make sure the soil has a fairly neutral pH and low levels of nitrogen; opt instead for soil rich in potassium and phosphate. If there are rocks, your carrot plants will find a way to fork around them and you … [Read more...]
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Building a Barn – Part 1
One of the reasons we moved out to the Cariboo region of BC was to have some acreage way out in the bush, raise a few animals and have a huge vegetable garden. Here's how we went about building a barn, which was really needed here on our property. Building a Barn Since there wasn't a barn here when we arrived, we had to build one. We tossed around a few ideas - we wanted … [Read more...]
How to Transplant Tomato Plants
Learn how to transplant Tomato plants - and why it's important to transplant tomato seedlings! Whether you start tomato plants from seed, or you purchase tomato plants at the nursery, it's important to transplant them again before planting them outside in your vegetable garden. Unless you buy tomato plants in 2 … [Read more...]
How to Make a Gravel Path
Garden paths and walkways add a lot to the look of your yard. Whether you want to make a gravel path leading to your front door or a walk way through your backyard garden, paths are awesome additions to your yard. Here's how to make a gravel pathway. Here's the "before" picture of our yard. See that flower bed leading down to our barn? I created a perennial flower bed and filled it … [Read more...]
Growing Lovage – A Perennial Herb
Here's how to grow Lovage, a delicious perennial herb that adds a celery flavor to your meals. What is Lovage? Have you ever heard of Lovage? What IS it? This hardy perennial is not a common plant and many people have never heard of it. Lovage is a wonderful plant that gets quite large and is suitable to be planted in hardiness zones 3-9. Generally, it prefers any zone with a cool … [Read more...]
How to Make Tomato Sauce from Fresh Tomatoes
Follow this easy guide to make tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes! Why You Should Make Your Own Tomato Sauce Here in the Cariboo, it is almost impossible to grow tomatoes outside. It cools down too much at night here for them, and the afternoons can be cookin' hot - 35C is the norm here. But we love tomato sauce and use it a lot in cooking. There is no way I have enough room in our … [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 flower seeds and … [Read more...]
End of Season Wrap Up
October and November are some of our favourite months of the year. The garden is finished, the tools have been picked up, the wood room is full and we are feeling tired but so very content. If we don't get much snow, we can still get a lot accomplished outside. And, since the "end of season" work has already been done, these projects are all little … [Read more...]