Edible Gardening

THE GREAT CANADIAN REFRIGERATOR Or Planting Now for Next Winter’s Harvest.

Growing delicious vegetables at any time is satisfying, but planting now, with the knowledge that next winter you will have food in the garden, is nothing less than thrilling.  Yes,...

May 16, 2011

Edible Gardening

Potting On The Tomato And Basil Seedlings

First published May 8, 2011 – It’s early May, and the tomatoes are now well established in the seeding trays, ready to move into larger pots. They have been ready...

May 8, 2011

Featured

Spring Haircuts for Evergreen Ferns

Every spring I look forward to the ritual of cutting back my evergreen ferns. Although it won’t harm them to leave them alone, by cutting off the old growth you...

April 28, 2011

Mason Bees

The Mason Bees Are Awake

Finally finally, the weather seems to have warmed up, and the cocoons in the bee houses are coming to life. The emerging bees will chew a little hole, and crawl...

April 25, 2011

Edible Gardening

Peas In Particular

  It’s a beautiful sunny day, April 8. The peas started in vermiculite are now in the ground, germinated and well-rooted. I will never again plant peas into cold soil...

April 10, 2011

General

Oh My Aching Back!

Laurie may have chosen to ignore her snapweed aka pop weed aka Cardamine hirsuta, but I faced it head-on and spent 4 hours the other day pulling it out –...

April 3, 2011

Edible Gardening

Seeding Vegetables For Summer Harvest

Why is there so much fuss about seeding? Is it rocket science? Seeds have been grown since the beginning of time, yet we all dither and wring our hands about...

April 3, 2011

Grasses

Time To Cut Back

  My garden is screaming for attention at this time of year. But I am ignoring the vast carpets of snap weed in my beds and going for the simple,...

March 29, 2011

Beneficials

Waking Up The Mason Bees

With the hope that spring has arrived, and the promise of all that luscious fruit from your trees and bushes, it’s time to think about releasing your mason bees from...

March 29, 2011