Many gardeners love container gardening throughout the summer, and plant annuals, herbs or vegetables. Going to your local greenhouse is exciting, and it can be lots of fun picking out colorful annuals or tasty...
Companion planting sounds simple enough, but what is it really? It is quite an easy practice to implement, and can have awesome results! Some plants grow better when they are in close proximity with...
Summer is time for salads, and if you’re looking for a crowd pleaser, you can’t go wrong with a strawberry spinach salad. Home Grown Strawberry Spinach Salad! This salad can be as simple or...
If you’re living in Northern Alberta, I highly doubt that you’d be thinking about what tropical plants you could grow in your garden… Similarly, I’m sure that you wouldn’t be worrying much about how...
Everyday we get up, drink our coffee, head out the front door and take on the challenges that await us. It’s not too often, during our busy days, that we think about what’s right...
Whether you’ve signed up to bring a salad to a barbecue this weekend, or it’s just too hot to put that much effort into making a nice side for dinner tonight, there are few...
Whether you like them sweet, hot or a bit of both, peppers are a great option for your garden. You can stuff them, make them into soup, add them to a stir fry, or...
It’s time to consider getting back to your roots in the garden. Carrots, beets, radishes, turnips – there’s a wide variety of root vegetables that you can easily grow and enjoy at home! When you...
With all of the rash comments about “HACKING” in the news lately, it got us thinking about how we can do some hacking of our own, garden hacking that is! Don’t Sweat It, Garden...
Politics, sports calls and Brussels sprouts are three things that people feel very strongly about; they either love them or hate them. We’re not going to touch the first two, but if you haven’t...