Checking Seed Viability
Hello everyone, So, you have a pack of old seeds that you want to try, but don’t know if they are still viable. Here is an easy trick to check [...]
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Bumping Up Leggy Tomatoes
Hello everyone, So, we are having an unseasonably warm March! Signs of spring everywhere – I even saw 3 geese yesterday! Sure sign of spring on its way. Anyway, I [...]
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And so The Garden Begins to Grow! (In JANUARY!!!)
Dear January Garden Starters! Miigwech (thanks) for more sunshine in a day! Now I can start planting… AGAIN! I have had a restful 2 months off of gardening, and ready [...]
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Opening Up a Hole-In The Ground Root Cellar in January
Happy January (BURRR!!!) So, in Northern Ontario, it can get a bit chilly in January! This makes it a challenge for anyone who is using, starting to use, or [...]
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Gardening DOES start in January (for some!)… Happy New Year!
Hey Everyone! This blog will cover planting by month, seed storage and buying seed. So, I seem to have gotten extremely busy mid-August with all of the gardening and getting [...]
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Week 19: A Simple Hole in the Ground Root Cellar
Hey Everyone! Alright! So, who is in the “preserve and store” mode now? I certainly am. Blanching, canning, drying out my onions and prepping my simple style hole in [...]
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Week 18: Pruning Tomatoes and Encouraging Brussel Sprouts to Grow
Hey Everyone! Well, last week sure got a lot of eyes perked up with using weeds and manure to fertilize! Cool, eh? This week, Harriet and I are discussing dealing [...]
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Week 17: Mid-summer fertilizing with weeds and manure
Hey Everyone! What an exciting couple of weeks we had. We finally got rain these last couple weeks, so it has been easier for the watering. The big news for me [...]
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Week 16.5: Mulching to help with heat and watering
Hey Everyone! Well, this has been a great week! HOT and things needing lots of water, fighting heat, but everything growing like CRAZY if they have heat, sunshine, water, fertile [...]
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Week 16: Blanching Veggies
Hey Everyone! Well, this has been a great week! HOT and things needing lots of water, fighting heat, but everything growing like CRAZY if they have heat, sunshine, water, fertile [...]
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