Posts filed under: Gardening Tip Of The Week

Tip #236: Time to Plant Garlic

It’s garlic planting season! Learn how to prepare your beds to grow one of our favourite, most delicious, and generally trouble-free crop.

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Tip #235: Root Cellaring

Having a root cellar can help you take advantage of harvest prices by buying in bulk when things are at their peak freshness and productivity, allowing you to be more in tune with eat with the season.

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Tip #234: Fall Leaves

Should you leave your fall leaves in the garden, compost them, gather them for municipal pickup? We’ll give you lots of ideas on how you can best utilize this often overlooked fall bounty.

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Tip #233: How to Save Tomato Seeds

Learn how to save tomato seeds from your garden and store them to use and grow out again for many years to come.

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Tip #232: Fall Gardening Tip and Winter Shelter Ideas

As the fall approaches, here are four tips to keep in mind to promote biodiversity, create a native bee habitat and ensure the best results for your garden as the days get shorter.

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Tip #231: Pinch off Tomato Flowers

Help your tomatoes focus their energy on ripening up all of the existing fruit growing on the vines by pinching off all new and existing tomato flowers.

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Tip #230: Lasagna Gardening

Lasagna gardening is a method of creating a fertile gardening plot with multiple layers of organic materials. This can include compost, straw, leaves, kitchen scraps, cardboard, top soil, worm castings, etc

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Tip #229: Drip Irrigation/Soaker Hoses

Drip irrigation works by laying irrigation tubing from a water source to garden. Soaker hoses are similar to drip irrigation, with the difference being that water gradually seeps out and is emitted throughout the entire length of the hose

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Tip #228: Seed Saving 101

By growing plants and saving your own seeds, you can help to play a direct role in our food system and in having a sustainable garden for many years to come

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Tip #227: Hybrid Fruit Trees

Hybrid fruit trees are a way to bring new, interesting, and multiple fruit varieties to home gardeners. They can be done through grafting or cross breeding

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