Posts tagged with: tips

Tip #243: Grow Sprouts and Microgreens

Sprouts and microgreens are great ways to eat more greens with minimal work, especially during the cold winter months. Learn how you can grow both of these all year round.

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Tip #242: Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds are beautiful and among the smallest species of birds. In addition to drinking nectar, they also eat insects like aphids, and gnats, keeping your garden more pest free.

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Tip #241: Sharpening Your Tools

Keeping your tools sharpened and honed will help you to become a faster, safer, and more efficient gardener. Learn the difference between sharpening and honing and an often overlooked tool.

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Tip #240: More Landscaping Tips

Over the last several years, we’ve learned lots of little tips and tricks to help make the garden more productive and easier to manage. Here are 5 more we can share with you as we get ready for the winter.

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Tip #239: Gardening Books

Reading, especially during the calmer winter months, is a great way to improve your gardening knowledge, learn new skills and techniques, and get inspired for next year’s growing season.

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Tip #238: White Flies

Over 1500 species of white flies have been described, and they can feed off fruit trees, most vegetables, and many ornamental plants. Learn how you can control them with insecticidal soap in this week’s tip

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Tip #237: Hydroponics and Aquaponics

Get an overview of hydroponics and aquaponics and how you can grow without using any soil in this week’s gardening tip.

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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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