by Julia Dimakos | Oct 26, 2022 | Vegetable Gardening, DIY, Gardening Tips, Seed Starting, Vegetables
Do you grow your own garlic? Garlic (Allium sativum) is one of the simplest vegetables to grow and the best part is, you can plant your crop in the fall and literally forget about it until spring. However, many people don’t grow garlic or think to add it to...
by Julia Dimakos | Dec 9, 2021 | DIY, Flowers, Houseplants, Indoor Gardening, Plant Care
A popular houseplant, well-known to most, is the Phalaenopsis Orchid. Also known as the “Moth” orchid, it is widely available in most garden centres, grocery stores and plant nurseries. Although there are many other species of orchids available on the market,...
by Julia Dimakos | Jun 10, 2020 | DIY, Gardening Tips, Recipes
Sweet violets (Viola odorata) are a lovely, low-lying purple flower that blooms in the spring. Found in shady to partially shady locations, they are called sweet violets because of their delicate sweet aroma. One incredible feature of this flower is its vibrant...
by Julia Dimakos | May 11, 2020 | DIY, Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening
Over the years of vegetable gardening, I used thousands of plastic plant markers to label my seedlings. Occasionally I got lucky and the sun faded one, allowing me to reuse it. However for the rest, I always struggled to get the marker off the tags, rendering them...
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by Julia Dimakos | Nov 15, 2019 | DIY, Recipes, Video
I’ve been busy in the kitchen preserving the harvest and doing a lot of experimentation with food fermentation and have dabbled with vegetable ferments over the years, making fermented pickles, pickled beans and more. These have been fairly easy and...
by Julia Dimakos | Sep 1, 2019 | DIY, Gardening Tips, Seed Starting, Vegetable Gardening
One of my favourite summer crops is Ground Cherry! If you haven’t grown it before, you would be surprised to learn that ground cherry is related to the tomato and is a member of the Solanaceae family. Cousins of the ground cherry also include eggplant, potato,...
