by Julia Dimakos | Aug 7, 2019 | Gardening Tips, DIY, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
If you read “The Complete Guide to Growing Lettuce”, I covered everything you needed to know to successfully grow, harvest and store lettuce. Now that you know how to successfully grow lettuce, it’s important to know that not all lettuce types are...
by Julia Dimakos | Jul 17, 2019 | Gardening Tips, DIY, Recipes, Seed Starting
Do you grow lettuce? Have you had any trouble with your plants either drying out, bolting, not growing or succumbing to downy mildew? Lettuce has certain growing requirements. When followed accordingly, it will produce fresh salad greens for months, from the spring...
by Julia Dimakos | Jun 13, 2019 | DIY, Gardening Tips, Herbs, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables, Video
Have you had trouble growing basil? If you’ve experienced this trouble, you are not alone. I often come across this complaint throughout the gardening community. Basil has specific growing requirements. It is unlike many of the cold-tolerant herbs like dill,...
by Julia Dimakos | May 23, 2019 | DIY, Flowers, Gardening Tips
Flower season is just beginning! From early spring bloomers, to incredible workhorses that bloom all summer until frost, there are so many varieties to choose from. Flowers add a lot of colour to my garden. Some of my favourites include Sweet Peas and Matthiola,...
by Julia Dimakos | Apr 8, 2019 | Vegetables, DIY, Gardening Tips, Seed Starting, Vegetable Gardening
Do you practice crop rotation in your vegetable garden? Each vegetable family has its own nutritional and growing requirements and pest and disease problems. Some vegetables have greater demands on the soil than others. Tomatoes, a member of the Solanaceae...
by Julia Dimakos | Mar 8, 2019 | DIY, Gardening Tips, Resources, Seed Starting
You’ve sown your first indoor seeds, set them in a bright and sunny location and they finally germinated! How exciting! What a feeling it is to witness a baby seedling unfold from a tiny seed! The cycle of life is mysterious and magical. It...
