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by Julia Dimakos | Nov 21, 2019 | Gardening Tips, Resources, Seed Starting, Video
We’re deep into fall and winter is just around the corner. Many of you have long ago put your vegetable gardens to bed and are already dreaming of spring. If you’re like me, you’ve been itching to get your hands in the dirt again. I feel this way...
by Julia Dimakos | Nov 11, 2019 | Garden Updates, Gardening Tips, Video
Summer is over, the kitchen garden is just about done for the year, but the greenhouse continues to push on. There are tomatoes, a few cucumbers and even several chilli peppers still thriving. There’s even a few herbs to choose from. Ever since we bought the...
by Julia Dimakos | Oct 12, 2019 | Garden Updates, Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables, Video
How do you harvest lettuce in your vegetable garden or container garden? Do you wait for your lettuce plants to produce heads, then lop off their entire heads at the base? Maybe you prefer a mixed salad bowl and harvest a leaf here and a leaf there? Seems like a...
by Julia Dimakos | Oct 9, 2019 | Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening, Video
Do you have trouble harvesting carrots? Maybe you have tough clay soil, or perhaps your soil is compacted? Or what if your soil is neither of those, but may still be difficult to get those carrots out of the ground without breaking off the leafy growth or the bottom...
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,...
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...
