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vegetable garden

  • Cool Weather Vegetables to Plant In Early Spring

    Cool Weather Vegetables to Plant In Early Spring

    April is the month to plant early vegetables that thrive in cool weather. This applies to both seed grown crops–such as peas and spinach–as…

  • Optimize Your Vegetable Garden with a Digital Sowing Calendar

    Optimize Your Vegetable Garden with a Digital Sowing Calendar

    Winter is the ideal time for gardeners to plan their vegetable garden, start sowing seeds, organize a planting schedule, and prepare for a successful…

  • Starting Seeds

    Starting Seeds

    Hariette Henry – Halton Master Gardeners If you are new to starting seeds and you want them to develop into healthy plants it’s a…

  • Some Like It Hot:

    Some Like It Hot:

    It’s almost that time! Many gardeners will soon be gathering their seed growing supplies to germinate their favourite vegetables, herbs, and annuals. There are…

  • The Indoor Veggie Garden

    The Indoor Veggie Garden

    A Wonderful Activity for Kids Learning from Home Dar Corrigan – Halton Master Gardener Already dismayed watching your kids stare into the screen of…

  • Feeding Your Plants: Food for Thought

    Feeding Your Plants: Food for Thought

    Cathy Kavassalis – Halton Master Gardeners Plants have different nutritional needs. Some plants require nutrient rich soils, while others thrive in lean, nutrient poor…

  • HOW TO ATTRACT BENEFICIAL INSECTS TO THE GARDEN

    HOW TO ATTRACT BENEFICIAL INSECTS TO THE GARDEN

    Creating an ecologically balanced home garden, teeming with life and variety, where no pesticides or herbicides organic or otherwise are needed, is achievable if…

  • The Seeds are Alright

    The Seeds are Alright

    It is simply impossible for a home gardener to buy GMO seeds. None of the seeds or plants available at retail, either mail-order or…

  • The Stinking Rose – Growing Your Own Garlic

    The Stinking Rose – Growing Your Own Garlic

    Try Me, I’m Cheap & Easy Eva Keuhlem, a Master Gardener for over 15 years and a garlic grower for many years before that,…

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