An easy way to start your seeds is with peat pellets. Peat pellets are compressed discs of Sphagnum peat moss. You can find these at all garden centres and most big box stores. You can buy them with a plastic tray and cover or just the pellets separately. These are better than the peat pots…
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Growing Berries in the Garden
Berries are my favourite types of plants to grow in my garden. Fresh berries are one of the most expensive foods to buy at the grocery store. They are also some of the most nutritious for us to eat. This makes them some of the most important plants to grow in gardens, because of the…
Wild strawberries, sage, Wild Thyme and Mint growing in Winter (Canada)
This video was taken on February 7th in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. We have had a mild winter here in Canada and since January my wild strawberries, sage, wild thyme and spearmint have been growing. I didn’t bother to cover my plants this winter, but even if it was a normal winter, these plants would grow…
Companion planting
Companion planting is a close planting of different plants together that are all beneficial to each other. This mimics what we see in nature. The mono crops that have become the standard in farming are very unhealthy for the soil, insects, and all other wildlife. With companion gardens some plants will be flowering at different…
