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From Geranium Glut to Playful Herb Planter Box! A Container Garden Makeover
Thinking of veggies for your container garden? Or planter boxes with herbs? In this episode, we look at a patio surrounded by planter boxes that are filled with red ge...
Bare Ground, Hard Clay, and not Much Sun: Hear How to Transform this Space
Got a spot you’d like to use to grow food but not sure where to start?In this episode, we tackle a bare space with hard clay, in zone 3.Let’s not forget the deer and r...
Too Cold for Tender Fruit? Hear What this Prairie Grower Does
Think your climate is too cold to grow tender fruit? Find out how this grower harvests peaches, plums, cherries, apricots, and more…despite winter temperatures that ca...
Not Enough Space? Fit in More Crops With These Ideas
Do you have more seeds and plants than you can fit into your garden?It’s a common problem for the enthusiastic food gardener!In this episode, Donna and Steven talk abo...
Tips for Growing Great Tomatoes
Want to grow great tomatoes? With the right transplanting and care, your tomatoes will be off to a great start.In this episode, Donna and Steven talk about:Transplanti...
It’s the May 24…Wondering What Veg to Plant?
Wondering when to plant vegetables? Not sure what to plant first?You don’t need to plant everything at once.In this episode, Donna and Steven talk about when to plant ...
How to Harden Off Seedlings: Simple Steps So Your Seedlings Survive Transplanting
Your vegetable seedlings can look great indoors. Then fall like dominoes in the garden.If they’re not hardened off.But if you harden off seedlings, they stand a much b...
Saskatoon Berries: Tough as Nails (as this Zone 2 Grower Explains)
Wondering about fruit to grow in a cold climate?Today we head to Alberta, to find out how to grow saskatoon bushes. Arden Delidais grows in Zone 2—and doesn’t get any ...
Skip the Transplants? How to Direct Sow Seeds
Have you tried direct sowing but didn’t get good results? Wondering how to direct sow seeds?Direct sowing—a.k.a. direct seeding or direct planting—is when we sow seeds...
Vegetables in Pots: How to Ace Your Container Garden
Want to harvest more veg from the same amount of space? You can get lots more from a small space by growing in containers. (If you get it right…but that’s not difficul...
Figs not Winter Hardy? Here are Creative Ways to Grow Figs in Cold Climates
Don’t miss out on fresh figs just because you’re gardening in a cold climate.There are many cold-climate fig growers who defy zone boundaries with creative overwinteri...
People go Bananas for This Fruit! How to Grow a Pawpaw Tree
Can’t get enough pawpaw fruit? Want to grow a pawpaw tree?If you haven’t tried pawpaw fruit, many people describe the flavour of its silky, yellow flesh as tropical.Wh...
Is Your Soil in Overdraft? Find Out How to Amend Soil
When you make only withdrawals—no deposits—you eventually end up in overdraft. It works that way at the bank, with friendships—and with soil.And growing crop after cro...
Where to Grow Herbs: Herb Garden Layout and Design Ideas
Looking for herb garden layout ideas? If you’re planning a herb garden, there are many ways to add herbs to the landscape. You can have a stand-alone herb garden, a he...
Planting Greens for a Continuous Harvest: Crops + Tips for Growing Greens
Leafy greens fizzle out in the summer? Does your lettuce bolt too soon?Find out how to grow more leafy greens in your garden and how to extend your harvest so you can ...
Grow an Indoor Lemon Tree + MORE Exotic Potted Citrus Trees
Tried growing a potted lemon tree but it didn’t thrive? Citrus expert Byron Martin has the solution. And it’s not difficult.AND he also has recommendations for other u...
Hands-Off Crop: Growing Raspberries (they do FINE without your help!)
Don’t have time to spend on fussy fruit crops? Then growing raspberries is something to think about. You can prune raspberries and manage the crop to maximize producti...
Edible Flowers: Flowers You Can Eat (and how to use them)
Wondering which flowers you can eat? There’s a wide variety of edible flowers that are easy to grow.You might already have some and just aren’t using them.Edible flowe...
Vegetables to Grow: Choose What’s Best for Your Vegetable Garden
Wondering which vegetables to grow? Or how to pick suitable varieties for your vegetable garden? If you put some thought into your choices, you can avoid harvest-time ...
How to Grow Tomatoes from Seed: When and How (+ Top Varieties!)
Growing tomatoes from seed? Get the right combination of timing, soil, light, and containers, and you can grow great tomato seedlings at home.There’s more than one way...
Winter harvest: Which vegetables to grow in winter and how to do it
Do you shut down your garden for the winter? Wondering what vegetables to plant in the winter? If you’re in a northern climate, to grow vegetables in winter you need t...
Not Sure When to Start Seeds Indoors? Here’s how to Pick Seed-Starting Dates
Wondering when to plant your seeds indoors? Started too early and grown in pots too long before moving to the garden, your seedlings might run out of gas. They stall. ...
Prevent Leggy Seedlings and Grow Transplants Like an Expert
Got seedlings that look like stilt-walkers? Are your seedlings leggy? Leggy seedlings don’t have as much chance of success once you transplant them into the garden…if ...
Seed Smarts: Lingo and Tips for Seed Shopping (Is that untreated seed organic?)
Seed catalogues are arriving already! Find out what you need to know to make good seed-shopping choices. In this episode, Steven and Donna share seed-shopping tips an...
Damson Plums: This Forgotten Fruit Combines Dry, Sweet, Spicy, and Bitter (and makes great gin!)
Damson plums: Sometimes they're simply called damsons. Their rich flavour makes them a culinary gem. Even though they're not difficult to grow, the fruit is rarely ava...
SPRING Finale: How to Grow a Climate-Change Veggie Garden
We head to the UK to chat with homesteader Kim Stoddart about how to grow a resilient vegetable garden. We talk about:Top tips for growing vegetables when conditions a...
Harvest Rainwater for Your Garden and Landscape
Brad Lancaster is a permaculture and regenerative design consultant and educator. His specialty is sustainable landscapes. We chat with Brad about using the landscape ...
Need Space? Harvest More from the Same Plot with Vertical Gardening
Vertical vegetable gardening squeezes more plants into a limited space by making use of space above the ground.In today’s episode, Steve digs into vertical gardening.W...
Small-Plot Intensive Vegetable Production (SPIN Farming)
Wally Satzewich joins us from Saskatchewan to tell us about Small-Plot Intensive Farming (SPIN Farming.) Having studied psychology and ran a taxi franchise, Wally beca...
How to Feed Soil and Plants with Worm Compost (Vermicompost)
Andrew Huxsel joins us from St Placide, Quebec to tell us about worm composting. Also known as vermicomposting. Andrew runs Vermicbec, a company that sells worms and w...