In the summer of 2014, we started the adventure of converting an old garage into a food production place. As you will see in this indoor garden update fall/winter 2019, we have come a long way. The story When we first started we had big plans and zero experience in indoor gardening especially in ...
Our Garden '19
End Of Season – Garden Update 2019
The growing season of 2019 has come to an end, at least in the outside garden and greenhouse, time to do an end of season garden update to review our annual garden. What worked well in this year’s garden, and what we will be looking into doing differently in the future. Every year is a little ...
Garden Update – Summer 2019 On Video
Summer is well on its way, time for a garden update - summer 2019 on video. We toured the garden on August 8. Summer 2019 has been slow to start and cooler and wetter than usual. But then again, I do not really know what is usual here at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta ...
Growing Tomatoes Summer Update
Growing tomatoes in cold climate and harvesting ripe tomatoes in the summer is something we write a lot about here at Northern Homestead. Today we are sharing a 'growing tomatoes summer update' in pictures. Starting from seeds, planting and harvesting ripe tomatoes in July. This (2019) is a good ...
Blizzard Conditions In The Garden
Living in Alberta Canada, blizzard conditions in the garden are a common threat. We have experienced it in spring as well as in fall. There is the possibility of snow in every month of the year. Our first spring here in 2008 we had beautiful weather in mid of April . We were excited to finally ...
GARDEN UPDATE – Winter 2019 ON VIDEO
Winter 2019 has been good to us and now it is time for a garden update - winter 2019 on video. We do these updates to encourage you and us to keep growing. To see what has worked well and what needs improvement and to learn from it. You can see last years' winter garden update here. During the ...
