A row cover tunnel is a simple way to extend the growing season and protect plants from cold, wind, hail, insects, wildlife, and more. Since there are many uses for a row cover tunnel in the garden, there are also many different materials to use and ways to do it. In this blog ...
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Growing Legumes as Companion Plants
Companion plants are plants that have benefits for each other. They are better together than alone. As a gardener, you might have heard about the so-called nitrogen "fixing" plants. Now, that might sound very theoretical and only something for permaculturists. Growing legumes as nitrogen-fixing ...
How to transplant seedlings into the garden
This blog article was inspired by a question from a reader who asked: Do you have some information about the best way to transplant seedlings to the garden? Especially cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, celery, and lettuce. We love reader questions and try to answer them as well as we can. And ...
Growing raspberries in a cold climate
Raspberries are one of my favorite berries. Growing raspberries in a cold climate is not difficult, because raspberries are quite hardy. Caring for the raspberry patch was one of the first tasks I learned in my childhood on my parent's homestead. If you did not have the opportunity to learn ...
Gardening in the Hailstorm Alley
The hailstorm alley from High River to Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, is said to be one of the worst areas in the world for damaging hail. Gardening in the hailstorm alley means there will be a hailstorm coming through, the only question is when and how often. Hailstorms in this area are also often ...
Varieties of Berries for Zone 3 Garden
Berries are the best fruit cold climate gardeners can grow, the category of produce where we can shine. Here we share the varieties of berries that we grow in our zone 3 garden and some care and propagation tips. Growing berries in a permaculture cold climate garden. Why grow berries Of all ...
No-dig or double dig?
No-dig or double dig is a question that like most garden questions can not be answered with YES or NO - it always depends. If you follow us you know we are big advocates of the no-dig method, and we mostly refer to it as no-till. Overall it is better for the soil life and if in doubt of what to do, ...
All About Starting a Garden
All about starting a garden is a collection of blog articles that are relevant to a new gardener. There is so much information on the blog that it can be hard for a beginner to find it. Today we are merging as much information as possible about starting a garden in this one blog post with ...
Starting Seeds Indoors
Winter in our area isn't over yet. The last frost day is still a few months away. But spring is coming and with it the next growing season! Starting seeds indoors is the start of a new garden season. For a schedule when to start seeds go here, there is also a free printable that you can use to ...
Spring Indoor Seed-Starting Schedule – Free Printable
After using this spring indoor seed-starting schedule for several years now, do we still recommend it, or is it time for a new plan? The schedule comes from the All New Square Foot Gardening book. Mel Bartholomew, the author, is known for simplifying things. That attracted me to his work in the ...
