Planting seeds into something that feels more like dust than soil, is a common thing here in Alberta. With over 300 days of sunshine a year, we do not get much rain at any time. Spring, however, often feels especially dry. Here we share how we deal with the dry spring weather challenge in the ...
Planting
Hardening off Plants the Easy Way
Hardening off plants that you started indoors the easy ways is different from the traditional method where you bring plants out on a nice and sunny day for 2 hours, then bring them back in, repeat that the next day for 4 hours and bring them in again. Adding a couple of hours each day it takes 7 -10 ...
When to Plant What – Northern Planting Schedule
When to plant what in a vegetable garden? This is an important question. The northern planting schedule answers this question in a nontraditional way. The general rule in our area seems to be very simple: plant everything on the May long weekend. This has to do with our last frost day, ...
Planning the Vegetable Garden
Planning a vegetable garden is for those, who love making plans and lists, a welcomed exercise, but a struggle for not-natural planners. We are more in the latter category. You know how it goes, you make a plan, at least sort of, then change it and then lose it. Oh, the struggle! If you know what ...
Growing Food – Potatoes
If you want to grow food that you eat, grow potatoes. It is a high-yield plant, easy to grow. Plus, potatoes store well for months. A must-have in the garden. Since potatoes are on the dirty dozen list, it is worth it to grow them at home. To write up a how-to guide on growing potatoes is almost ...
3 Great No Till Gardening Methods
We are constantly on the lookout for simpler and more effective gardening methods. Discovering the no-till method was a big step in this direction. I must admit that at first it almost sounded too good to be true. We were used to spading the whole garden by hand. But then again what does a "whole ...
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
There are different ideas about when to start seeds indoors. Some gardeners like to start very early, and others like ourselves follow a later indoor seed-starting schedule. We have good reasons for that and over years good experiences with it too. Even though we do understand that it might be hard ...
Planting a Hydroponic Garden
All growing starts with planting. Planting a hydroponic garden is no different from conventional soil planting. We love to start our plants from seeds, it is part of the gardening fun. With discovering hydroponics and indoor gardening a whole new gardening world opened up to us. Now planting a ...
Planting a Fall Garden in a Northern Climate
Our growing season is short, just over 100 days. It seems that with most plants we have just one shot. However, to use succession planting for a fall garden has been a goal of ours for many years. We started experimenting with it pushing the boundaries for planting a second crop, aka a fall garden ...
