Living in a cold climate cold is a constant challenge in the garden. We share many methods about how we survive blizzards and protect plants from early frost. In this blog post, we wanted to especially address the cold spring challenge in the garden. We find if we get en early healthy start to ...
Spring
3 Great No Till Gardening Methods
Most green thumbs are really not green but rather black. Yes, success and failure in growing great gardens are mostly in the soil. Great soil = great gardens! Here are 3 no-till gardening methods to have great soil: sheet mulch, just mulch, and square foot gardening. One for each of the following ...
How to Deal with Multiple Plants in one Seedling
Seedlings are great for short season gardeners. They help us to extend the growing season up front. Transplanting seedlings can be tricky though. Here is how to deal with multiple plants in one seedling. Do you start your own seedlings from seeds or do you prefer to get them from a ...
Organizing Seeds
As gardeners, we have lots and lots of seed packages. Old seeds, new seeds, and empty seed packages. Some kind of organizing is needed. When organizing seeds you can go from very simple to super fancy. As you know, I am all for simple. Here I share how we do it. Storing seeds in a box Usually, ...
Winter Sowing in Zone 3
Winter sowing is a way to start seeds outdoors while it is still winter, in a small container greenhouse. It was first invented by Trudi Davidoff. It sounds so good that one wonders if it can be true. Well, you will never know if you do not try it, so we did. I do not doubt the system, it sure ...
Northern Spring
Spring is one of my favorite times of the year. I like all seasons, but the celebration of new life is just so special. The problem I have with the northern spring though is that it feels more like a second winter, not spring. Frost almost every night till late May, snow every now and then, overcast ...
What to Do Differently Next Spring
March is here, but it is still freezing cold outside. Spring is coming though! Reflecting on what was growing last summer, there were a few things that I would like to do differently next spring. At a northern garden we get just one shot. With most crops there is no time to redo something or to try ...