carrots

Food to grow

18 vegetables and how to store them

February 3, 2019

Garden Making

What are the best ways to store produce for a few days or weeks? Here are some environmentally responsible suggestions.

Growing a variety of edibles is one of the many joys of gardening. (Photo by Joanne Young)

Food to grow Garden Know How

How to plan a vegetable garden

February 7, 2019

Sharon Hanna

Whether you’re new to gardening or already have green thumbs, here’s a quick guide to take you from planning to planting, and get you started on an excellent veggie adventure.

The garden delivers carrots. (Photo by woodleywonderworks [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)

January in the garden

Why are some of my carrots rotting?

January 5, 2019

Garden Making

Bob in Creston, B.C., asks why are his carrots rotting when he stores them in a cool basement. We ask author Niki Jabbour for advice on storing root crops.

'Fooled You' hybrid peppers. Photo from William Dam Seeds

Making a Garden

‘Fooled You’, too

February 7, 2019

Judith Adam

I’ve found Fooled You peppers, hybrid Jalapenos, with the characteristic flavour, minus the heat. Tissue-burning capsaicinoid compounds, produced by fruits of chili peppers, is bred out.