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Mini-hoop tunnels boost veggie production

By Niki Jabbour Filed Under: Food

mini-hoops-nikki-jabbour

When it comes to boosting production in a vegetable garden, mini-hoop tunnels stretch the harvest season into late autumn and winter, writes Niki Jabbour.

18 vegetables and how to store them

By Garden Making Filed Under: Food

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

Gooseberry plants are easy to cultivate

By Stephen Westcott-Gratton Filed Under: Food

Gooseberries

Gooseberries are one of the easiest fruits to cultivate successfully. Gooseberry plants are compact, easy to grow and hardy.

How to grow a pawpaw tree

By Lorraine Flanigan Filed Under: Food

Pawpaw is small tree with a beautiful, pear-shaped form and hardy to Zone 6. (Photo: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs)

Culinary popularity is making the pawpaw tree (Asimina triloba) the next big thing for backyards. Linda Grimo thinks the tree is ideal for urban landscape.

Blueberry bonanza

By Niki Jabbour Filed Under: Food

Wait to harvest blueberries until the berries have turned from green to reddish purple to deep blue, and then wait an extra two days for the sweetness to develop. (Photo by Joanne Young)

Both decorative and delicious, highbush blueberries offer homegrown goodness all season long. Discover how to properly grow, prune and harvest blueberries. Plus, tips on growing blueberries in containers.

Vertical vegetables save space

By Niki Jabbour Filed Under: Food

‘Mighty Sweet’ cherry tomato (Photo by Brendan Zwelling)

Take vegetable gardening to new heights — grow your crops vertically.

How to preserve herbs

By Laura Langston Filed Under: Food

Chives, basil and parsley (Photo by Pixabay)

Using herbs you’ve harvested and preserved is a good way to keep the memory of summer alive. There are a number of ways to preserve herbs for the winter.

Tasting notes from Stokes trial gardens 2016

By Michael Fox Filed Under: Food

Garden writers at the 2016 tasting in the fields at Stokes trial garden in St. Catharines, Ontario

Stokes trial gardens in Ontario test the vegetable varieties grown by Martin Farms Ltd. for the Loblaw President’s Choice Gigantico lineup of plants.

Harvest times for vegetables

By Beckie Fox Filed Under: Food

Tomatoes should be fully coloured and slightly soft when squeezed. (Photo by Joanne Young)

August is prime time for harvesting homegrown vegetables. Here are some tips on how to know when to harvest vegetables at the peak of their flavour.

How to plan a vegetable garden

By Sharon Hanna Filed Under: Food, Garden Know How

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

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.

Food to grow where deer roam

By Carol Pope Filed Under: Food

Red-veined sorrel (Photo by Carol Pope)

Here’s more ideas for food that you can grow in areas where deer roam, including rhubarb, sorrel, garlic and culinary herbs.

Growing food where deer roam

By Carol Pope Filed Under: Food

Mahonia developing berries (Photo by Carol Pope)

It’s a big challenge growing food where deer roam daily, grazing and razing every palatable morsel to the ground. Carol Pope suggests edibles to grow.

How to enjoy edible seeds from your garden

By Carol Pope Filed Under: Food

Fennel features ornamental flowers. (Photos by Carol Pope)

In winter, enjoy tasty, healthy, organic edible seeds from three prolific plants — bronze fennel, cilantro and lovage. Carol Pope explains how.

Microgreens give taste of summer all winter

By Carol Pope Filed Under: Food, November in the garden

Basil growing in recycled salad container. (Photos by Carol Pope)

In winter, you can enjoy fresh herbs like basil and crisp, fresh salad greens by growing microgreens indoors. Here’s how.

4 fabulous ways to harvest homegrown garlic

By Carol Pope Filed Under: Food, September in the Garden

Among the healthiest foods we can eat, homegrown garlic is antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. Garlic can be enjoyed four ways: as young or mature bulbs, scapes and greens.

4 quick-snip edible garden plants for containers

By Carol Pope Filed Under: Containers, Food

Celery growing in a container. (All photos by Carol Pope)

Here’s how to create a year-round supply of nutritious, edible garden plants in a cut-and-come-again garden with container gardening.

6 secrets to abundance in the edible garden

By Carol Pope Filed Under: Food, Summer

Here are six secrets of the best choices for powerhouse producers that will provide you with easy, yet exquisite, edible garden fare all summer long.

9 fabulous edibles for kitchen garden

By Carol Pope Filed Under: Containers, Food, June in the Garden

Carol Pope's compact but bountiful kitchen container garden. (All photos by Carol Pope)

From the cluster of terracotta pots in her container kitchen garden, Carol Pope picks herbs, strawberries, blueberries, currants, and even figs and apples.

Black Pearl: A heirloom hybrid tomato

By Judith Adam Filed Under: Food, Making a Garden

Black Pearl Hybrid tomato (Photo from Burpee.com)

‘Black Pearl’ is a vining cherry tomato with 1.5-inch (4-cm), brownish-red round fruits. . ‘Black Pearl’ is what breeders are calling heirloom hybrid.

6 beautiful kales to grow

By Carol Pope Filed Under: Food

Bee on kale bud (Photo by Carol Pope)

When people ask Carol Pope how her garden is growing, she sometimes joke that it’s not so much a garden as it is a “kale yard.” Here’s six kale cultivars to consider growing.

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