If you’ve ever found yourself standing at your local garden centre gazing upon rows of seedlings, feeling overwhelmed and not knowing what to buy – this short comprehensive guide is for you.
Plant tomatoes well and the chances of happy plants with a high yield will greatly increase. The tips below can be applied to planting tomatoes in the ground, in a raised bed or into a large container.
Follow and experiment alongside Cindy, who is embarking on a summer long project of planting her first veggie garden from seed.
Peas are one of the first crops you can plant in the spring. They like cool weather. As soon as the soil is workable (meaning, the soil is not frozen and not soaking wet) you can plant. Depending on where you live, that means you can plant peas sometime between mid-February to the end of May.
They’re sprouting! See how Jaz’s growing carrots in a container project is progressing.
Why do you pot up? What is potting up? How do you pot up? When do you pot up? Do you have to pot up?
Maybe you’ve read that carrots are a challenging crop to grow? Maybe you’ve tried in the past only to have grown a wee little thing that might somewhat resemble a carrot. I’m here to urge you to try again BUT in a container!
Growing vegetables from seed shouldn’t be daunting. The following five vegetables are easy enough for beginners to grow from seed – in the ground, a raised bed, or in a container.
There’s no one right way to start seeds. Seed starting is as personal and diverse as gardeners themselves. But if going to the garden centre and buying seedlings that are ready to plant is so easy… why do I commit to the time and energy it takes to grow from seed?
If you were to ask me: “Jaz, what’s your favourite crop to grow in the garden right now?” My answer would be the diligent, delightful and delicious garden goodie: the tomatillo. Here’s why I grow tomatillos…