The Vegetable Garden

Tips For Growing A Vegetable Garden

The Best Tomatoes on the Block – Eat What You Grow by Mark Cullen

Tomatoes are the most popular garden vegetable in Canada by far. They are easy to grow just about anywhere there is heat and sun. There...

Permanent Food Crops – Eat What You Grow- by Mark Cullen

As you venture out into your garden this weekend you may contemplate where you will plant some edibles like veggies, herbs, fruiting bushes and the...

Growing your eggplants in containers - By Albert Mondor

The eggplant (Solanum melongena) is a vegetable of tropical origin. It is rather capricious and requires a lot of heat and sustained fertilization. However, those...

Wonderful compost - by Albert Mondor

When the soil in a flower bed is left to itself, it degrades and compacts, making the cultivation of ornamental plants more difficult. To counter...

Beets with striking colours! - by Albert Mondor

For centuries, beets have undergone a slow metamorphosis which has lead to the plant we know today, with its sweet, swollen root. Other than the...

Benefits of Composting by Owen Reeves

There is nothing better in the summer than fresh produce from your garden! The key to growing quality produce starts below the ground with the...

How to plant a vegetable garden

Planning is crucial to a successful vegetable garden. Here are a few things to consider when laying out your garden: TIMING: Relate choices and the...

The secret to a successful garden by Mark Cullen (French subtitles)

Tips on starting plants from seeds

For many people, it's the preferred way to begin a garden. If you only draw on local resources of bedding and potted plants, you're likely...

A guide on moving seedlings

Moving your precious seedlings into the garden is one of the most nerve-wracking times of the growing season. You don’t want to be too hard...

Tips for growing in sandy soil

Because of its loose structure, sand does not hold on to nutrients well. Water runs through sand very easily, washing away nutrients with it. ...

All about soil texture

Soil texture will influence how you use fertilizer. Soil with good texture can hold adequate water, oxygen, and nutrients for plants. Soil with poor texture...