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Through out the season you may however come across some pest problems. In a healthy garden, these are mostly slugs and snails. The best way to deal with these is […]

To prepare your bed for spring planting, first warm the soil by covering your raised beds with dark plastic (garbage bags cut open, punch holes in it to let some […]

Certain vegetables need a longer growing season than Montreal can provide, so we need to start them off indoors. These include tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, cabbage, onions and flowers. You can […]

Over the winter, you need to plan your garden and order your seeds. I suggest getting seeds on line, rather than buying them at the hardware store because you will […]

I suggest you get started on this right away! Spring is a busy time in the garden. If your planting bed is ready in the fall, you will be able […]

Traditional row gardening uses agricultural techniques developed for ease of harvesting with farm machinery. In a home vegetable garden we have no use for such techniques, and the spaces between […]

1. Great taste: you get to choose varieties for their taste, aesthetics and variety rather than transportability, shelf life and compatibility with farming machinery. you get to pick them when […]

I am having quite a time trying to find a good way around buying fertilizer for our gardens while keeping our soil fertile and healthy in the city! I am […]

Your absolute best defence against pests in your garden is to build an army of beneficial insects to protect your vegetables. To acomplish this, you need to take advantage of […]

Urban Seedling’s organic vegetable gardens will be featured in the next issue of Montreal en Santé magazine! Read about us in clinics, hospital, health food stores and yoga studios starting […]