Fortunately it is only going down to 4 degrees tonight, but a floating row cover can help! If you don’t have one, an old sheet will do the trick. The sheet would […]
Get started growing in the city
Starting your seedlings Montreal has a short growing season, so you may want to start your seeds indoors. This also ensures good germination and can help protect your seeds from prey. […]
Leaf miner
Description A small fly that lays eggs on the underside of leaves (especially beets and chard). The larvae burrow into the leaves creating brown filmy damaged patches on the leaves. […]
Japanese beetle
Description Japanese beetle is an invasive species, that has no natural predators. It is easy to recognize with it metallic green and cooper shell. Effects Japanese beetle damage makes your […]
Balcony gardening
There is a balcony gardening solution for every space, even a small one. Chose a spot on your balcony, rooftop or window sill that receives at least 6 hours of […]
Leafy greens
Bok choy is best left to harvest as a whole head. Wait to for it to be nice size and remove the entire boy boy for your next stir fry. […]
Herbs
Cut back flowers to keep them on producing. Eat your herbs fresh or pick them on dry day for drying to keep in the your pantry. Harvest the tops of […]
Onions and garlic
Onions and garlic are ready to harvest when the leaves start to yellow and fall over. Pull them up, brush off the soil and lie them out in the sun […]
Root vegetables
Radish Radishes are ready to pick around 25 days after being planted. If they are have been thinned they will produced a deliciously spicy bulb. You can check their size […]
Fruiting vegetables
To harvest peppers, hot or sweet, wait until they have turned colour and harvest by snipping the stem with a pair of garden shears or scissors. Did you know that […]
Thinning and weeding
Thinning and weeding abide by the same principal of respecting spacing to have healthy productive plants. Some vegetable seeds are very small and it can be hard to stick to […]
Gardening with the seasons
Spring Having a raised-bed garden means that your soil warms up quickly and you can start planting mid-April as soon as the soil is thawed. Add fresh soil and compost […]