Category: Garden

• Easy Cut Flower Garden

  

  I love flowers. I love to grow them and I love to share them. From spring with the arrival of the daffodils to fall with the final sunflowers I want weekly bouquets in the house. During Covid lock down when I suppose we all went a bit stir crazy I decided to add a cutting…

• Growing Tomatoes on the Canadian Prairies

  

  We garden in a zone 3b urban setting. Our gardening season can be quite short. Some years we can still have frost occur as late as the 6th of June, and can have a fall frost as early as September 7th. This gives us about 92 days to our growing season. This means we need…

• Growing Ranunculus on the Canadian Prairies

  

  Certain flowers seem to be a must for us. Ranunculus is one of them. The multiple petals of the blooms are truly like nothing else. The only downside is they don’t last all summer. Many years ago I tried growing ranunculus. I followed the back of the package which essentially told one how deep to…

• Organically Treat Seedlings From Damping Off

  

  Have you ever had a flat of new seedlings look great then all of a sudden they seem to fall over at the soil level? The tender seedling’s stem at the soil level seem shrivelled and almost hair like in size. You are not alone. What is happening is referred to as damping off. This…

• Growing and Using Chives and Chive Blossoms

  

  Growing Chives  Chives are a very easy plant to grow.  We garden in zone 3 on the Canadian prairies. Chives are unique in our urban garden as it seems to be the hardiest plant we have.  Ours is planted in a garden on the south side of our house.  Without fail every year as the…

• Self Sufficient Gardening: No Greenhouse Required

  

  Gardening can be an expensive endeavour.  According to Stats Canada in 2020 Canadians spent over 1.7 billion on gardening.   Potted plants were almost 900 million. The trend is expected to continue to grow, no pun intended. Perhaps you are considering catching the wave.  There are ways that you can save yourself from emptying your…

• Growing and Preserving an Apple Harvest

  

  Many years ago when we bought our first home we were lucky enough to have two apple trees.  The trees were heavy producers and provided a bounty of fruit. We soon were learning different methods of preserving to keep us in apples until the next harvest. We also had a steep learning curve on how…

• Planning Your Garden

  

  Once your seeds arrive it’s a great time to plan out where you will plant and  when you will plant. Seed companies generally provide planting information on the package.  This is a great way to sort out the seeds.  Make a pile of the ones you will need to start indoors versus the ones you…

• Time to Order Garden Seeds

  

  You might just think talking about garden seeds in the dead of winter that we are off our gourd here at Murlo.  There is however a method to our madness. Seed catalogues tend to start showing up in November.  We put them away until after the Christmas decorations come down and then pull them out.…