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The Benefits of Using Trellises in the Garden

The Benefits of Using Trellises in the Garden

Incorporating trellises into your vegetable garden is a simple way to boost productivity, improve plant health, and enhance the overall beauty of your garden. 

The Benefits of Using Trellises in the Garden

Incorporating trellises into your vegetable garden is a simple way to boost productivity, improve plant health, and enhance the overall beauty of your garden. 

Links to Gardening Products

Links to Gardening Products

Links to gardening products on Amazon that I have purchased, recommended or mentioned in classes.

Links to Gardening Products

Links to gardening products on Amazon that I have purchased, recommended or mentioned in classes.

Raising Blue Orchard Mason Bees

Raising Blue Orchard Mason Bees

Mason bees are beneficial, native, spring pollinators, especially helpful in the home fruit and vegetable garden. Learn about their incredible life cycle and how you can interact with them and support the native...

Raising Blue Orchard Mason Bees

Mason bees are beneficial, native, spring pollinators, especially helpful in the home fruit and vegetable garden. Learn about their incredible life cycle and how you can interact with them and support the native...

No Mulch vs. Mulch in the Winter Garden

No Mulch vs. Mulch in the Winter Garden

There are many benefits to mulching in the garden, but one of the biggest is to protect plants and soil during the coldest months of the year.  Freezing temperatures can cause...

No Mulch vs. Mulch in the Winter Garden

There are many benefits to mulching in the garden, but one of the biggest is to protect plants and soil during the coldest months of the year.  Freezing temperatures can cause...

RECIPE: Nettle Pesto with Roasted Cashews

RECIPE: Nettle Pesto with Roasted Cashews

Spring is the perfect time of year to harvest fresh stinging nettles. Here, on Vancouver Island, we usually find ourselves gloved-up, bag-in-hand in late March or early April. Every year, we...

RECIPE: Nettle Pesto with Roasted Cashews

Spring is the perfect time of year to harvest fresh stinging nettles. Here, on Vancouver Island, we usually find ourselves gloved-up, bag-in-hand in late March or early April. Every year, we...

How to Grow Onions from Seed

How to Grow Onions from Seed

Ready to grow huge onions? Here you'll find a step-by-step guide outlining how to start your own onion seeds indoors this winter, for a bountiful harvest come fall.

How to Grow Onions from Seed

Ready to grow huge onions? Here you'll find a step-by-step guide outlining how to start your own onion seeds indoors this winter, for a bountiful harvest come fall.