Gardening Videos and Downloads
Due to the COVID19 pandemic, in-person workshops will not be offered until further notice.
Check out the following Videos and Downloads to help you grow edibles successfully.
Check out the following Videos and Downloads to help you grow edibles successfully.
When to Start Your Vegetable Seeds - UPDATED for 2022
Feel free to download my handy chart, helping you to start your seeds.
You can also download the Edmonton Almanac schedule 2022 for Veggies and Herbs here.
Annual Flower Seeding Dates
This handy list for Flower Seeding dates for the Calgary area was prepared by Garden Retreat and I have created a printable document.
Seed Viability and Seed Saving Info - NEW HANDOUT
How many years can you keep seeds? What are some easy-to-save seeds? Check out my printable handout here.
Companion Planting
Some ideas to try from Jessica Walliser's Plant Partners (2020) book, check out this Handout.
Strategies for Dealing with Slugs
This handout is a collection of tips you can try.
Feel free to download my handy chart, helping you to start your seeds.
You can also download the Edmonton Almanac schedule 2022 for Veggies and Herbs here.
Annual Flower Seeding Dates
This handy list for Flower Seeding dates for the Calgary area was prepared by Garden Retreat and I have created a printable document.
Seed Viability and Seed Saving Info - NEW HANDOUT
How many years can you keep seeds? What are some easy-to-save seeds? Check out my printable handout here.
Companion Planting
Some ideas to try from Jessica Walliser's Plant Partners (2020) book, check out this Handout.
Strategies for Dealing with Slugs
This handout is a collection of tips you can try.
Potting Mix for Your Growing Projects
For all your indoor gardening projects, whether microgreens, starting seeds for the outdoor garden, or propagating plants from cuttings, you need good quality seedling mix. A basic mix consists of peat moss, vermiculite and perlite.
I have had good success with Nurseryland Starter Mix and Black Gold Seedling Mix. I have also used Pamper Your Plant Potting Soil that has earthworms castings added to it. All of these mixes have rarely produced mold.
For all your indoor gardening projects, whether microgreens, starting seeds for the outdoor garden, or propagating plants from cuttings, you need good quality seedling mix. A basic mix consists of peat moss, vermiculite and perlite.
I have had good success with Nurseryland Starter Mix and Black Gold Seedling Mix. I have also used Pamper Your Plant Potting Soil that has earthworms castings added to it. All of these mixes have rarely produced mold.
Transplanting Tomatoes
These seedlings need more space. See how it's done. Seeds were started March 20 and transplanted April 13.
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DIY Sprayer for Seeds
Make a super handy watering tool for your seeds or seedlings with recycled milk or kefir bottles.
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Make an Easy Bee Hotel
Collect plant stalks to make pollinator nest tunnels. Best tunnel sizes are 7/64” = 2.8 mm up to
1/4” = 6.3 mm |
Start SeedlingsApril is a good time to start some seeds for the outdoor garden.
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New Plants from Cuttings
Plants overgrown? Want to get more plants fast? Take cuttings and root them in potting mix or water.
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More Basil from CuttingsGet more basil plants growing FASTER by taking cuttings from an existing plant.
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Basil Pruning
Harvest and prune your herbs properly to encourage bushy growth and get more food.
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Grow Microgreens
A quick tutorial for growing pea shoots and buckwheat greens.
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