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Veggies all winter |
Rows of cilantro, parcel, kale, endives, radicchio, escarole and arugula offer plenty of options for Carolyn Herriot's winter salads. Young pickings are juicy and full of flavour. They all grow throughout winter and actually benefit from regular harvesting. |
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Trees and shrubs to brighten a winter day
David Tarrant offers his favourite trees and shrubs with gorgeous barks that bring welcome colour and texture to
a winter garden.
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Sneak peek: NW Flower & Garden Show
Don't miss this sneak peek video slideshow of Seattle's Northwest Flower & Garden Show, featuring a host of innovative ideas for conserving resources in the garden.
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How to make a moisturizing hand scrub
Sharon Hanna offers up a fantastic recipe for getting gardeners' hands squeaky-clean while protecting and
nourishing skin. It even smells good, too!
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Honouring our garden buddy: the bat
Find out why bat houses are cropping up all around
Carol Pope's neighbourhood and how you can construct one yourself.
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January 2009 |
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Start creating your garden for 2009. Beds should run north-south
for best exposure; a little planning for what you will grow and where increases yields and you won’t be running around in May shoe-horning plants willy-nilly! |
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To get the most out of your space, think about how much zucchini you will use and what vegetables and fruits you and your family actually eat. How much time will you spend growing food? |
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Eggplant and peppers may be best left to Okanagan gardeners! In coastal zones, try a few in well-fed containers on a hot deck, but do not expect a bumper crop.
Space-saving pole beans produce for three or four months and take up only vertical space. Scarlet runners have a strong beany taste and produce for even longer than regular pole beans. They taste best harvested young and their blossoms are beautiful. |
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Seeds – In the fourth week of January start seed for fibrous begonia, coleus, cleome, petunia, primula, snapdragon. They need good air circulation and temperatures of about 18 to 20° C (64 to 68° F) in the daytime, cooler at night. Pansies prefer a cooler germination temperature of 12 to 15° C (54 to 59° F). |
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Compost –
Turn your compost. If you don’t already have a winged metal compost turner, try to find one – ask at your local garden centre. This handy tool will save you a lot of work and you won’t hurt your back trying to turn heavy compost with a fork. |
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question: My husband and I are in the process of establishing some new raised vegetable garden beds. We downloaded information from a gardening site on the Internet that suggested different materials for building raised beds, one was cedar wood. We have already purchased and built the cedar frames and they are just waiting to be filled with soil, etc. What is your opinion and suggestions? |
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answer: CAROL POPE, GardenWise magazine editor, says:
Go ahead and plant your beds with confidence. Cedar is frequently used for raised beds, and you’re right that it is a natural choice for a rot-resistant but natural material. In fact, I used cedar in my own raised beds and have had great results with my vegetables this first year.
Have a look at my blog for more on this.
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January 15, 2009 |
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| Early spring 2009 |
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