This Saturday in Ottawa - ECSONG - Eastern Chapter Society of Nut Growers event
admission is FREE
Ottawa Public Library room 1B, Nepean...

Where does everyone get their seed potatoes from? I'm looking to grow a couple of new varieties this year.....I usually just get the norlands, yukon...

SO we would like to grown some aparagus and wondered if any of you have a source of good asparagus crowns because we're impatient and don't want to...

I ordered some miniature lotus seeds from Amazon. Supposedly they are easy to grow. I'm going to try. I also ordered some peony seeds from there to...

My friend took me to the local peony society root sale last weekend. I came home with 6 new ones. The root pieces are bigger and a lot cheaper than...

Couldn't get some daffodils etc. that I wanted locally to naturalise and I found this site. Lots on sale and shipping very reasonable.
This could be...

Friend of a friend of a friend, has a daughter who was heavily in to health food and Ancient grains kick, few years back.
Then her lifestyle changed...

Garlic planted and garden almost put to bed, accept for the Brussel sprouts, which are still in the garden, covered very carefully for protection...

I need some help identifying some mystery squash, please! So, last Fall I got busy and didn't wrap any of my cucurbit seeds in tinfoil, and the mice...

So sometime in August, more specifically August 9, I found six old potatoes languishing in the bottom of a potato bin, last of the bought ones before...

I got the Spring 2020 Bulb catalogue from Vesey's the other day. It has some nice plants in it. It comes with three discount offers based on the...

I grow nothing exotic, but this year beside may favorite Sweet 100
there were couple of standouts.
Lemon Boy great healthy plant and very nice...

I was inspired by Killerbunny Brussels sprouts last year and although I have never been able to grow any brassica here, I had a new bed where I...

A friend gave me this bush (I think). She said it was a Ninebark, but I have several of those and the leaves are not like this.

IMG_9926 tree from...

Tomatoes coming in fast and furious, Pink Girl actually looks very good, just not sure when it's ripe? ;)
love my Sweet 100 warm right of the wine,...

When finding a packet of chamomile seeds at a store, I could not resist trying to start them from seed one.... more.... time.
There were quite a lot...

I have this plant growing in my front garden it's about 6 feet tall, I thought it was a walnut tree and was going to cut it down then I noticed the...

I bought some phlox that came in peatmoss, just roots. They have got to have been in the ground a month or more and only one root is showing a bit of...

I was hilling some of my early plant potatoes today. Got a little close to one. Kicked out one about the size of a pullet egg with the hoe. One of...

I planted all my tomato seedlings today as it was a dry day and there aren't any low temps in the forecast. What a relief, as many were already in...

I planted all my tomato seedlings today. What a relief, as many were in flower. I'm still hanging on to the eggplants and peppers. The eggplants are...

Can anyone confirm that these are a type of Blister Beetle. Hundreds came in yesterday all over our Caragana Very pretty but vacuumed into the shop...