Simple, Organic and Sustainable
At last month’s perennial work shop and the preceding video I did on planning a perennial garden I got a lot of questions about how I successfully grow perennials in containers. On today’s Urban Gardening Series episode I am going to go into more detail on growing perennials in containers. The Benefits of Perennials Perennials…
This week I don’t have much to do in the garden so I pruned and trained my grapes, pruned my tomatoes and spent some time enjoying the garden. I get around to pruning and training my Grapes. Weeding the Garden and Pruning my Tomatoes. Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlbertaUrbanGarden/
Surprise I had some time so I replaced the beds around my family heirloom grapes. This re-build of my raised bed was made much easier by the fact that I used recycled un-treated lumber to originally build them. They were rotten and due to be replaced. What is your favourite perennial? Last week we spoke…
As spring progresses it has been a busy time in the garden. I have continued to plant cold hardy crops such as peas, beets, carrots and radish in the garden under limited cover. Although we are still 4 weeks from our average last frost these crops can handle the infrequent plunges below the freezing mark…
As many of you know my Grand parents are a huge part of the reason I love to garden. They are great mentors and have such a wealth of knowledge that I have been lucky enough to have shared with me. Some of my most cherished memories are gardening with my parents and grandparents. This…