Simple, Organic and Sustainable
In my Zone 3 garden June has brought some heat and much needed rain. With the garden completely planted It is time to start reaping the benefits of my hard work. In Zone 3 in Early June most gardeners are watching their garden grow but harvesting is still a while off yet. One of my…
On todays episode we are going to talk about pruning peppers or capsicum and the benefits. Before we get to the pruning lets go through some of the basics of starting and growing peppers. It is important to start your peppers early enough in the house to allow them to gain sufficient size prior to…
4 weeks ago I started the indoor rock dust field trial. The two hypothesis are that the rock dust will have no impact on the germination rate and that the seedlings will do better with rock dust included in the soil mixture. The base soil mix is equal parts cocunut core, peat based potting mix,…
) Gardening in Alberta is highly rewarding however facing a short growing season presents some challenges. Growing things like hot and sweet peppers is something you can do up here. That said I highly recommend either purchasing the larges grafted plant at the beginning of the growing season or follow these easy steps to start…
In this episode we up pot our hot peppers and tomatoes. I am so pleased to see that nearly 95% of my peppers germinated and lots of my tomatoes did as well! In this episode I give some tips when it is time to up pot and how to go about doing that. I make…