Lee Valley Windowsill Seed Starter
Last spring the world aligned in such a way leading to what I can only describe as a collapse in judgement wherein I purchased an actual device to start my seeds in. Firstly, I am a gluttonous gardener...
View ArticleSeed-Starting Basics
Seed-starting season is in full swing in these parts. I've been getting loads of questions about it via email and figured it was time to put together a seed-starting recap here on the site. I started...
View ArticleToilet Roll Seed-Starter
Through the magic of online photo-sharing I have been catching a peak at little seedlings coming up all over the Northern Hemisphere. I’ve also been enjoying the smell of tomato plants sprouting fresh...
View ArticleMaking More Mint
Mint has got to be one of the easiest plants to grow. Just plop it into some reasonably rich soil in a reasonably sunny spot and watch it take over. Evidence of its opportunistic habit probably lives...
View ArticleYou Grow Girl Seedling Growing Collective Year 2
Remember last year when I invited local site readers to come out and grow seedlings together in a local greenhouse? Well, it’s seed starting season and the greenhouse has kindly offered us some space...
View ArticleGreenhouse Seedling Update: The April 2010 Edition
My greenhouse grown plants are coming along and at the rate we’re going weather-wise this spring, a few of these babies could be out the door before the typical May 24 planting weekend in this region....
View ArticleMaking More Herbs
About a month ago, I wrote a guest post for Apartment Therapy/Re-Nest on propagating herbs by cuttings. This is how I quickly double my basil harvest every summer at no extra cost. Basil grows easily...
View ArticleTeeny Tiny Lithops Seedlings
I’ve had my new lighting setup in place for a while now, and last week I finally got around to sowing the lithops seeds I purchased almost a year ago. Here they are this morning, a few days after they...
View ArticleRaising Baby Succulents
Two months ago I had a brand new lighting setup and a hankering to test it out with some seeds so I sowed three packets that had been sitting around for a year: lithops, mixed succulents, and mixed...
View ArticleTracking Seedling Progress
Lately, I’ve been using photo sharing sites/apps like Instagram and Flickr to chart the progress of my seeds and seedlings as they germinate and grow. My older model iPhone does not take the nicest...
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Recently in My Garden
You Grow Girl - Gardening for the People. As mentioned in my last post, we’ve hit that time of the spring when the garden is coming alive faster than I can keep up with. There’s lots to do, and my...
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Gardening Without a Garden
You Grow Girl - Gardening for the People. The Guardian in the UK have recently started up a new topical gardening podcast series with hosts Alys Fowler and Jane Perrone called, “Sow, Grow, Repeat.”...
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Tumbling Composter Update
You Grow Girl - Gardening for the People. Three years ago the sustainable living company Eartheasy sent me the Jora JK125 Tumbling Composter to try out in my garden. This weekend we emptied and moved...
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The Lost Language of Plants
You Grow Girl - Gardening for the People. This week I started reading, The Lost Language of Plants by Stephen Harrod Buhner. My approach to this book has been non-linear, picking and choosing the parts...
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D.I.Y Tomato Protection
You Grow Girl - Gardening for the People. According to the charts, we are now past the point of frost danger here in Toronto. Many of my neighbours have already planted out their entire tomato crop. I...
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Recipe: Chocolate Cherry Almond Smoothie
You Grow Girl - Gardening for the People. I’ve been closely watching the local fruit trees this spring and it looks like it is going to be another, ahem, fruitful year of foraging. We picked...
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Gardening Mad
You Grow Girl - Gardening for the People. [Just a heads up that I write a bit about death in this one and if that is too morose for you right now then I’d suggest skipping this one.] The other day I...
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Waste Not: Use Up Tough Garlic Scape Ends
You Grow Girl - Gardening for the People. Three uses for the tough, inedible ends of garlic scape stalks that you can use in the home or garden. Read Waste Not: Use Up Tough Garlic Scape Ends on You...
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Big Impact with the ‘Tiny Padhye’ Lily
You Grow Girl - Gardening for the People. The 'Tiny Padhye' lily is a prolific yet compact variety with maroon and white flowers that was originally developed for container growing. Click through for...
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My Garden Photography & a Garden Tour
You Grow Girl - Gardening for the People. Image Chaser is a website by Nikon USA that features the work of photographers told from behind the lens. I’m thrilled to announce that this week my garden...
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