Buy Soil and Mulch for Next Year If your local garden centre has any dirt or mulch left, now is the time to get it on sale. Don’t worry if you can’t put it in your garden just yet. Those bags will keep until spring. I find it helpful to
Every May I emerge from winter ready to conquer the world and plant an enormous garden, which may have included 27 tomato plants. Every September I end up silently cursing my optimism. I love canning and freezing tomatoes, but I find that tomato season in my zone 3 Saskatchewan garden
For the longest time I’ve had an irrational fear of processing pumpkins. It just seemed overwhelming. How would I cut them? Why did the guts have to be so gross to deal with? Then as pumpkin puree climbed to $4 a can, I decided enough was enough.
Harvesting and preserving onions is one of the easier late-summer-early-fall gardening chores that you will do. If done right, you’ll have onions well into March.
When I planted the basil back in May, I was severely disappointed with how few seeds were in the packet. Surely this would not give me enough basil to make the pesto I was dreaming off. I was so wrong. The above photo is all the basil I harvested. The
Hi, I’m Kristen and I help new gardeners learn to grow their own vegetables and beautify their yards. I also share recipes that use all those delicious garden produce. Grab a coffee (and your gardening gloves) and join me for gardening tips, simple recipes, and the occasional DIY, all from the lovely city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
