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Harvesting your garden is the most fun part! Here in Edmonton, harvest season is nearing its end, but in other places, it continues. I wanted to chat with you guys today about how you can make the most of your harvest, keep your veggies good as long as possible, and what you can still have in the garden this time of year. Tomatoes are at the end of their growing cycle at this point in the year, unless you’re in a place where it is consistently over 15 degrees Celsius at night still. Otherwise, it is time to cut all of your fruit off, even if it appears immature, and put it in a warm, sunny window. They’ll ripen, I promise. I have a couple of posts coming up about how to use your eight million tomatoes when they all ripen at once. (They always do for me… so we…

Hi Guys! This is actually an important post regarding how to choose what type of plants to plant a seeds, which to get pre-started, and how many plants you might actually need for your family’s needs. What to Buy Pre-Started In northern Alberta, we only get great growing weather from June-September, which isn’t very long to raise certain vegetables from seeds unless you have a lot of indoor or greenhouse space to start them early. This isn’t feasible for most people, so we usually purchase pre-started plants for: RosemaryAny TomatoAny pepper We will also occasionally purchase a basil plant started, and then plant seeds around it so that we have basil sooner rather than later. Admittedly, this may be related to my love of caprese salad and fresh tomato sauce. All of our pre-started plants are put in pots, as these types of plants are often more sensitive to wind…

Hi guys! Post 2 in the “Landscaping on a Budget” series is allllll about sod, decks/structures, shrubs and trees. These are like putting icing on the “cake” you just created with ground work, concrete work, etc. The final installment will be the decoration- furniture, accent plants and accessories and information about the type of fence my sister chose (and why!). You’ll be happy to hear that the majority of this post is DIY, if not all! Sod (Delivery + Do-it-Yourself) Oh God, the Sod. This was an ugly ugly day in the process of making my sister’s yard the beautiful retreat that it is, as it was cold, rainy, windy and 50% of my family had the flu or was coming down with the flu. I had a partially torn pec, which I would find out later (I thought my shoulder was just sore… it was not). And my poor sweet…