Grower holds a planting party day every fall as a crowd gathers to help put 28,000 plants, and sometimes more, into theground
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Growing garlic by the thousands in Manitoba
How does this Manitoba farm grow garlic? Row by row to the tune of 28,000 plants, and sometimes more
How to grow a giant pumpkin
Pumpkin growing champion shares tips for getting the biggest pumpkin possible in Selkirk
Want to grow a giant pumpkin? A two-time winner for the heaviest pumpkin at the Roland Pumpkin Fair has tips to grow your gourds to massive sizes.
Bites by the gardening bug keep the itch alive
Toiling in the garden all summer can bring aches and pains, but gardening also produces rewards that money can’t buy
When we built our house several decades ago, the echo of pounding in the last nail hadn’t yet died away when we turned our attention to the garden plot out back. It didn’t look like a garden plot. The dirt near the house was packed so hard by trucks delivering concrete that for days of […] Read more
Gardening produces food, fun and learning in the far north
After 25 gardening seasons, the Inuvik Community Greenhouse has created a community of avid gardeners who look forward to another season of growing their own food in the warm inviting atmosphere of the largest, most northern greenhouse in Canada. It is situated 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle and 97 km south of the […] Read more
