How to Plant, Grow and Care for Your Vegetable Garden

Learn how to care for your zone 3 vegetable garden to encourage the highest yield possible. Find tips on when to water your vegetable garden, which fertilizer is best for vegetables, making organic fertilizer tea from weeds, how to compost in your backyard, seedling care, how to harden off your plants, keeping deer out of your garden, how to improve your garden soil and more!

4 Signs it is Time to Repot Your Seedlings

As your plants or seedlings grow, it is important to recognize the signs of when to transplant the seedlings into bigger pots. Learn to...

My Favourite Products for Growing Indoors

Supplies I use for starting seeds and growing indoors including an indoor greenhouse, grow lights, a light timer and a mat.

Natural Weed Killer

This natural weed killer recipe uses vinegar, Epsom salts and dish soap. See the results on my weeds sprayed with natural weed killer.

When to Start Seeds Indoors - With Free Printable Seeding Guide

Free printable guide with ideal dates for when to start seeds indoors in Alberta and other zone 3 garden climates.

How Often Should I Water My Garden?

How often you should water your vegetable garden, containers and raised beds in the summer depends on the weather, soil and mulch. Most gar

When to Uncover Strawberries

To figure out when to uncover strawberries in the spring, pull the straw or mulch to the side and check for new growth.

A list of what seeds to plant indoors and what seeds to direct sow in zone 3 Alberta.

What Seeds to Start Indoors and What to Direct Sow

Here is a list of what seeds to start indoors and what to direct sow outdoors in growing zones 2 - 4 of Canada or other similar cool garden

The Best Ways to Fix Leggy Seedlings - How to Prevent Leggy Seedlings

Tips on how to fix leggy seedlings include transplanting spindly seedlings deeper into the soil and preventing leggy seedlings.

How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats For Good

While it is lovely to have a house bursting with plants, having a house bursting with fungus gnats is not! The good news is there is a numb

How to Choose the Best Plant Fertilizer

To choose the best fertilizer for vegetables, consider that nitrogen = leaf production, phosphorus = root growth, potassium = flower/fruit

Free Printable Companion Planting Chart

FREE printable companion planting chart perfect for vegetable gardens in Canada, including companion herbs and flowers.

6 Things to Consider When Planning a Vegetable Garden From Scratch

How to build and plan a vegetable garden from scratch including the best soil for vegetable gardens, raised beds vs. in ground gardens, the

What Are Plant Zones Anyway?

What plant zones are and how to tell what hardiness zone you are in depends on your coldest temperature throughout the year.

Essential Oils for Your Vegetable Garden

If you are not using essential oils for your vegetable garden but are an essential oil user, let me tell you, you are missing out! My favou

My 10 Favourite Gardening Tools From Amazon

The best garden tools for gardening. Check out what gardening tools I use for weeding, digging, planting, watering, harvesting and pruning.