Whether you’re looking to flavour a dish, give away to family, or keep vampires away (those last two options may be one and the same to you), garlic is a pungent tuberous plant that is easy to grow and found in almost every kitchen. Imagine the pride of successfully growing your own! Grow Spaces has 5 tips that will help to ensure a successful yield.
Time
Fall garlic, or overwinter garlic, is a great way to maximize the use and efficiency of your space. Remember, garlic is harvested in early to mid July, so as soon as your garlic is harvested, it’s time to direct sow or transplant your fall Read More
When you are planning your garden, be it container garden, raised bed, or backyard patch, what are the most important items to consider?
Here are the top three details that we believe you should ruminate when garden-planning:
Motivation
Why are you planning a garden? Are you looking to scratch items from your shopping list each week? This is a reasonable purpose as we take a huge gulp each time the cashier hits “total” at the grocery store. It’s no secret that the food prices are soaring; according to Canada’s Food Report, rising bread, meat, and vegetable prices are expected to lead the to the overall food price increase of three to five Read More
Some of you have asked me: What am I looking for when considering a container with which to grow food? It is such a great question.
I would suggest that these three attributes are the most important when choosing a planting container:
Size
When I say size, I don’t just mean the size of the container, but also the size of your space.
You must ask yourself, is this container a realistic size for where I’d like to raise my plant(s)? There is no point in trying to shoehorn a plant into to the space between your couch and the window if there won’t be any room for your plant to thrive. Therefore, Read More