beans | Mandy's Greenhouse

It’s Only January. Its gotten so cold, but WE …have to Keep BUSY!

January 8, 2024 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Uncategorized / Tagged: Azomite, beans, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, Lets order some more seeds!, mandy's greenhouse, More Beans Please!, northern gardening, Seed saving, seeds

Oh my! So many things yet to do. BUT first…let me show you all, what wonderful seeds are out there! These session is going to be strictly…about BEANS! The varieties and selection are endless! SOOOO much colour, shape, form and […]

Hellos from Mandy’s Mudroom…

December 10, 2023 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News, Uncategorized / Tagged: Azomite, beans, Chufa Nuts, corn, cucumber, Gardens, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, parsnips, peas, pepper, Purple Fava, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato, tomato seeds, Work with Nature

Well…another year has rolled over. Already!? And dare I say, this “fall” if one could call it that, had a rhythm all its own. I couldn’t keep count of the number of times…it snowed…it melted…it snowed & melted again! Presently, […]

Spring is Just Around the Corner!

February 19, 2023 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News, Uncategorized / Tagged: Azomite, beans, cucumbers, heirloom peppers, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage peas, heritage potatoes, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, peas, peppers, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato seeds

For some reason, as soon as January turns a corner…time litterly flies! However the weather has (in our area it seems…) other plans! Some of the coldest temps have arrived for this time of year, not seen in awhile! But […]

Christmas Message 2022

December 9, 2022 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, beets, cheap food, Chufa Nuts, cucumber, ground cherry, heirloom peas, heirloom peppers, heirloom seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, peas, peppers, seeds, Sustainablity, The Story of Food, tomato, tomato seeds

Hello Gardening friends (: As everyone has seen, 2020, 2021 and even more so now, it’s been a very fast paced changing world. And not to be outdone…the Hunt for the latest craze in the vegetable world! Just look in […]

2022/2023 My “Extra Seed” Inventory is up to date and running…

November 6, 2022 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News, Uncategorized / Tagged: Azomite, beans, Chufa Nuts, cucumbers, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, peas, potato seed, Sustainablity, tomato seeds

Goodness How Time Flies, when there is Soooo Much to do! I can’t believe as I’m typing this…our first serious snowfall has arrived! Yuk! On one hand its great as now finally I can do some serious “work inside”…like resting […]

I come here for Peace & Calm, away from all the madness & stress…

April 23, 2022 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News, Uncategorized / Tagged: Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry, Azomite, beans, cucumbers, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, peas, peppers, potatoes, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity

I’m trying hard not to be stressed. The weather in Manitoba has been litterly impossible! I can’t recall anything quite like what’s happening here. Not only has the winter’s huge dump not left (yes I have 1-2ft of snow still […]

Merry Christmas

December 15, 2021 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News, Uncategorized / Tagged: Azomite, beans, Chufa Nuts, corn, cucumber, Gardens, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, parsnips, pepper, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato seeds, Work with Nature

Hellos to ALL my Great Gardening Friends. May your Christmas to Happy, Grand and filled with Love. May you be able to spend it with family and friends who are near and dear. Wishing you all Health, Happiness, Wisdom and […]

Updating Inventory

November 8, 2020 / Posted in: From Mandys Mudroom / Tagged: beans, Chufa Nuts, corn, ground cherries, Heirloom Vegetables, Heitage, parsnips, peas, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes

Hello everyone! Despite all the craziness of this year, life, like vegetable growing must continue! In all fairness, its been a fairly stable growing year with the only complaints being: the lack of good rains AND being inundated with tall […]

Extras Extras….read all about it!

May 5, 2019 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News, Uncategorized / Tagged: basils, beans, chard, cucumbers, dill, Extra plant sale, heirloom peppers, heirloom tomatoes, heirtage seeds, herbs, heritage plants, kale, lettuce, mandy's greenhouse, parsnips, peas, peppers, Plant Sale, pumpkin, seeds, squash, tomatoes, turnips, tyndall, TyndallManitoba

This is my annual letter to all my fine gardening friends, who await this time of year for any or all extras I might offer! Gosh! What a challenging spring! On one hand we can be grateful that our province […]

Welcome to the 2017 Season!

November 21, 2016 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Auria tomato, beans, Blue Jade corn, Chufa Nuts, corn, cucumber, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, muskmelons, northern gardening, organic, parsnips, pepper, peppers, seeds, Seneca Chief corn, Slonovo Uvo, super hot pepper seeds, tomato seeds

This will be THE latest posting to watch, for seed ordering! Any updates or changes to our Seed offerings, will be shared here. Even on a day to day changes! Please remember we are operating on a reduced inventory, so […]

WaHOO! Sweet Potato Slips are now ALL in!

June 4, 2016 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: beans, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, corn, cucumber, Gardens, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, lettuce, mandy's greenhouse, new arrivals, peas, starting a garden, sweet potato, Sweet Potato slips

Sweet potato slips are now ALL in! They are $2.75 each. They will be sold individually and variety marked. Some beautiful big slips, with BIG roots…they are too! I WILL HAVE: 1) Georgia Jets 2) Cuban Red 3) Frazier White […]

OPEN DATES (2016) to sell off Extra plants…!

April 25, 2016 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, Chufa Nuts, Composted manure, corn, cucumber, Earthworm castings, eggplants, excess plants, Extra plants, Gardens, ground cherry, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable plants, kale, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, organic, Plant Sale, potato seed, pumpkins, Purple Fava, Sea Magic, starting a garden, Sustainablity, transplanting

Hi everyone, Well folks…I know our spring is on the cold side, BUT we could have SNOW like our brothers and sisters in Europe just received last week. Destroyed all their fruit orchards and started gardens! I will have FEW […]

Just a few Newbies!

March 11, 2016 / Posted in: From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Allium tricoccum, Azomite, beans, beets, carrots, corn, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, onions, Pretzel bean, pumpkins, Ram's Horn, Ramps, Ramson, seeds, Spring Onion, starting a garden, tomato seeds, Wild garlic, Wild leek, Wood leek

Wahoo! I have found 2 (almost) unobtainable rare varieties! Will be the first to offer them here… I have just recently acquired 2 of the newest members to my wonderful collection. yes yes, I said I will be slowing down, […]

Come out and say HELLO!

January 12, 2016 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, germination, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, pepper, seeds, seedy saturday, starting a garden, tomato seeds

Oh wow! This wonderfully crisp COOL weather doesn’t do much for simulating our need to plant seeds BUT we must go forward and PLAN anyway! “It is time once again to plan our winter gathering of prairie gardeners in honor […]

Happy New YEAR….2016!

January 6, 2016 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: beans, beets, farmer markets, Gardens, germination, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, pepper, pumpkins, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato, Work with Nature

Hello Everyone! Another exciting year and another exciting opportunity to do more things! As long as there is an ounce of energy in our bodies…we will keep on tilling and toiling… Wishing you all a terrific and successful growing spring, […]

Hurrah! The beans are done!

November 29, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: Bean seed, beans, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, Purple Fava, seeds, Sustainablity, tomato seeds

Now I know why I was Sooo busy in the garden this summer! My bean collection has increased yet again! A whole batch of rare and unusual bean varieties have been added this fall. Upgrades have been completed and so […]

Busy, busy, busy!

November 12, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, beets, carrots, Chufa Nuts, corn, cucumber, eggplants, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, muskmelons, parsnips, peas, pepper, potatoes, pumpkins, Purple Fava, seeds, tomato seeds, tomatoes

My small GH is always busy stock full either of seedlings growing or seeds drying. It never gets a break. I’m am now, in the final stages of “dragging” the last of my seed inventory INTO the house. Not always […]

My Garden…Part I

August 15, 2015 / Posted in: From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, cabbage, Gardens, germination, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, pepper, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato, tomato plants, tomato seeds

Here is a small sampling of this year’s 2015 Tomato Harvest:

Your Summer….Part V

August 15, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, Chufa Nuts, Gardens, heirloom seeds, heirloom tomatoes, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, pepper, pumpkins, tomato plants, tomato seeds

Sad as it may seem, this spring/summer is ideal for the introduction of numerous fungus and virus diseases. Many gardeners in gardening forums are complaining about the devastation they are receiving at the hands of these ugly conditions. Because of […]

Your Summer…Part IV

August 1, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, corn, Gardens, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, non gmo's, northern gardening, parsnips, pepper, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato seeds

I am quite sure that folks around us are having much the same results as ourselves. The combined force of heavy rains mixed with very warm temperatures have created serious jungles of our gardens. Here are some photos from our […]

Your Summer…Part III

July 7, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, beets, cabbage, Chufa Nuts, cucumber, eggplants, farming, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, herbs, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, kale, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, organic, parsnips, pepper, pumpkins, Purple Fava, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato, Work with Nature

I thought I would post some earlier spring photos and beside them, photos a month & a half later for you all to see the differences between them… It has become a JUNGLE OUT THERE! We are blessed to have […]

…Your Summer…Part II

July 5, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, cabbage, Chufa Nuts, corn, cucumber, farming, Gardens, ground cherry, heritage vegetable seeds, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, organic, parsnips, pepper, pumpkins, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato, tomato plants, Work with Nature

Here are some photos that I took recently of the garden…

How has Your Summer Been…Part I ??

July 5, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, beets, cabbage, cheap food, Chufa Nuts, corn, cucumber, eggplants, Gardens, ground cherry, heritage vegetable plants, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, Work with Nature

It has been an incredible ride this spring and now summer. I don’t know about everyone else out there, but we have actually had a nice season here in Manitoba. Yes there have been a few super hot days but […]

The Excess Plant List for 2015…has arrived!

May 4, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, eggplants, excess plants, Gardens, ground cherry, heirloom vegetable seeds, herbs, heritage vegetable seeds, kale, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, organic, peanuts, pepper, pepper plants, Planting dates, seed potato, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato plants, Work with Nature

Welcome (once again…) to my madness…like planting too much! One is never quite sure how much will eventually germinate and the last thing one wants of any variety, is to not have enough for proper pollination and a stronger gene […]

Plants (and stuff) for Sale!

April 30, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, beets, cabbage, corn, cucumber, Gardens, ground cherry, Heirloom vegetable seedlings, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, peanuts, pepper, seedling mix, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato, transplanting, Work with Nature

Well…the only way to “unstuff” a Greenhouse…is to sell off my “EXTRAS”! And I certainly have too many AGAIN! I will be open for Saturday May 9th………closed for Sunday! Then again OPEN from Monday May 11th to Saturday May 16th […]

Greenhouse is “stuffed”!

April 25, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, eggplants, Gardens, germination, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seedlings, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, organic, pepper, pumpkins, Purple Fava, seedling mix, starting a garden, Sustainablity, transplanting

Hi Everyone! April is (for me) the busiest time of the year. There is spring outside cleaning. There is spring (inside) cleaning. Well…that is going to wait till we have our first serious rain…to help settle the DUST! THEN there […]

“Playing in the Garden” (#2) Workshop

April 24, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: beans, beets, cabbage, corn, cucumber, gardening workshop, Gardens, germination, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, organic, pepper, planting, Planting dates, seedling mix, seeds, sowing seeds, starting a garden, tomato, tomato seeds, transplanting, workshop

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED! WE HAD A BLAST! Mandy Hi Everyone! I have finalized my plans for my second workshop. It appears to be quite heavy on information! Just a sampling of what I HOPE to cover: 1) How […]

More interesting Gardening Setups…Part II

April 24, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom / Tagged: Azomite, beans, corn, cucumber, eggplants, germination, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, organic, parsnips, pepper, Planting dates, seedling mix, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato seeds, Work with Nature

It was a lot of fun searching for different gardening forms. I completely forgot I had these in my files (from previous internet searches..) Sooo I am sharing. Enjoy!

What’s happening in the Germination Cart….

April 8, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, basil, beans, beets, cucumber, Gardens, germination, heirloom vegetable seeds, herbs, heritage vegetable seeds, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, onions, Planting dates, seeds, starting a garden, tomato, tomato seeds

Well folks…this spring has been a mixture of weather systems. My Oma would always say (in German) “April, April…it does what it wants”. And seems to be exactly what is happening. In the meantime, life goes on…downstairs. Pepper and tomato […]

1st Workshop a success!

March 22, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, beets, cabbage, corn, cucumber, eggplants, Gardens, germination, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, seedling mix, seeds, seedy germination workshop, starting a garden, tomato seeds, transplanting

Wow! Did I ever have a great time on March 17th at our Seedy Germination workshop in Lac Du Bonnet! When I arrived early, there were many folk already waiting! I had soooo much help getting my “stuff” inside and […]