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Updates for April 2021

March 28, 2021 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, bean seeds, Chufa Nuts, Composted manure, cucumber seeds, Earthworm castings, heirloom peppers, heirloom tomatoes, kale, lettuce, peas

Hello Gardening Friends! As are US ALL, …in a frenzy to sow our precious heritage babies… Spring is racing in fast! The Super Hot peppers were the first to be sown as they take so darn long to finally take […]

Mandy’s GH will remain online for Educational Purposes

January 21, 2020 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: bean seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, lettuce seeds, mandy's greenhouse, pea seeds, Pepper seeds, seeds, tomato, unique seeds, vegetable seeds

Mandy’s Greenhouse will remain online for educational purposes. I am NOT closing this business, as its name and intellectual property belongs to me exclusively. I did sell a large portion of the seed inventory (to a younger company) in hopes […]

WELCOME everyone to 2020! FREE SEEDY GIFTS!

January 17, 2020 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: Aunt Molly Ground cherry, beans, cucumber seeds, heirloom peas, heritage tomato seeds, lettuce, mandy's greenhouse, Mandy's Mudroom, oxhearts, peas, Pepper seeds, rare heirloom seeds, Rare heritage seeds, red tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, white tomatoes

I can’t believe I’m still at this…even just on a hobby scale! Got to to keep the grey matter fed, so why not do something that will continue to excite me to the end of time! Just so you know, […]

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 […]

Updated for 2019!

December 10, 2018 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry, bean seeds, beets, carrots, chufa seeds, corn seeds, cucumber seeds, Gardens, germination, greenhouse, heirloom seeds, heritage peas, heritage seed, kale, leafy greens, lettuce, mandy's greenhouse, muskmelon, northern gardening, peas, seeds, soil, squash seeds, starting a garden, tomatoes, watermelons

Yes experienced a few glitches last week and wanted to offer everyone ALL the latest updates before I went to my Show & Sale in Brandon this past weekend…but for some reason the website wouldn’t cooperate. Thanks to my fine […]

Wow….those Yummy Oxheart Tomatoes!

January 18, 2018 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Gardens, germination, heirloom seeds, heirloom tomato, heirloom tomato seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage tomatoes, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, Planting dates, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato, tomato plants, tomato seeds

OMG! Oxheart tomates still “rock” me? How about you? Here are a few photos to get you started!

Hello 2018! And what am I up to????

January 14, 2018 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: beets, cucumber, Gardens, heirloom seeds, heritage seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, Planting dates, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, Work with Nature

Hello to all my great gardening friends! 2017 has been quite the upheaval in my life and it seriously has kicked me in the arse! It has forced me to finally learn (and show) how to slow down! That’s a […]

EXCESS SMALL PLANT SALE….

May 20, 2017 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: alpines, Alpines for the North, Azomite, Gardens, germination, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, multi-pliers, northern gardening, onions, pepper, pepper plants, starting a garden, Sustainablity, Sweet Potato slips, The Story of Food, tomato plants, Work with Nature

Hi Everyone! Just a wee announcement…regarding the fact I have a few extra heritage tomato and peppers plants available for sale, who hadn’t the time this year to start their own! Along with these I will also have a few […]

Three upcoming Workshops !!!

May 14, 2017 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: apples, apricots, Azomite, cherries, fruit trees, Garden setups, germination, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, MB, pears, plums, Seed saving, seeds, The Story of Food, tyndall, Work with Nature, workshops

Hear yeh’…hear yeh…..! May 16th, Tuesday; May 23rd Tuesday and May 29th Monday, 2017 (all starting 7 p.m.) “3 Gardening Workshops” Held @ the TVCC (Tyndall Village Community Center) 69 Pierson Drive Tyndall, Manitoba Hosted by the Brokenhead River Rec […]

Mandy’s Greenhouse…has been sold!

January 22, 2017 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beets, cabbage, Chufa Nuts, corn, cucumber, eggplants, Gardens, germination, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, herbs, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, pepper, Planting dates, pumpkins, Purple Fava, seedling mix, seeds, seedy saturday, starting a garden, Sustainablity, The Story of Food, tomato plants, tomato seeds, Work with Nature

First Some history: Essentially the drive to grow one’s own veggies started (for me) at the tender age of 6…whereby I carved one out a tall patch of grass across the road from my parents garden. (I didn’t want their […]

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 […]

Up Dates….

April 12, 2016 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beets, carrots, corn, cucumber, Gardens, germination, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable plants, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, parsnips, Planting dates, pumpkins, seeds, tomato plants

Hello Everyone! After returning back from Brandon, I felt a serious need to update ALL the inventory, as MUCH was missing from my bins! So! Just completed this (with exception to the tomatoes which I hope are safe for a […]

Thank you folks in Brandon!

April 9, 2016 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, Chufa Nuts, heirloom seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, organic, parsnips, seeds, seedy saturday, transplanting

SO…I woke up early this morning (5:30) getting ready to take off…and see this flaming red sky to the East…gulp! Red sky at night, sailors’ delight Red sky in the morning, sailors’ be warning. OK! I says…its going to be […]

Another presentation!

January 12, 2016 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, Chufa Nuts, corn, cucumber, Gardens, germination, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, Planting dates, starting a garden, tomato seeds, transplanting

I have been asked to do a Presentation for the Herb Society of Manitoba. Always excited to share what I know (& accumulated over the years…) Topic of presentation: “TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HERBS!” Seed germination and what to watch […]

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, […]

Christmas message 2015

December 18, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Christmas, Gardens, Happy New Year, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, Mandy's Mudroom blog, manitoba, Merry Christmas, tomato seeds

Dear Gardening Friends, Our growing summer turned out to be a great success, with vegetables growing more than we gave them room for! Good thing some could tolerate being crowded, but others truly went on strike by simply…disappearing! They just […]

Hurrah! Inventory is loaded and ready for your garden!

December 14, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: beets, cabbage, carrot seed, carrots, Chufa Nuts, corn, cucumber, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, herbs, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, parsnips, pepper, pumpkins, Purple Fava, seeds, tomato, tomato seeds

Actually it didn’t take me as long as I thought it might. It was kind of fun…getting dusty and sneezing when cleaning the seeds! This summer offered a bumper crop of many things. Actually all in all, it was quite […]

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 […]

New ordering updates…

November 12, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, Canadian funds, heirloom vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, new shipping rules, northern gardening, ordering, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, US

To help streamline, simplify and reduce packing time, I felt it necessary to make some changes. Seeing as it costs everyone (in shipping costs) the same to order one packet as it does for 4 and same packaging is used, […]

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 […]

New Newsletter format

November 12, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, Mandy's Mudroom, mandy's newsletter, presentations, starting a garden, tomato seeds

I don’t know about you, but if I receive a newsletter in just standard HTML email form, I might feel it is a little boring! Therefore having done (a little more) homework, I’ve decided to venture out and format one […]

Slowing Down…

October 27, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: heirloom seeds, heirloom tomato seeds, Heritage tomato, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato, tomato seeds

Near the end of September, I put in a request for 2 (two) more months of nice calm weather, with mild temps and no snow. So far…so GOOD! The weather Gods have blessed us generously…and I am grateful. It has […]

I hate Tomatoes!

September 24, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, Gardens, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heirloom tomatoes, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, organic, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato plants, tomato seeds, tomatoes

After being in their company for over a week… I HATE tomatoes! Their long vines tripping me and in some cases I couldn’t find the fruit…so I spent 4 days trimming them. Then SO many started ripening so I had […]

Heritage Harvest Fest 2015

September 7, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: apples, Azomite, hail, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, moisture, northern gardening, organic, pumpkins, Purple Fava, Rain, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato seeds, Work with Nature

Good Morning gardeners, I just went out this morning and assessed my garden. Unlike some seed collectors…I have no aversion to speaking the truth. Life is what it is…why should I hide it. In the 50 plus years of gardening […]

Apple tree photos…Part II

August 20, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media / Tagged: apple trees, apples, Azomite, fruit orchards, fruit trees, Gardens, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, seeds, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato plants, Work with Nature

Here are the rest in my inventory:

Apple Tree photos…

August 20, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media / Tagged: apple fruits, apples, fruit orchards, fruit trees, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, starting a garden, Sustainablity, trees, Work with Nature

For your fruit tree info. and information :

The Apple trees in my Orchard

August 19, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom / Tagged: apple trees, apples, fruit trees, Gardens, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage apple, heritage gardens, heritage vegetable seeds, mandy's greenhouse, nursery, starting a garden

I always knew I had TOO MANY FRUIT trees! So it should not come as a surprise that I can offer some photos here of my collection. Seeing as young homeowners are always in need of some advise in […]