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, […]
Read moreHello 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 […]
Read moreGoodness 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 […]
Read moreHellos 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 […]
Read moreHello Again! To all my customers & friends, past, present and NEW! My wonderful ANNUAL EXCESS PLANT SALE is coming up fast! As is my tradition, I will be releasing ALL extra Plantlets. It will be super exciting as a […]
Read moreHello 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 […]
Read moreHello 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 […]
Read moreMay 20th to May 26th…(9-6) Some plants varieties that I will be offering: Heritage Tomato, Peppers, Chufa Nuts, Ground Cherries, Lettuce, few Herbs, misc….. Plus bags of Composted Horse manure, Worm Castings, Azomite and Sea Magic.
Read moreFirst 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 […]
Read moreThis 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 […]
Read moreHi 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 […]
Read moreSO…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 […]
Read moreI 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 […]
Read moreActually 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 […]
Read moreMy 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 […]
Read moreSad 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 […]
Read moreI 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 […]
Read moreHere are some photos that I took recently of the garden…
Read moreIt 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 […]
Read moreWell folks…looks like I/we can finally get ALL the plants and seeds into the garden. So much work crammed into such a short period of time…like hell on wheels! IF all goes well (and my garden is done…) I’ll be […]
Read moreWell 2014 proved to be a very challenging growing year. Despite this I still managed to take off seed from some real interesting varieties. I will offer regular packets. Please bear in mind that some will be limited and some […]
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