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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Heads Up! Presentation #29! Common sense tips on starting your own seeds.

April 3, 2016 / Posted in: From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beets, Brandon, cabbage, carrots, cheap food, corn, cucumber, eggplants, Gardens, germination, germination of seeds, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable plants, heritage vegetable seeds, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, organic, Presentation, pumpkins, seeds, seedy germination workshop, seedy saturday, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato seeds

Hi everyone! I will be in Brandon this April 9th at their 3rd Seedy Saturday. I will also be bringing my SEEDS! Pray for wonderful weather..OK??!! April 9th, 2016 from 10AM to 4PM Brandon’s Seedy Saturday returns for its 3nd […]

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 […]

Coming out to the Highway!

May 26, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Black Peanuts, cabbage, Chufa Nuts, eggplants, Gardens, heritage vegetable plants, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, organic, pumpkins, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato seeds, transplanting

Well 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 […]

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 […]

Some Interesting Garden “Setups” just for you!

April 21, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Media, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beets, cucumber, garden walls, Gardens, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, hoop gardens, kale, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, northern gardening, organic, Planting dates, raised gardens, roof top gardens, seedling mix, square foot gardens, starting a garden, Sustainablity, tomato seeds, transplanting

While “cruising” down boulevards and streets with gardens (on the net…) I came across an unlimited assortment of styles people have implemented to work for them. Maybe, just maybe there are some here that I have assembled (not mine) to […]

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 […]

2015 Spring brings New Products and thoughts

March 2, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: Azomite, beans, Black Gold, cucumber, eggplants, essential minerals, ground cherry, heirloom seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, manitoba, natural, northern gardening, OMRI, organic, ProMix, re-mineralization, seedling mix, seeds, Sustainablity, tomato seeds, trace minerals, transplanting

Good morning everyone. So it is March! Never thought we would finally get here. Have you finally awakened from your “prolonged” winter hibernation? The only thing that gets me going is seeding out new heirloom vegetable varieties! Its nice to […]

Brandon’s Seedy Sunday

February 3, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: beans, beets, Brandon, cabbage, corn, cucumber, eggplants, Gardens, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, heritage vegetable seeds, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, northern gardening, parsnips, pepper, pumpkins, Purple Fava, seeds, seedy saturday, Seedy Sunday, starting a garden, tomato, tomato seeds, Winnipeg, zucchini

Hi Folks! Seedy Sunday 2015 has arrived! Really getting excited to meet with you all! February 15th, 2015 (10AM – 4PM) Held at the Ukrainian National Home situated at 1133 Stickney Avenue / 59 – 11th Street North Brandon, Manitoba […]

Winnipeg’s Seedy Saturday

January 8, 2015 / Posted in: Articles, From Mandys Mudroom, Product News / Tagged: beans, beets, cabbage, corn, cucumber, eggplants, gardeners, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetable seeds, kale, leafy greens, mandy's greenhouse, muskmelons, northern gardening, parsnips, peppers, pumpkins, Purple Fava, seed savers, squash, tomato seeds, tomatoes, Winnipeg Seedy Saturday, zucchini

Hi folks, Getting excited once again to meet with you all. Seedy Saturday 2015 has arrived! Saturday, Feb 14th (St. Valentine’s Days!) 10 AM till 3 PM Canadian Mennonite University 600 Shaftesbury Winnipeg, Man. I am getting out my packets […]