Root vegetables such as carrots and parsnips are sweeter after hard frost and can be harvested all winter. Remove top foliage from the plants and cover them with 15 cm of leaves or straw. Cover with an old piece of…
Planting Midsummer Vegetables in your Urban Garden:
We often think of May 24 as “planting day”, but July is not too late to plant a variety of vegetables in your city garden. In this demonstration a Toronto Master Gardener will…
Plant two crops in the same space. Consider each plant’s growth period, growth pattern, preferred season, and light, nutrient and water requirements. Long-season and short-season vegetables can be planted together, such as radishes with carrots. Small plants can planted close…
It’s now April 23, 2023 – can I start planting in my vegetable garden at this time?…
Space is at a premium in our urban environment, but there can still be room to grow vegetables in containers or raised beds. Gardeners should think about growing high value vegetables, and ones that taste best when they have just…
Discover the joy of growing your own food. Want to enjoy vegetables you’ve grown yourself in your own backyard or on your balcony in a container garden? Get those seeds started now! Participants will receive seeds to help get started…
Discover the joy of growing your own food. Want to enjoy vegetables you’ve grown yourself in your own backyard or on your balcony in a container garden? Get those seeds started now! Participants will receive seeds to help get started…
Hi,
What are some of the perennials vegetables that we can grow in Toronto? Preferably non-root vegy types, like rhubarb and asparagus.
My site is part shade.
Thanks!
Trung…
I recently heard about spraying fertilizers on leaves. I was wondering what kind vegetables and plants need fertilizer to be sprayed on their leaves? How often should fertilizer be applied to leaves? Can leaves absorb the nutrients like roots?…
Is it too early to transplant tomatoes and cucumbers to the hoop tunnel? What is the earliest day this can be done?
Thank you.…
