Dear Sir/Madam,
I have 12 heirloom tomato plants in my community garden in Toronto. They are planted in full sun, properly spaced (35 inches apart) watered properly in soil that is augmented with mushroom/turkey litter compost. I have been planting…
I live in Toronto and am building a vegetable garden. I am looking to buy straw mulch for when I plant the seedlings but most stores (Home Depot, Lowes, Canadian Tire) only offer cedar mulch which I believe is better…
Please tell me when we can plant vegetables on the ground for this year
Vegetables like peppers, tomatoes, eggplant cucumber, lettuce, beans
Thanks in advance…
I am getting ready to plant radishes, arugula and lettuce in raised planters with potting soil. Last year my radishes and arugula were attacked by Flea beetles. Is there anything I can do to prevent and control them? I live…
I would like to convert my son’s old built-in sandbox into a vegetable garden. It is located in a part of our backyard where it gets a lot of sun each day. It was built with plywood at the bottom.…
Last year when I was starting peppers and tomatoes in an indoor electrically lighted/heated area when I experienced a big yellowing phenomena in primarily tomatoes and peppers. My watermellons also suffered, but I think I started them too early, so…
Hi, I live in North York in Toronto and would like to enrich my backyard vegetable garden soil prior to planting tomatoes, leafy greens, zucchini, beans and herbs. Which cover crop would be best suited and would grow quickly enough…
I live in north Toronto. Have 8 different kinds of herbs in my backyard garden and all are doing well BUT something is eating the kale really badly. See the attached pictures. Any idea what it is and how to…
My potato plants were doing very well, then in the past week, one by one, plants are looking like they are wilting or in desperate need of water, yet potato plants right beside them are thriving. Within one week, half…
We bought a house this past winter and just moved in a couple of weeks ago. This past weekend, we finally started working in our yard. To our horror, we realized that the landscaped garden was covered in brown rubber…
