Grow Your Own

Whether you love flowers, fruits, veggies, herbs, or all of the above, follow our step-by-step guides to growing them organically in the comfort of your own home.

Garden Strategies to Cope with Drought – Part 2

Anne Gibson

In part 1, we looked at strategies for sustainable water management practices to help with collecting and storing water. However, there are other ways we can protect our gardens and help them survive through periods of limited rainfall and hot temperatures while providing us with food.  Design and utilize microclimates  For the last ten years,…

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Garden Strategies to Cope with Drought – Part 1

Australia. It’s hot, bone dry, smokey, and windy across much of this country. Drought and fires have devastated communities with no respite on the horizon. It’s not that these conditions are unexpected, but when all these harsh weather factors occur at once or in succession, the stress and impacts are catastrophic. The prolonged drought conditions…
January 13, 2020
Anne Gibson

Programs Helping People Build Pollinator Gardens

There is a lot of emphases these days on gardening organically to protect our soil and important pollinators. Many people are jumping on the bandwagon, and towns and cities across North America are backing gardeners making eco-friendly choices.
November 8, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

Featured Flower: Dahlia

As the summer comes to an end, many blooms wilt and call it another year. But one flower that can generally withstand cooler nights and provides beautiful pops of color even throughout the fall is the dahlia.  A Rainbow of Color True showstoppers, dahlias are sure to impress in the garden. Over the years, I’ve…
October 2, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

Born To Be Wild: Add Wildflowers To Your Garden

Most of us probably remember childhood car trips out of town, our windshields covered with insects hit on the way. We had to stop and clean them off; but these days, we hardly ever have to turn the wipers on. The countless stories about the human effect on biodiversity are nothing short of harrowing. The…
July 31, 2019
Martyna Król

How To Grow Vietnamese Coriander

You either love it, or you hate it. When it comes to cilantro, I add it to anything and everything; it’s rare when this delicious herb isn’t a part of my meal prep. So was I open to growing a variety in my herb garden that I had never tried before? Hell, yeah! Don’t mind…
July 26, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs