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Grow Your Own

GYO Fruits and Vegetables

There’s nothing more satisfying than growing your own food, and we can help you do that. Follow our tips and tricks for bountiful yields in the veggie patch!

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Building A Layered Edible Perennial Garden

How to Build a Layered Edible Perennial Garden Look around a typical suburban neighborhood, and you’ll often see homes sitting …

Growing Vegetables in the Cold: The Winter Market Gardener

Growing Vegetables in the Winter: The Winter Market Gardener Living in the mountains of Quebec, Canada, has its perks. Mostly …

Crab Apples: The Perfect Match For Pollinators

Crab Apples Play An Important Role In the Edimental Garden As a child, I had two big crab apple trees …

Climate and Hardiness Zones: The Key To A Garden’s Survival Through All Seasons

Climate and Plant Hardiness Zones: What They Mean For Your Garden’s Survival Going to the garden center and buying a …

Gardening Tips: 5 Cool Ways to Grow Like a Pro

This edition of Garden Culture Magazine is all about how the pros grow, and we are lucky to have more …

The Intensively Planted Garden: Ignoring Plant Spacing Rules

Rules? What Rules? The Summer I Ignored Spacing In The Garden They say rules are made for breaking, so this …

Have You Thought About Foliar Feeding? Why The Garden Loves It

Consider Foliar Feeding Your Plants. Your Garden Will Thank You. Many growers won’t reach for the spray bottle until they …

Crop Shading: Using Shade Cloths for Veggie Gardens

Many of our favorite vegetable plants are adversely affected by sunburn, heat stress, poor yields and quality due to environmental …

Food Forest in the Laurentian Mountains: Wild Orchard Gardens

The main work of a food forest is meant to be harvesting. That’s a pretty good sell for anyone who …

Sacrificial Plants To Help Your Edible Garden Grow

12 Plants to Deter Pests From Your Edible Garden Do you plant marigolds with your tomatoes and radishes with your …

A Simple Guide To Building a Wicking Bed

Building a wicking bed is perfect for your next eco-gardening venture and a great option for the regenerative gardener! Why wicking …

Our Top 5 Crop Picks For Buckets And Grow Bag Gardens

We’ve noticed a trend here at Garden Culture: people love growing in buckets, containers, and bags. Some of the articles on …

Chlorine and Plants, Almost Everything You Need to Know

Gardening and the Chlorine Conundrum  Ask any gardener: Maintaining a healthy garden requires a delicate balance of various factors, including …

A Guide To Terrace Gardening

Hitting the Slopes When we saw the views before buying our house, we didn’t anticipate all the gardening challenges on …

Lasagna Gardening: An All-Natural And Cheap Way To Grow Plants

We love to encourage people everywhere to start a garden, regardless of size or whether they want to grow veggies, …

5 Healthy High-Protein Foods For The Home Garden

Protein! We all know we need it – and multiple studies have shown that most North Americans aren’t eating enough. …

The Backyard Harvest: Foraging for Wild, Edible Greens

Foraging for wild foods is a great way to supplement an ever-increasing food budget. It can be as easy as …

The Golden Rules for Gardening in Grow Bags; 5 Tips to Ensure You Succeed

Grow bag gardening is a fun and easy way to get into the growing game. I’ve had great success growing …

What Is Regenerative Gardening?

There’s a lot of buzz about regenerative gardening these days, and for good reason. After all, regenerative gardening techniques help …

So, You Want To Grow Mushrooms? Mushroom Mating Types Explained

So you want to grow a mushroom. Probably more than one. It helps to understand the life cycle of the …

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