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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.

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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 …

Plant of the Month: Why Eco-Conscious Gardeners Love Delphiniums

Why Plant Delphiniums?   Delphiniums make a great backdrop or border in the June garden, especially when planted alongside foxgloves …

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 …

How To Grow Oyster Mushrooms In Buckets

An Expert’s Guide To Growing Oyster Mushrooms In Buckets Oyster mushrooms will boost your culinary game. They’re versatile, tasty, and …

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, …

Plant of the Month: The Peach-Leaved Bellflower

It was love at first sight when I saw the peach-leaved bellflower. A cottage garden favorite, peach-leaved bellflowers tick all …

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 …

Plant of the Month: Candytuft Blooms in April and Offers Early Season Food for Pollinators

Spring has sprung, and the garden’s candytuft is in full bloom. The gorgeous plant drapes itself over the edge of …

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 …

Boosting Food Sovereignty And Community Growth With Food Forests

In 2021, the United Nations World Food Programme’s Hunger Map estimated that 957 million people across 93 countries did not …

A Guide To Creating A Regenerative, Sustainable Garden Space

Becoming an organic-regenerative gardener is worth every effort, helping you produce healthier crops and connect to Nature. The good news …

Embrace the Chaos and Leave the Ego at the Garden Gate

For many years, gardeners have known the rules: start seeds indoors and nurture them until they’re ready to be planted …

Bare Root Plants Are Perfect For Gardening On A Budget

A few years ago, my local garden center started selling bare-root plants. The assortment went above and beyond the typical …

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