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Fresh basil still in the garden.
Columns, Farm Life

Harvest, part 1: Garnishing summer greens

First We Eat: In the dog days of summer, salads with protein can help dial down the heat needed for food prep

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We’ve been in deep summer heat for weeks now after a rainy spring, and every plant in my yard — including the quack grass and chickweed — is consumed with the green fuse of growth. The result is a cornucopia of everything. The scarlet runner beans and snow peas twining around their bamboo stakes tower […] Read more
More seeds than I need from Seedy Saturday -- but good for sharing.
Columns, Farm Life

Seedy Saturdays

First We Eat: A freshly pulled carrot from the garden will remind you why this vegetable is such a mainstay

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Back in March, I joined a crowd of people purposefully moving from booth to table to booth at St. Mary’s Wellness and Education Centre in Saskatoon. The occasion was the annual Seedy Saturday, an opportunity amidst the snow and ice for gardeners to buy seeds and think about spring. Seedy Saturdays occur across Canada under […] Read more
Wild foxtail barley on the edge of a canola field.
Crops, Features

Garden seeds lead to problem weeds

The names in the garden catalogues may sound pretty, but the plants are far from that in pastures or fields

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Glacier FarmMedia — Manitoba rancher Herman Bouw was casually perusing a gardening seed catalogue when a particular ornamental grass item caught his eye. The plant was listed as “squirrel tail grass,” but Bouw thought it looked awfully similar to a species with a more cursed name on the Prairies. A comparison of scientific names confirmed […] Read more
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Prairie farm gardens

Growing vegetable and fruit crops in Canada: Part 1 of a series

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Garden crops from beans to apples have been a passion of mine from my childhood in Wales. On our small 17-acre Welsh farm in southwest Wales, we grew or raised most of the vegetable food that we ate from potatoes to apples as well as milk, eggs, pork and chickens. The mild climate allowed us […] Read more
Bird of Paradise
Farm Life

How to grow beautiful bird of paradise flowers

Singing Gardener: Plus some thoughts on grape juice and its plentiful health benefits

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How are you doing, everybody? We owe it to ourselves to feel good and have as many of these good days as possible, even though we know some days can be anything but good. When someone says to me, “Have a good day,” I often respond with, “Those are the only kind of days I […] Read more
Potatoes harvested from container-grown Melody potato plants from EarthApples. Melody has smooth skin, dry flesh and can be boiled and mashed. It also has high yield potential and overall good resistance to late blight on plants and common scab and bruising on tubers.
Farm Life

The best times to go fishing

Singing Gardener: Plus a few things you may not know about potatoes and melons

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My grandma on my mother’s side loved to go berry picking. She was a berry picker through and through, seeking out wild saskatoon and chokecherry bushes. Together, we often picked raspberries from canes at her home garden patch too. If there was anything she taught me I was qualified to do, it was picking raspberries. […] Read more
Soleado zinnias are a sight to behold when in full colour, as you can see from these stunning golden yellow flowers with a contrasting mahogany centre. This zinnia variety is an excellent choice for cut flowers, standing up well and growing up to 45 centimetres tall.
Farm Life

Need a reason to grow zinnias?

They’re beautiful additions to any garden and can also help vegetables grow

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My father used to say the best apples on the tree are the furthest away on the limb. You have to reach for them, so reach for the stars. My dad filled me with memories and stories that will stay with me for as long as I live. He gave me what I wanted most […] Read more
This Prairie Magic apple tree has scarring on the lower trunk. The wound appears to have healed over well but it should be monitored closely for any change.
Farm Life

Protect your fruit trees from fire blight

Singing Gardener: Plus some tips for disinfecting garden tools

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Hi folks! It’s Ted here. I’m back again and so glad my gardening companions are tracking right along with me on the Grainews Singing Gardener page. Thanks for coming by this way.  Gardening is an art, a craft and an opportunity to be the student of a lifelong teacher. She shouts out to us, “Learn from me. […] Read more
A piece of flapper pie was on The Singing Gardener’s dessert menu, courtesy of “Jim, the Pie Guy.” The reward was a song.
Farm Life

Tips for growing spectacular geraniums

Singing Gardener: Plus a shout out to Jim, the Pie Guy

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What a pleasant surprise I had recently. Jim Hyrich, known as Jim, the Pie Guy, came by one day while I was away for a short time. In my absence he left some of his homemade flapper pie, along with an attached note: “Ted. These are a couple slices of my flapper pie. I am […] Read more
Bishop’s Flower is an easy-to-grow annual that likes full sun to light shade exposure, blooms from mid- to late summer and beckons pollinators by the hundreds.
Farm Life

Bishop’s Flower a boon to beneficial insects

Singing Gardener: Plus a recipe for pickled carrots

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Some proverbs! “It is a wise father that knows his own child.” I don’t often hear that one anymore, but it was a common expression when I was a kid. Conversely there’s a proverb that says, “It’s a wise child that knows its own father.” There’s this one for a young man seeking a mate: “He […] Read more

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