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Comment on Indoor Gardening: Thanks for the tips, Interweb! by GREENLEAVES-LUCKNOW

GREENLEAVES-LUCKNOW — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:03:25 +0000

Plants grown indoor have not survived, except money plant.
Thanks for the tips

Comment on Fill it up! (Again) by Corrine Dauphinee-Mischiek

Corrine Dauphinee-Mischiek — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:18:20 +0000

I’m so very impressed by this article. Obviously Lennie is doing his part for the environment. We all need to take a page from his book. I understand his house is “green” too. And it looks beautiful with a great ocean view. Living in heaven now for sure.

Comment on Fill it up! (Again) by Matthew Middleton

Matthew Middleton — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:59:22 +0000

This is such a great story! So much re-use of things that would end up in landfill, and at the same time building something awesome. Love it!

Comment on Uniterra Towards 2015 Symposium Series: Food & Water Security by Chris

Chris — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:16:19 +0000

This looks like it will be a great learning experience. I hope to get more involved.

Comment on Uniterra Towards 2015 Symposium Series: Food & Water Security by Richard

Richard — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:47:22 +0000

It’s going to be great!

Comment on Indoor Gardening: Thanks for the tips, Interweb! by Faeterri

Faeterri — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:42:51 +0000

Great post! I especially appreciated the videos! I am growing the following microgreens/shoots: sunflower, pea, buckwheat. I am also sprouting alfalfa, clover, radish, broccoli, and mustard in jars.

Comment on Local Garlic by Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:55:30 +0000

In this article in the Independent Laura mentions how she’s growing garlic indoors in a container for the greens, rather than the bulb. So maybe if you have a bad season for bulbs its still possible to use the greens for things. I would imagine that if you get them when they’re tender there’s lots of things you could do with them: pesto, soup stocks, salad dressings, etc. http://theindependent.ca/2012/01/10/gardens-in-winter/

Comment on Local Garlic by Sara

Sara — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:55:14 +0000

I have had great success growing garlic using the square foot gardening method – in a raised bed, with 16 garlic to a square foot…it’s a very compact method and the bulbs were large and delicious. Like Rick stated above I also buy locally grown organic garlic so that I know it will grow well here. I like to stock up on local garlic from Food For Thought downtown – I think the farm might be in…Torbay?…someone out there knows! Anyway, had great success with this method this year and now have planted twice as many squares with my own cloves from this fall’s harvest.

I have grown garlic in small flowerpots, just 2 or 3 to a pot this way as well – it’s easy enough to give it a try even if you don’t have any actual garden space.

I have also heard that you can plant elephant garlic from the supermarket (or organic garlic from the supermarket) but I haven’t given it a shot myself.

Comment on Local Garlic by Rick Kelly

Rick Kelly — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:36:27 +0000

I can’t think of anything else in the growing that would lead to very small bulbs (though I have limited experience). I would make sure that you are using seed garlic that will grow well here. I started my garlic crop with garlic I bought from some local farmers. That way I knew it was well adapted to the region. Buying from an Atlantic Canadian seed store (like the one Faeterri mentioned in the post) would also be a good idea.

Comment on Local Garlic by martina

martina — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:42:22 +0000

You need to plant the garlic in the fall. It needs the over wintering to produce large bulbs. The soil needs to be relatively stonefree and have a generous amount of composted manure added.