WHEN GROWING from seed, the list of decisions starts with what turns out to be the simplest question of all: which variety of bean or tomato or zinnia to order. But then things get more complicated, questions like figuring out when to start what, and whether any of your choices need any special pre-treatment or […]

‘THE DREAM has always been a rainbow of peas.” That’s what Dylana Kapuler, co-owner of Peace Seedlings, said to me more than a decade ago, and that dream continues to fuel a passion for breeding colorful, edible-podded peas at the organically managed, Oregon-based seed company. Ready to think beyond your basic green pods and expand […]

I’M LETTING myself be transported away from the winter scene outside my window, burying my nose not in the snow but instead in the spring-into-summer possibilities depicted in seed-catalog pages. I have familiar, favorite varieties I grow every year—but I’m also looking for some new-to-me possibilities, and Lane Selman of the Culinary Breeding Network at […]

Harvest kumara, warm-up worm farms, prep asparagus for winter, plan new plantings, and lets not forget the heart of the operation – tis the perfect season for compost making.

For the longest time slugs and snails perplexed me. Having tried all the tricks and found them wanting, I relied on Quash (iron + bran) the most natural, cost-effective bait I could find, and night hunts. Head torch on and bucket of limey water into which the molluscs go to frizzle.

So many cool missions in May – prep for strawberries, pruning early feijoas, harvesting nuts, but my favourite of all at this time of year is planning for winter planting. Use my checklist to get focussed and ready, so that as soon as soil is hydrated you can hit green for go.

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