In The Garden — cool season vegetables

Download | How to Grow Swiss Chard | Complete Growing Guide Swiss chard is one of the most productive and beginner-friendly leafy vegetables to grow in Canada. With its colourful stems, nutritious leaves, and tolerance for both cool weather and summer heat, it makes an excellent addition to vegetable gardens and edible landscapes. Unlike spinach, which tends to bolt during hot weather, Swiss chard can provide continuous harvests throughout summer when given consistent moisture and proper care. Swiss Chard Growing Guide at a Glance Feature Growing Requirement / Detail Botanical Name Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, Cicla Group Plant Type Biennial...

Download | How to Grow Radishes | Complete Growing Guide (PDF) Radishes are among the easiest and fastest-growing vegetables Canadian gardeners can grow. With their crisp texture, refreshing peppery flavour, and colourful roots, radishes are a wonderful addition to spring and fall gardens. Many common spring varieties are ready to harvest in as little as three to four weeks, making them especially rewarding for beginner gardeners. These cool-season root vegetables thrive in the mild temperatures of spring and autumn. They are ideal for raised beds, traditional vegetable gardens, and containers, and their quick growth makes them particularly useful for filling...

Featured Beet Seeds 'Babybeat' Beets Babybeat beets are a compact, early-maturing variety prized for their smooth, round, deep red roots and tender, sweet flavour. Specially suited to harvesting at a smaller size, these beautiful beets are ideal for roasting whole, steaming, pickling, and adding to fresh salads. Their uniform roots and excellent eating quality make them a wonderful choice for Canadian vegetable gardens, raised beds, and succession planting. Download | How to Grow Beets in Canada | Complete Guide (PDF) See You in the Garden!

Download | How to Grow Peas in Canada | Complete Guide (PDF) One of the greatest advantages of growing peas is their ability to tolerate cool conditions. Unlike beans, cucumbers, and zucchini, peas can be planted early in spring when the soil is workable. With proper support, consistent moisture, and careful planting schedules, they can produce generous harvests in garden beds, raised beds, and containers. This complete guide covers everything you need to know about growing peas from seed in Canada, including when to plant, direct sowing, bush vs. climbing varieties, germination, trellising, watering, fertilizing, common pests, harvesting, and growing...

Download | How to Grow Spinach | Complete Growing Guide (PDF) Spinach is one of the earliest vegetables Canadian gardeners can plant in spring. This fast-growing, cold-hardy leafy green thrives in cool temperatures, tolerates light frost, and can produce generous harvests before many warm-season vegetables have even been planted. The key to growing great spinach is timing. Spinach performs beautifully during the cool, shorter days of spring and fall but tends to bolt as temperatures rise and daylight hours increase. Planting early, sowing successive crops, and returning to spinach again in late summer can provide multiple harvests from a relatively...