In The Garden — growing vegetables

Download | How to Grow Corn | Complete Growing Guide (PDF) Few vegetables capture the flavour of summer quite like freshly harvested sweet corn. With its tall green stalks, golden ears, and deliciously sweet kernels, corn is a rewarding addition to Canadian vegetable gardens. Homegrown sweet corn is especially enjoyable when harvested at peak maturity and prepared shortly afterward. Although corn requires more space than many garden vegetables, it can grow successfully throughout much of Canada when gardeners choose suitable varieties and provide warm soil, plenty of sunlight, consistent moisture, and adequate nutrition. One of the most important considerations is...

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 Onions in Canada | Complete Guide (PDF) Onions are one of the most versatile vegetables Canadian gardeners can grow. Whether you enjoy them fresh in salads, sautéed in everyday meals, roasted, pickled, or stored for winter cooking, homegrown onions are a productive addition to almost any vegetable garden. Growing onions successfully in Canada begins with understanding daylight requirements. Unlike many vegetables, bulb onions respond strongly to day length, and choosing the correct variety for your region is essential. With early seed starting, fertile soil, consistent moisture, and proper harvesting and curing, gardeners can produce flavourful...

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...