E125: 21 Of Our Fav Gardening Tools, Plants, Garden Tips & More From 2021
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The holiday season is in full swing and Maggie and Dave are in the spirit! This episode they look back on 21 of their fav gardening “things” of 2021 including flowers, herbs, edibles, tools, fertilizers, tips, insects and more. We hope this laid back conversation inspires you to add some of our favs to your garden next year.
This is the last episode of 2021! We’ll be taking a Winter break to slow down and relax. You’ll hear from us with brand new episodes again in February 2022.
Happy Holidays, gardeners!
This episode covers:
1. Heirloom Geraniums - a twist on your grandma’s classic geraniums.
2. Growing Ginger & Turmeric - in your zone 3 garden!
3. White Ones Chives - a beautiful perennial flower & edible.
4. Geo Fabric Grow Bags - a fantastic alternative to plastic containers that let your plants’ roots grow and thrive.
5. Wood Fibre Pots - moving away from single use plastics in horticulture!
6. Scarlett Runner Beans - the BEST (in Maggie’s opinion) edible to grow vertically on trellises and panels.
7. Grand Duke of Tuscany Jasmine - an incredibly aromatic plant.
8. Late Spencer Blend Sweet Peas - a thick and bushy cut flower that blends throughout the whole summer.
9. Lace Wings - a beneficial insect that loves herb gardens.
10. Sweet Million Cherry Tomatoes - a completely rookie-friendly, beginner tomato that will adapt to any growing setting.
11. Cardinal Basil - a luscious Thai basil that produces tons of fragrant leaves.
12. Sea Magic Fertilizer - a plant-based seaweed liquid fertilizer made in Manitoba.
13. Sap ‘n’ Salvy Balm - a great product made from locally harvested spruce sap and beeswax made by Botanist, Laura Reeves from Prairie Shore Botanicals.
14. Growing Onions from Sets - the easiest way to grow onions in the garden with a guaranteed big harvest of bulbs.
15. Crystal White Garlic - a variegated hardneck garlic bred for Canadian climates that is equally ornamental as edible.
16. Pepperoncini - a fun heirloom pepper you can enjoy fresh or pickled. Very productive for a pepper plant
17. Custom Soil Mixes - the value of creating a custom experience to your micro-climate and garden’s needs
18. Seed Pack Organization - Maggie’s life changing plastic craft seed containers that help organize seeds and when to plant out.
19. Blue Fire Tomato - a mind blowing heirloom tomato variety with blue and red stripes.
20. Hula Hoe - a wonderful handheld weeding tool that makes tidying up garden rows easy.
21. Chris Bryan’s Begonia - an interesting experiment from a past guest.
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