Mar 22

Mar 22 E126: We're Back With Our Spring Season! Chatting Seed Starting, Soil Health, Our 2022 Gardens & A Sneak Peak At What's To Come This Season

Episode 126 listen here!

Welcome back, Grow Guiders! We’re thrilled to be back for our Spring 2022 season just in time for the warmer weather. Maggie and Dave reunite after a long (but much needed!) Winter break. There’s so much to catch up on as the seed starting season gets underway.

This week’s episode covers all kinds of things, including the wild winter we endured in Canada, what all this snow means for our perennials, bulbs and garlic, seed starting tips, sustainable alternatives to using peat moss and Maggie & Dave’s most exciting plants for the 2022 season. Be sure to listen to the end of the episode to hear a sneak peak at the rest of this season!

Find direct links below to all products and resources discussed in this episode.

This episode covers:

Checking out The Farmer’s Almanac weather predictions for Spring 2022
The Shitty Harvests Facebook Group
Visionary Gardeners Documentary featuring Manitoba’s own, Tiffany Grenkow
Check out our past episode featuring Tiffany Grenkow, Permaculture & Local Food Systems With Members From Sustainable South Osborne Community Co-Op
Shop the Mediterranean herbs Dave is starting this season
Canadian Gardening Council “2022 Year Of The Garden” Campaign
Watch Maggie & Dave’s Virtual Seed Starting Workshop for the Wolseley Resident’s Association
Maggie’s PRO-TIP for seed starting: heavy-duty twist ties for hanging grow lights, Shop Here!
Dave’s PRO-TIP for seed starting: generating root zone heating with a heat mat, Shop Here!
T5 vs LED Sunblaster Grow Lights
Alternative, sustainable growing mediums to using peat moss
Typha Company - an alternative potting medium using bull ruches from Lake Winnipeg
Dave’s Unusual Plants This Season: Celosia & Harry Balls Milkweed
Maggie’s Unusual Plants This Season: Parthenocarpic Eggplants & Cucumbers, Brightest Brilliant Quinoa & Mexican Torch Sunflower
Sproutbox - a Canadian steel raised bed company

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