Here we are in full fledged Spring in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It's a time for change and we have some of our own changes to announce. The Healthy Neighbour Project has been adopted by The Bruce Botanical Food Gardens. This Garden project is scheduled for phase one construction in June...next month!
The BBFG (as we like to call it) is going to have a focus on heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables, herbs and edible flowers. From one online heirloom catalogue alone, there are some 73 varieties of heirloom tomatoes that you too could be growing. Red, Orange, Yellow, striped, pink, macro, micro, round, bellshaped...................the list goes on and on. Do an online search for 'Heirloom Tomato Seeds (and enter your location here)" and we're fairly confident you'll be surprised at what you will find.
Are you a composter? Do you save your coffee grounds, egg shells and other scraps? Do you prepare and eat your own fish? Here's a tip we've seen recently. Dig the hole for your tomato plant to about 8-10" deep. Put a spoonful of coffee grounds or tea leaves into the hole. Add a few crushed up egg shells and.........are you ready?............the throw-aways from your fish-the head, carcus, tail etc. Give it a bit of a stir. Add an inch or two of soil, remove a few of the lower leaves of your tomato plant, set it into the soil so that the stem where the leaves were removed are below the top soil line. Backfill with soil and press down with your hands, making a small depression around the base of the plant. Water thoroughly and be ready for some pretty spectacular growth!
The BBFG (as we like to call it) is going to have a focus on heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables, herbs and edible flowers. From one online heirloom catalogue alone, there are some 73 varieties of heirloom tomatoes that you too could be growing. Red, Orange, Yellow, striped, pink, macro, micro, round, bellshaped...................the list goes on and on. Do an online search for 'Heirloom Tomato Seeds (and enter your location here)" and we're fairly confident you'll be surprised at what you will find.
Are you a composter? Do you save your coffee grounds, egg shells and other scraps? Do you prepare and eat your own fish? Here's a tip we've seen recently. Dig the hole for your tomato plant to about 8-10" deep. Put a spoonful of coffee grounds or tea leaves into the hole. Add a few crushed up egg shells and.........are you ready?............the throw-aways from your fish-the head, carcus, tail etc. Give it a bit of a stir. Add an inch or two of soil, remove a few of the lower leaves of your tomato plant, set it into the soil so that the stem where the leaves were removed are below the top soil line. Backfill with soil and press down with your hands, making a small depression around the base of the plant. Water thoroughly and be ready for some pretty spectacular growth!