Veggies & Edible Plants

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There is nothing more rewarding than going out to your garden and hand picking your own fresh herbs, vegetables and fruit to add to your recipes!

Benefits of growing your own food:

  • Economical - It’s less expensive to grow your own!
  • Environmentally Friendly - No need for transporting from a long distance
  • Rewarding - Take pride in watching your fruit, vegetables and herbs grow
  • Delicious - Recipes taste better with fresh homegrown fruit, vegetables and herbs
     

Tips on Growing Vegetables

Tips on Growing Vegetables

The taste of vegetables grown from your garden is so superior to store-bought we often can’t resist the notion of growing our own. The only mistake enthusiasts make is that they grow far more than their family can consume because they didn’t anticipate the incredible yield.

Where to Grow
  • Vegetables need a minimum of 6 hours direct sun per day.
  • Plant away from tree roots, in well-drained, level soil with easy access to a garden hose.
  • Add 20 cm - 30 cm (8”-12") peat moss, manure, and/or compost as well as granular Parkwood® Garden-All 4-12-8 to the top of your soil to improve the condition and fertility before you plant.
     
What to Grow
  • Decide what you want to grow and sketch it out on graph paper.
  • Group the vegetable crops according to height to prevent one from shading another.
  • Plan to put the small-growing, quick-maturing ones together as well.
  • Keep in mind that some vegetables really like to sprawl.
How to Plant
  • You can start vegetables from seed in propagation trays in your home starting in March/April.
  • You can sow seeds directly into cool soil in April for the best yields of peas, lettuce, onions, radishes, beets, and spinach. These particular seeds can be sown again in late August for a second "cool-weather" crop that matures in fall.
  • You can purchase plants that are started in May at a Sheridan Nurseries Garden Centre.
  • It’s very important to read the seed package or growing tag to know exactly how much space to leave between each plant and the correct distance between rows. Some vegetables like carrots, that grow profusely and quickly, need to be thinned out so they have sufficient room to mature. This kind of information is also clearly indicated.
  • At the time of planting your started vegetables, water in Parkwood® Transplanter 5-15-5 to minimize transplant shock and establish strong roots.