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Given a day in the garden, there are endless places to find joy without having to run to the store to splurge on the next big thing

Article content It is planting time. The sun is getting stronger and the days longer. You feel the urge to get outside and grow something, but what? And where? If your space is limited or you just want to enhance an intimate outdoor space, chances are a container full of soil will fit the bill. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Here is what you need to know to produce the best container garden: Drainage. Whether you are planting in a pot or an old boot, that water must go somewhere, and it is important that excess can escape. Most pots have drainage...

Article content The first-time gardener might be apprehensive when it comes to vegetables and fruit. Where does one begin? And yet, the desire to produce food from your condo balcony or backyard deck is enticing. After all, in the last year we have seen more interest in growing your own food than ever. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. The Cullens: How to grow food in small spaces Back to video We suggest starting with the low-hanging fruit (pardon the pun) and plant the easy to grow and sow plants that fit into the space that you have.

Article content Pollinators are the great enablers. We need pollinator species to help us produce more than a third of the food we eat. In the garden, we believe the percentage of plants that require native pollinators to produce a harvest is much higher. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. The Cullens: Pollinating plants you can eat Back to video Simply put, if a plant produces fruit of any kind, it requires pollination. By “fruit” we do not mean just apples, peaches, pears, and plums: fruit as we normally define it. We mean the fruit of a plan...

Author of the article: Mark and Ben Cullen Publishing date: Apr 04, 2021  •  14 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Start vegetable and flower seeds indoors now. Just about all the seeds that you bought a month ago, when we urged you to acquire your supply early due to unprecedented demand (you did that, right? If not, make that job #1 now), can be sown now. Supplied Article content What spring season was more anticipated than this one? Perhaps in 1919, during the last pandemic, when people were sequestered in their homes for the winter. Sound familiar? It has likely been more t...