It’s hard to believe seed starting time is here but giving your seedlings a head start will lead to a successful growing season. Starting seeds indoors can be quite overwhelming at first but with a little experience and research it can be extremely gratifying. Here are a few general tips for the novice seed starter…. [Read More]
Golden Rules of Gardening – Working with Nature
Helping Nature Heal’s Golden Rules of Gardening—Working with Nature Respect the soil: build its nutrients with mulch, manure and HNH Liquid Kelp Concentrate Grow your favourite vegetables Avoid over-planting – focus on quality, not quantity Remember, most vegetables are happiest with lots of sun Keep your crops healthy and happy by rotating them annually Make… [Read More]
Talking to Plants – May 2013
Dear Friends, Spring is in full swing all around me, inciting my willing and eager involvement with the caretaking of the land and soil and plants. The growing plants channel amazing joy with their life force, beauty and proliferation. I take time to resonate with that joy. I take time to ask them how I… [Read More]
Books and Cuttings
Last weekend Rosmarie and I manned an HNH booth at the Native Plant Sale at Acadia University. Jodi DeLong was there as well and we picked up a shipment of her book Plants for Atlantic Gardens: Handsome and Hardworking Shrubs, Trees, and Perennials for the HNH shop. Having taken HNH’s sustainable landscape design class this… [Read More]
Ergonomics For Your Energetic Gardeners
Kirsten: My back should be this straight?! This week we had an on-site visit from Barbara Shaw, a massage and craniosacral therapist from the brand new Harmony Health Centre Cooperative. Barbara shadowed us in the gardens for a few hours before leading us through the specifics of garden ergonomics. We learned a number of techniques… [Read More]