This Year's Veggie Patch

By Honey Dew Gardens, on March 20th, 2014%

pineapple mintSo another spring, another garden on it’s way….and it’s about time. I’m ready. In fact, things are already really starting to grow around here. :-)

Garden plans have been laid, seedlings have been started and supplies are coming in!

How Exciting!

Probably one of my favorite winter tasks is planning the garden and picking out which seed varieties I will grow. I have a thing for variety. For surprise. For color. My biggest problem, really, is narrowing it down to the few selections that will end up in the greenhouse and in the gardens!

So, many plants, so little time. Right? So, in the . . . → Read More: This Year’s Garden Patch

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What's Your Canadian Hardiness Zone?

By Honey Dew Gardens, on January 11th, 2014%

portulaca_breathSo, I found this really cool Canadian interactive hardiness zone map the other day. It says that here at Honeydew Gardens we are situated in a zone 2b.

It’s a Good News, Bad News sort of situation, considering that when we moved here almost six years ago, I believed we were a full zone colder, 1b. Nice to know.

But it really makes it hard to grow several of the perennials and trees that I would just love to have in the garden. I have to admit, we have several perennials in the garden, and the list gets larger each year. But still, there are so many lovely plants that just . . . → Read More: What’s Your Canadian Hardiness Zone?

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