This video will show beginners how to start making their own compost:

Modern Farmer has published this detailed description of how to harvest seaweed, including tips for making sure it is fresh...

A first-of-its-kind study by SFU finds that Indigenous forest gardens filled with fruit and nut trees are still thriving.

Newfoundland and Labrador has a rich history deeply tied to the fishing industry, with cod once forming the backbone of its economy and...

This man’s collection of lost apples varieties is outstanding!  Did you know there used to be 17,000 varieties of apples grown in North...

Many beekeepers in Newfoundland and Labrador sell honey, wax candles, propolis, balm, and other products. Although not formally certified...

This father and son duo are cultivating local veggies on the rocky North Atlantic coast. Read about it here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana...

All my family is here in St. John’s.   So we are actually from town.   One time I was in a taxi cab in Seattle and the driver said, “Oh...

A new project initiated by indigenous people in Nova Scotia to help the honeybees. For more information or to register: ...

The cucurbit family includes plants that are among the most useful food plants domesticated and cultivated by humans.  This large family...

Members of the botanical family known as the L eguminosae  were among the very first plants domesticated by humans.   Members of this...

In exchanges that take place on the various local Facebook gardening pages, a common question is “Is this a weed?” and “How do I kill...

Permaculture? The practice of Permaculture may be familiar to some, but to many it’s a foreign concept that means very little. I have...

Last summer, senior citizen’s in Heart’s Delight-Islington took a different approach to get through the pandemic: pouring their time and...

Merv Wilkinson, who lived near Merville, British Columbia was an amazing and inspiring man.  During the decades he lived there, he...

Soil Preparation and Planting Plant garlic cloves in October or 4 weeks before the first frost. This time allows the roots to develop...

As a gardener and in the garden workshops I have been leading over the past eight years, I often hear people ask questions about dirt,...

This tutorial with Tim Walsh of the MUN Botanical Garden is a basic introduction to composting that teaches you what composting is, how...

My hopes go up and down and up again! A year ago, a group of citizens got together to answer the question: how can we reduce waste in St....

Food First NL posted a lengthy & informative post on how to grow garlic here in Newfoundland and Labrador. You can read it here:...