For vegetables you do not want to start indoors, you can plant them directly into the garden. As a rule
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Category: Help! (How to Garden)
Seed Starting
As mentioned in the Garden Plan section, Montreal has a short growing season, so you may want to start your
Read More...Fruit, Berries and Vines
Adding fruit to your landscape can help brighten it up and provide you with delicious fruit all season long. There
Read More...Companion Planting
Companion planting is where you plant different crops close to each other. This helps with nutrient uptake, pest control, pollination, and
Read More...Cucumber Beetle
Description Adult cucumber beetles are 5 mm (¼”) in length, greenish yellow and are identified differently by their backs. The
Read More...Cabbage Moth
Description Also known as Cabbage butterfly, or Cabbage white. These insects have a 4 cm (1.5″) wingspan. They often have
Read More...Slugs and Snails
Description Slugs are slimy, rather gross creatures that eat plants and decomposing materials. Adults vary in colour from almost white
Read More...Aphids
Description Black, green or brown, small soft-bodied insects, pear-shaped; long antennae; two tubes projecting rearward from abdomen. They congregate in
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