To help with spacing in a city garden, put a square foot grid over your garden bed. Below are templates
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Category: Help! (How to Garden)
Transplanting
Here are some tips for when your homegrown or store-bought seedlings are ready to be planted in the garden: To
Read More...Direct Sowing
For vegetables you do not want to start indoors, you can plant them directly into the garden. As a rule
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As mentioned in the Garden Plan section, Montreal has a short growing season, so you may want to start your
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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