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Prepping & Planting Tomatoes : Step By Step

Prepping & Planting Tomatoes : Step By Step

  Prepping & Planting Tomatoes According to my soil thermometer, the soil temperature in my greenhouse is finally 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) so I prep the soil and plant this year's tomato crop. Prepping the soil involves adding an inch of compost from my...

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My Favourite Tomato This Year

My Favourite Tomato This Year

Yes I grow tomatoes every year and  every year I usually have the same favourite. And my favourite is usually the lovely Juliet  - because with the way I grow (in a greenhouse), it is always the earliest, always the heaviest producer and  always around for the longest...

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Greenhouse Tips and Tricks: Get the best Advice Here

Greenhouse Tips and Tricks: Get the best Advice Here

“We give the best advice we can in terms of setting up a greenhouse, planning out the heat, planning out the cooling. The greenhouse gives you the medium –  it’s like the canvas, and then you just have to add a few little things [like] a small heater and [maybe] cooling  if the fans aren’t going to be enough, we give advice on that. And BC Greenhouses are sold around the world from Australia and Europe to South America and across North America. It’s a small BC company with a big reputation internationally. ” Read on to find out more about planning your greenhouse.

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Time to Seed and Direct Sow Seeds

Time to Seed and Direct Sow Seeds

I grow tomatoes, and so much more. Our family eats food from our garden in Qualicum Beach every month of the year and many of the things we eat, like Sorrel,  are already sprouting and growing. But March is tomato month. This is the time to buy and start seeds indoors so you have your own harvest this summer.

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