I’ve been a happy garlic gardener for maybe 10 years now. I’ve found it to be among the easiest, most reliable things one can plant. Prep a bed, stick cloves in around October (more or less), keep the weeds down come spring, harvest and...

Two good dumps of deep snow in Ottawa should make skiing a top priority. But I’ve been laid up with a persistant cold and need to lull the pesky germs into remission. Looking for a low-energy pick-me-up, out came the seed catalogs. An earthy...

It’s fundraiser week. More opportunities to make the case that this station offers real value to listeners and web readers. Here’s how that works from my end. NCPR brings me facts and ideas I can use – plus music and entertainment...

Gardening news doesn’t usually rise to the urgency of real breaking news, but the appearance of late blight in the region is just that serious for the many growers and gardeners who rely on their tomato and potato crops. This morning, Amy Ivy...

Just a quick shout out here to encourage you to tell me how your early garden looks: what’s doing well, what isn’t. In my years of gardening, one thing remains constant: there are dramatic differences in how things grow each year. So...