How wonderful to spend your spare time in the rain than by planting vegetable seed. Starting with the hardy brassicas, such as broccoli, cabbage and bok choys, we then do successional seedings of kales and lettuces before moving to the nightshade family with peppers, tomatoes and chillis We directly plant potato chits, carrots, snow peas and pumpkins and melons

Small spirals of bright red rhubarb tendrils stick out from the top of the pile of soil under the cedar tree and the peach has many more blossoms than it did last year, so that is exciting to see as well.

It's the start of spring, and I am itching to get my hands in some dirt! If you typically purchase seedlings but hoping to save money and start with seeds this summer, but not sure how, follow these 10 no-fail steps

There's a rush of activity in the first week of April at the Yogardens homestead, so much so that we are having a hard time keeping up...

While the garden is still thick with snow, I can dream of spring to come by planning my summer garden.