Fiddlehead: Spring in a Bite
Every year, once the snow has finally given us a break, I find myself standing in the mud by aContinue Reading
Author: Audrey Martel
Audrey Martel is a biologist who graduated from the University of Montreal. After more than ten years in the field of scientific animation, notably for Parks Canada and the Granby Zoo, she joined Nature Conservancy of Canada to take up new challenges in scientific writing. She then moved into marketing and joined Leo Studio. Full of life and always up for a giggle, or the discovery of a new edible plant, she never abandoned her love for nature and writes articles for both Nature sauvage and the Laidback Gardener.
Plants That Shouldn’t Be Transplanted (And It’s Not Because of the Shock)
Last week, we saw that transplant shock is a trial our tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants go through with some grumbling,Continue Reading
Transplant Shock: Your Tomato Plant Is Going to Act Like a Diva (And That’s Normal)
You’ve spent weeks pampering your seedlings. Perfect lighting, careful watering, and carefully monitored temperatures. And then, you transplant your littleContinue Reading
5 Quick Tips (That We Often Forget!) to Help Your Seedlings
You watch them grow with pride, water them, and place them under your grow lights like family heirlooms. Your seedlingsContinue Reading
Mycorrhizal Pathways to Deliver Nutrients: Could This Spell the End of Compost Carts?
Every spring, it’s the same story. The compost bin is bursting at the seams with that precious black gold… andContinue Reading
Miniature Pots and Me: A Complicated Relationship
I have a dream. A modest dream, to be sure, but a dream nonetheless: a row of cute little plantsContinue Reading
Extending Credit to Nature: Your Allies Will Pay You Back, with Interest
This winter, I told you about the mice in my house (by the way, NOT A SINGLE mouse since weContinue Reading
Open Pollination and F1: Finally Explained So We Can Understand!
Let’s be honest. I spent years seeing the words “open pollinated” and “hybrid” on seed packets, nodding my head knowingly,Continue Reading
What Your Seed Packet Doesn’t Tell You
Remember my article from two weeks ago? I talked about cleaning up and organizing the seeds in our personal catalog.Continue Reading
Confessions of a Disorganized Gardener: My Seed Catalog (And How to Save It)
You asked me to show you my seed catalog. Well… here it is! I know, I know. It’s what IContinue Reading