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Gardening dreams
Starting your own plants from seed is an easy, economical way to get an early start on summer – and seed catalogues (printed or online) offer an astounding array of choices. Some seeds take longer to germinate than others and need to be sown earlier.
For planting purposes, determine the last-frost date for your area, then plant seeds indoors the appropriate number of weeks in advance.
Check out our sister site www.canadiangardening.com. It's a great resource for all things gardening (and much more!).
Click here for tips on planting seeds indoors, and instructions to build a plant stand.
Here are some online Canadian seed sources:
Angelgrove Tree Seed Company
https://trees-seeds.com
Butchart Gardens
www.butchartgardens.com
Dominion Seed House
www.dominion-seed-house.com
Early's Farm & Garden Centre
www.earlysgarden.com
Florabunda Seeds
www.florabundaseeds.com
Greta's Organic Gardens
www.seeds-organic.com
Hole's Greenhouses & Gardens
www.holesonline.com
Lindenberg Seeds
www.lindenbergseeds.mb.ca
McFayden Seeds
www.mcfayden.com
McKenzie Seeds
www.mckenzieseeds.com
OSC Seeds
www.oscseeds.com
Richters Herb Specialists
www.richters.com
Salt Spring Seeds
www.saltspringseeds.com
Seeds of Distinction
www.seedsofdistinction.com
Stellar Seeds
www.stellarseeds.com
Stokes Seeds
www.stokeseeds.com
Terra Viva
www.tvorganics.com
Veseys Seeds
www.veseys.com
West Coast Seeds
www.westcoastseeds.com
William Dam Seeds
https://www.damseeds.com
Newsletter:
My Shade Garden
www.myshadegarden.com
BackyardGardener.com
www.backyardgardener.com
Tips and info:
Lewis Gardens
www.lewisgardens.com
Seed swap:
Blossom Swap
www.Blossomswap.com
Online gardening plans:
GardenPlans.com
www.gardenplans.com
My Shade Garden
www.myshadegarden.com
Plant-a-Row – Grow-a-Row
Plant A Row – Grow A Row/Un Rang Pour Ceux Qui Ont Faim (PAR/GAR) grew out of the tradition of gardeners sharing their harvest. It began in 1986 when Ron and Eunice O'Donovan of Winnipeg donated extra potatoes from their garden to a local food bank called Winnipeg Harvest – and encouraged their neighbours to do the same.
Since then, gardeners have donated more than 1.4 million pounds of fresh produce to Winnipeg Harvest alone – and PAR/GAR has now spread to communities across the continent.
In Canada, the Composting Council of Canada, the Canadian Association of Food Banks and the Canadian members of the Garden Writers Association sponsor the program.
For more information about PAR/GAR and to find out how to start a campaign in your community, visit www.compost.org/growarowintro.html or call 1-800-571-GROW (4769).
You can also link up with The Composting Council of Canada at www.compost.org or the Canadian Association of Food Banks by e-mailing cafb@icomm.ca.
plant a row, grow a row
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