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News, Seeds |

Upcoming Seedy Webinars

Our friends at Seeds of Diversity have some upcoming webinars that you can register for. All webinars are free of charge and presented virtually. SEED EQUIPMENTMARCH 23, 2022, 1:30 PM ……

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News |

Events – Phoenix Garden Speakers’ Series

The Phoenix Garden Program at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary (HMP) in St. John’s was created by a group of volunteers who initially connected through the NLCAHR Research Exchange Group…

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News |

FPF Featured in PEI Publication

We were recently written about on the site PEICanada.com, with the author wondering if PEI should have their own version of Food Producers Forum. Click here to download the article.…

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Greens |

Planting Lettuce In A No Dig Garden

Here are some tips from Vasili’s Garden on no-dig lettuce. Vasili’s Garden offers information to create a healthier and sustainable lifestyle for you, your family, and your friends.…

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Cabbage Family |

Grow Perfect Kale Every Time!

“Eat your greens!” they said…and they weren’t wrong! Kale, (like all leafy greens) are some of the healthiest foods you can eat. Nutritious, delicious… and so easy to…

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Greenhouses |

FOGGY LANE GREENHOUSE

Here is a great example of down to earth, funky greenhouse operation, in a home-built structure right here in Newfoundland, at Foggy Lane Garden.   Simple materials and ingenuity has ……

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Flowers |

The Best FLOWERS To BOOST Vegetable Gardens

Harness the power of flowers to boost and protect your crops as well as wildlife. We all know that flowers are good for wildlife, but which are the best ones ……

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Root Vegetables, Seeds |

Beets: Breeding for Flavour and Colour 

Solveig literally wrote the book (well, the dissertation) on table beet flavour. Rich, sweet, and earthy, beet flavour is in part determined by its levels of geosmin, which our guest ……

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Greenhouses |

HOW HE HEATS HIS GREENHOUSE

At Foggy Lane Garden, simple systems for heating are being used to heat the homebuilt greenhouse.   Here is a tour showing how wood heat and a bit of electricity ……

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Greenhouses, Uncategorized |

HOW THE FOGGY LANE GREENHOUSE GREW

Starting in 2017, this Newfoundland gardener has developed a simple homebuilt greenhouse structure, attached to his house that is successfully growing food right through the winter.   Here are the…

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