Curing Onions: The Step Most Gardeners Skip
Curing dries and tightens an onion’s neck before storage, so soft necks that lead to rot never make it into the bin.
What to Plant Next to Onions
Explains why competition, not compatibility, decides what grows well beside onions, and which quick crops actually clear the bed in time.
Onion Varieties: Which Ones Bulb Where You Live
The daylight hours in your zip code determine whether an onion forms a bulb at all, not just how big it grows.
Tomato Pests in Yukon: Which Ones Actually Show Up Here
Real tomato pest pressure in Yukon is lighter than almost anywhere else covered on this site, because the growing season itself is so short.
Tomato Pests in Saskatchewan: Which Ones Actually Show Up Here
Saskatchewan’s short growing season keeps some tomato pests from ever becoming a real problem, but the ones that do show up here follow a fairly…
Tomato Pests in Quebec: Which Ones Actually Show Up Here
Six insects account for nearly every tomato problem reported in Quebec gardens, and the short season built around Montreal/St-Hubert A’s average frost…
Tomato Pests in Prince Edward Island: Which Ones Actually Show Up Here
Six insects account for nearly every tomato problem gardeners report on Prince Edward Island, and they don’t all show up at once.
Tomato Pests in Ontario: Which Ones Actually Show Up Here
Ontario tomato growers deal with a predictable lineup of insect pests that arrive in a fairly consistent order each season, tied loosely to the region’s…
Tomato Pests in Nunavut: Which Ones Actually Show Up Here
In Nunavut, the pests that actually damage tomato plants almost never come from the outdoors.
Tomato Pests in Nova Scotia: Which Ones Actually Show Up Here
Nova Scotia’s cool, short season limits which tomato pests actually establish themselves here, and the list is shorter than what gardeners in warmer…