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A list of some of the most popular seed companies in Manitoba.

There are hundreds of seed companies. So how do you know which seed company to order from? I think a person should consider geography, price, and shipping.

When do you start seeds? Do you start them all at the same time?

Plant price list for 2025.

These are the varieties of mint plants that LP Farm sells. Some favorites are mojito, strawberry, and chocolate mint.

A list of all the tomato plants that LP Farm Store will be selling in 2025.

A list of all the varieties of basil LP Farm Store sells.

Hello and welcome to my blog! Let me introduce myself.

A list of all the varieties of hot pepper plants LP Farm Store sells.

What is the difference between all the bags of soil you can buy in stores. What is the difference between soil, dirt, and mixes.

A list of the bee balm plant varieties that LP Farm Store sells.

Types of milkweed and how and why to plant it.

What is damping off and what can be done to prevent it.

I tried various methods to make my garden plan/map for the previous post. I tried drawing, but I realized quite quickly I don't have the skills to make an eye pleasing map. Next I tried MS Paint and realized I need gridlines. My plants were doing the wave in the rows. Next up I tried this program and quickly realized it wasn't up to snuff, but trudged on. This garden plan/map is not up to scale so the measurements might be a wee bit off. I quickly realized designing and

Are you a beginner gardener and it seems a bit daunting? In this post I'll go through everything you need to do to have a successful garden. This post I'll be writing about inground gardening. In later posts I'll go into container gardening and raised bed gardening. Step 1 is finding the perfect spot to have the garden, if you have the perfect spot all ready to go skip down to the other steps. You want to make sure your garden gets a lot of sunlight, at least 6 or more h

Spacing vegetables adequately is important due to preventing crowding, diseases, adequate air flow, and support healthy growth. Spacing plants too close together will mean decreased yields. Spacing is also important with container gardening. I often have to tell people putting 3 indeterminate tomato plants in a 24" pot is a very bad idea. Also crowding pots and not allowing air flow means diseases might start happening. Every vegetable plant has it's own requirement. W

Having a plan either in life or in the garden makes things easier. It gets you from point a to point b or point z much easier. It can also minimize surprises, like planting 10 zucchini plants and almost filling your bathroom with zucchinis (for my market garden I only plant 10-15 plants and it's plenty for my markets). So what should you consider when making a garden? Where are you going to plant? Containers, raised beds, or in the ground. Soil. I will go into more deta

How to start seeds indoors. How can you be successful in starting seeds inside.

What equipment do you need to start seeds indoors?

An older post from 2021 detailing how I garden and the challenges I face.