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CLIMATE EXTREMES Here in Red Deer Alberta we generally live in a Plant Hardiness Zone of 3b (total range of zones is 0a-9a moving from...

DEFINITION Swales are water harvesting ditches on contour (Geoff Lawton). By etching these level ditches along your sloped property, you...

A few days ago I posted about a great salad. I featured the hollyhocks. Today I want to feature the borage in that same salad. So let's...

Starr Brainard, an intern with Rethink Red Deer, recently came to visit us and stay for supper. The salad is all from our yard, freshly...

The other day we harvested our Goodland apples. Harvesting them is time critical. They go from tart to sweet to mulchy within 2 weeks...

Today I want to give an update on the barrel garden project we set up this Spring. After doing a little bit of research, I discovered...

This Spring we constructed some barrel gardens. It was a lot of work. Here is an update on what one of them currently looks like. This...

Barrel gardens are great for small spaces gardening. These barrels feature 48 grow "cups" along the sides of the barrel and the top...