Garden Inspirations Series – Part 6

Garden Inspirations Series – Part 6

Gardening offers a variety of activities to stimulate the mind. Gardening can be simple (soil, seeds, sun, & water) or as complicated as you wish to make it (create the perfect soil composition for specific plants, plan for detailed succession planting, plan for pollinators and insect predators, plan for good and bad plant companions, plan for shade tolerant vs. sun loving plants, create and work with both acidic pH garden areas and alkaline pH garden areas and the plants that thrive better in each, design the perfect weed eradicator, work at harnessing nature’s activities for the benefit of both, work at being in balance with nature to limit gardening issues, etc.). There is something for everyone to take minds off annoying troubles and pending issues.

From Conventional to Organic

From Conventional to Organic

Growing government certified potato seed conventionally in Ontario is already a demanding business, requiring the purchase of disease-free seed and several annual farm visits by government inspectors. Why then, would anyone choose to add organic certification, with an additional annual farm visit and extensive record keeping? This month’s article will tell you why Henry Ellenberger took this decision thirty years ago on his Coe Hill farm north of Madoc. It will also explain why Henry is known far and wide for his high quality certified organic potato seed.