Yukon-Grown Corn
The first time we tried growing corn in the Yukon, we sowed the seeds directly into our garden box outside the house.
The first time we tried growing corn in the Yukon, we sowed the seeds directly into our garden box outside the house.
With the spring equinox behind us and patches of dry grass re-emerging from under the snow, gardening season is getting closer…
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I love the hot days of summer that we’re occasionally fortunate enough to have here in the Yukon. You can usually overhear people…
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A couple of weeks ago, the oil tank guys were coming to take out our old tank and pour a cement pad for the new one.
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Sometimes it feels so hard to imagine that spring will come, that things will grow again and that there’ll be enough time…
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Fennel, Green Beans and Quinoa – Warm or cold, this simple selection of ingredients tastes fresh and perfect for a simple spring meal.
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Gardening in the Yukon can sometimes feel like a perennial struggle when in other parts of the country it might appear almost effortless.
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To a non-gardener it might seem as if the gardening season has come to an end now. The last of the vegetables have been harvested
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There are few wild greens easier to enjoy than lamb’s quarters (Chenopodium album) also known as white goosefoot and, sometimes, pigweed. A member of the populous Amaranthaceae family, which includes amaranth, quinoa, beets and spinach, among thousands of other plants, the leaves can be eaten fresh or cooked and have a flavour somewhere between spinach and kale.
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In the Yukon, the growing season in summer is very efficient, with almost 20 hours of daylight but winters are tough for our food gardens.
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Mid-winter Potato, Kale and Cheddar Pie. A hearty, cheesy, main course that only needs a side salad for a satisfying mid-winter meal.
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We all know we should compost. It is the right thing to do, even in bear country. Composting is the natural process of decay.
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As leaves start to fall and I swaddle my garden in rows of spun plastic to protect it from night frosts, I am exploring my family connection to gardening. Perhaps it’s because I feel a little alone sometimes, a spur way out on the family tree with little connection to roots that lie in other countries and cultures.
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This series, The Radical Gardener, will look at ways in which working class people (or people who just want to save some scratch) can approach creating, caring for and maintaining a food garden — something which, given the uncertainty of these times, seems like a pretty good idea.
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With the circumstances of the COVID-19 lock down, many are thinking about a garden this year, perhaps, for the first time in their lives.
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I’ve lost all control of my indoor-growing habit. No sooner has one batch of oregano or rosemary emerged shyly from its earthy grave than I’ve planted three more to keep it company.
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Thoughts of vibrant flower gardens seem whimsical when it’s -42 C and snow covers any evidence of those gardens. But seed catalogues are starting to
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Here, as elsewhere, we’re on the January/February cusp. For all practical purposes, that means gardening season is still a few months off.
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I feel tumbled up against the advance of winter. All summer, the sun pulled me on with the force of a tearaway sled dog and…
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As I was strolling by one of our apple shelters. They’re coming, my nose told me as the fragrance of ripe fruit wafted out of the open door
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Mysterious are the ways of plants, and when it comes to trees, we wait until they are well and truly dead before we cut them down.
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So, is this a boy bush or a girl bush?
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One thing that thrives up here is the humble spruce tree. Now before you shake your heads, let me clarify: I’m not talking about just any ol’ spruce tree.
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Yukon fruit growers have work to do in all seasons to ensure a successful harvest come fall. In the spring this involves two main strategies: avoid early bloom and watch that weather.
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Many Whitehorse gardeners are planning to grow an extra row of vegetables to donate to the food bank this year. Whitehorse is one of the
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The azalea plant is among the most colourful and beautiful of flowering shrubs. Domesticated to become an indoor flowering plant, many varieties can be placed
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