Top 5 Small Evergreen Trees For Backyard Privacy – Zone 3 Looking for a small evergreen for your city yard? I got you!

Looking for a small evergreen to fit a a city lot? To give shelter for birds, privacy for you, and add year round beauty and colour? I got you!

Mid-April In The Potting Shed (The Q&A Edition) Getting excited about spring!

Finally spring has come to the prairies, too. Getting excited about all the things we can do this week...

Sunday Potager (Food Garden) Ramblings #80 Well, hi there. Happy Sunday, eh? We finally, finally, finally have nice weather here on the prairies, so it is going to be a busy week ahead.... and hey, what is it with windows? They get sooo dirty and seem to need a good wash every month! Therefore, washing windows is on my today agenda as our temps are going to be in the high teens.

This week's ramblings have garden diys, what to grow in dry shade, making gardening fun again... inspirational gardening tips, how-to's, and great recipes, as always. Check out the wild mushroom pizza recipe. Happy Sunday reading.

#gardening #bees #shadegardens #pizza

April In The Potting Shed Well, by golly. It sure has been difficult to get excited about gardening lately, as the weather has been all over the place here on the prairies. From cold and snowy to double digit highs. I like those sunny, plus degree days just fine ; ) I did not post last weekend, on the Easter long weekend, as there really has been little that we can do in the garden.

Things are looking up! Check out the what to do now, ideas for forcing rhubarb, spring pots...

Sunday Potager (food garden) Ramblings #79 So many tips for you this week. No greenhouse? Check out the easy cold frame diys (possibly more helpful than a greenhouse is!) Shade gardens, asparagus, roses, robins...

This week's ramblings is loaded! Shade gardens, growing asparagus, tomatoes, sunflowers... Cold frame ideas that are so easy, possibly even more helpful than a greenhouse? Yes, I said that ; )

Happy Sunday ~ Tanja

Sunday Potager Garden Ramblings #78 Happy Easter, friends. I hope you are having a lovely weekend.

This week's Sunday Ramblings has spring gardening bits, pretty gardens to inspire, diy's, square foot gardening, and great recipes, too. Check out that pasta idea.. so different and sounds so flavourful! Happy Easter.

Early April In The Potting Shed Not too much to add this week as the weather just refuses to get spring like. It is so very hard to get into spring mode when it is cold and/or snowy. Sigh. Though, I looked back on last year's temps and they were similar at the end of March. The first week of April was fantastic, so that is promising!

What to do in your garden or potting shed this week.

What you can direct sow right into the cold, snowy soil.

And hey... I saw a bunch of robins yesterday! Spring really is coming... though it does not feel like it here yet ; )

#spring #seeds #gardenworkshops #pottingsoil #tomatoes #peppers

Sunday Potager Ramblings #77 This week is all about spring and Easter... what are you all doing for Easter next weekend? I hope you spend it with family and friends. Although Easter is my second favourite holiday (after Thanksgiving), I am doing nothing this year. Have told the family that I am out, not participating... but I am kind of sad about it. Turns out that hubby is not at home for Easter this year so I decided to start on a new anti-inflammatory diet while he is away.

This week's Ramblings are all about spring in the yard and garden, plus loads of Easter crafts and recipes. Easy, fast, and inexpensive crafts that you still have loads of time to make. Happy Easter, friends! Tanja

#Easter #Spring #Glutenfree #NaturalDyes

End of March Ramblings What to start from seed now, all about bug netting and frost blankets, spring clean garden clean up, and more...

You can start direct sowing your cool season crops, like lettuces and radishes, in your unheated greenhouse or coldframes.

Sunday Ramblings #76 (Spring & Easter) Easter diy and recipes, plus so much spring garden inspiration. Tiny gardens, companion planting, attracting butterflies and bees to your garden....

The cutest diy in today's ramblings, all from your dollar store. Attracting bees and butterflies, plus so more spring gardening inspiration.

Sunday Potager Ramblings #75 (spring gardening, tomatoes, pretty gardens) Happy Sunday! We made it through that week with the wintery weather and spring is literally on the way! Only 5 more days till spring and the weather is going to be wonderful. It was so dry last fall! We had rain for most of the summer and then none for weeks and weeks afterwards! I can hardly wait to see the crocus and other pathway bulbs that hubby planted for me last year (I supervised with my brand new hips ; ) and the perennial pink primulas I have growing in the back corner.

Spring is just 5 days away and I am already dreaming about my primulas!

This week's Sunday Ramblings has pretty gardens, how to grow great tomatoes by doing as little as possible! (super good information), and great spring recipes... always lots of fun reads on Sundays.

Planning Your (Potager) Garden Layout How to plan your garden layout for the biggest harvests and healthiest crops.

How to choose what to plant and how to lay it out on your garden plan.

Mid-March in The Potting Shed Spring is nigh! Just 5 days away! Here are this week's what to start now, plus how to protect your cabbage from cabbage moths, your onions from maggots...

Mid-March in The Potting Shed

Spring is nigh! Just 5 days away! Here are this week's what to start now, plus how to protect your cabbage from cabbage moths, your onions from maggots...

What To Do In The March Garden – From The Potting Shed (all about soil) This week from the potting shed is all about garden soil.

Answering your questions about garden soil, plus taking cuttings and sowing annual flowers.

#annuals # cuttings #gardening_tips #gardensoil

Sunday Potager Ramblings 74 (Workshops, diy’s, potager gardens) This week is loaded with gardening inspo. From potager gardens to plants that offer shade for the greenhouse. Spring is definitely on the way when I can find this much inspiration for you in just one week ; )

So much gardening inspiration in this week's Sunday Ramblings. The potager gardens are stunning!

#gardeninspo #workshops #gardendiys #roses #pruning #shortcake

First Week Of March In The Potting Shed A list of what to start this week. The lists get longer as the days get longer... and warmer : )

This is it. Time to start sowing in earnest. Did you know that Bok Choy is very frost tolerant, can even handle a bit of snow?

Sunday Potager Ramblings #73 (bitter cucumbers, growing beets, gothic gardening) This week on the blog, in my Sunday Ramblings... how to not grow bitter cukes, how to grow great big beets, wildflower seed bombs, growing citrus in a pot... So many great reads this week ~ Tanja

This week on the blog.. how to grow sweet cucumbers, great big beets, what is gothic gardening? So many great reads, plus dip and salad recipes, too.

#beets #cucumbers #growing #gardening

Last Week Of February In The Potting Shed It is time!

Last Week Of February In The Potting Shed

It is time!

Sunday Potager Ramblings #72 (growing eggplants, spring gardens, and family) Happy Sunday! While we have lost a little bit of our spring fervor with the return of the snow, it won't be long now. Only 25 days till spring!

Sunday Potager Ramblings #72 (growing eggplants, spring gardens, and family)

Happy Sunday! While we have lost a little bit of our spring fervor with the return of the snow, it won't be long now. Only 25 days till spring!

Vegetables I Am Growing In My 2026 Garden (with seed sources) I was asked to post my crops for this summer, plus where I get the seeds from. Here is everything thus far. There are still a couple of things I am looking for, but they are not a necessity, just a want. These are the varieties that you will find at the workshops, too. I also give the number of days to go from planting to maturity. Hope you find this helpful : )

Vegetables I Am Growing In My 2026 Garden (with seed sources)

I was asked to post my crops for this summer, plus where I get the seeds from. Here is everything thus far. There are still a couple of things I am looking for, but they are not a necessity, just a want. These are the varieties that you…

Mid February Notes From The Potting Shed – Pollinator Flowers This week in the potting shed is all about pollinator plants, what to start now, getting ready to grow...

Mid February Notes From The Potting Shed – Pollinator Flowers

This week in the potting shed is all about pollinator plants, what to start now, getting ready to grow...

Sunday Potager Ramblings #71 (Lemon Trees, Create Gifts From Your Garden) Grow gift ideas in your garden. How to grow artichokes, calendula, coneflowers.... This week's post is so good! Full of garden inspo : )

Sunday Potager Ramblings #71 (Lemon Trees, Create Gifts From Your Garden)

Grow gift ideas in your garden. How to grow artichokes, calendula, coneflowers.... This week's post is so good! Full of garden inspo : )

Potager Ramblings #70 (Verbascum, pollinators, potting soil recipe) We are having the most glorious weather. It was plus 17°C (62°F) the other day on our east facing back deck. Gorgeous! This is crazy nice for central Alberta. My brother and I were saying how these post Christmas winter months are going by so much faster with the nice weather. We were also saying... 'oh, oh, what is yet to come?' …

Potager Ramblings #70 (Verbascum, pollinators, potting soil recipe)

We are having the most glorious weather. It was plus 17°C (62°F) the other day on our east facing back deck. Gorgeous! This is crazy nice for central Alberta. My brother and I were saying how these post Christmas winter months are…

Notes From The February Potting Shed This week is all about dahlias, preventing dahlia gall, gladiolas, pruning how-to, tips for starting peppers, workshops... a whole lot to share.

Notes From The February Potting Shed

This week is all about dahlias, preventing dahlia gall, gladiolas, pruning how-to, tips for starting peppers, workshops... a whole lot to share.

Potager Ramblings #69 (Should you be feeding the birds? Growing skirret) This week's collection of reads from the garden, the home, and the kitchen. Growing skirret?

Potager Ramblings #69 (Should you be feeding the birds? Growing skirret)

This week's collection of reads from the garden, the home, and the kitchen. Growing skirret?

Notes From The Potting Shed (Early February) What to do in the garden and potting shed in February....

Notes From The Potting Shed (Early February)

What to do in the garden and potting shed in February....

How To Grow Calendula (aka Pot Marigolds) I love nothing more that adding flowers to my yard and potager. Perennial flowers have their moments, but annual flowers (the kind you plant each year) are my real favourites. Calendula will bloom from early spring through till frost, well into November. In mild winter zones, I have seen it blooming in pots when I was on my way to a Christmas party!

How to grow calendula, a great pollinator magnet for your veggie patch.

Notes From The Potting Shed – Week #5 (January 26th – February 1st) What to do in January for your spring and summer garden.

Notes From The Potting Shed – Week #5 (January 26th – February 1st)

What to do in January for your spring and summer garden.

Sunday Ramblings #58 (Hedgerows, Herbs, & Keto Bread) Hedgerow ideas, mulched gardens, safe bird feeding ideas, keto bread, tacky antiques that are coming back in style.... a fun Sunday read for you again, this week.

Sunday Ramblings #58 (Hedgerows, Herbs, & Keto Bread)

Hedgerow ideas, mulched gardens, safe bird feeding ideas, keto bread, tacky antiques that are coming back in style.... a fun Sunday read for you again, this week.

Sunday Ramblings #67 (Still Organizing & Changes Afoot) So, here we are, almost 3 weeks into the new year. How are you making out? We have had a very mild couple of weeks, which really helps the month move along faster. I am antsy for spring, longer days, and heat. I am two weeks into the Metabolism Recode, an elimination diet that helps get rid of bloating, weight gain, fatigue, helps decrease allergies and arthritis pain.

Sunday Ramblings #67 (Still Organizing & Changes Afoot)

So, here we are, almost 3 weeks into the new year. How are you making out? We have had a very mild couple of weeks, which really helps the month move along faster. I am antsy for spring, longer days, and heat. I am two weeks into the…