Northern gardeners (Zones 3–6):
If you want big onion bulbs, plant long-day onions.
They bulb with 14–16 hours of daylight.
Short-day onions grow tall tops, but won’t form full bulbs this far north.

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The book Northern Gardener with a cup of coffee on a table in my garden

Some morning reading in the garden 🌱📚

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A ferny single peony shoot starting up through a nest of leaves from bulbs

A tiny red peony shoot just making it above the mulch

The distinctive not-quite-closed looking apical bud of a seedling ash tree just thinking about opening

The distinctive down-drooping tiny just-opening leaves of an elm seedling

Making friends with three kinds of new-to-me plants this spring: peonies, ash, and elm.

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Day 2 tilling. I've done maybe 300 sqft, maybe 400. Wheelbarrowed fertility for a third of that from the animal area. Can't remember my total tillable sqft but it's several thousands. I plan on doing this mostly daily until the beginning of June (last frost). 🌱 #DisabledGardener #NorthernGardener

Got the greenhouse cleaned up this morning and potted up my bare root perennials. It was GLORIOUS in there! +30c, the vents wide open and the snow outside melting! 🌱 #northerngardener #northernbc #greenhouse #letsgetgrowing

A small cell pack under lights, with slightly fuzzy seedlings just growing their first true leaves.

Babies 😍🥰😍🥰

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Are there any short season or cold winter garden feeds here? I know this is the quiet time of year for them.

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