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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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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Cabbage is still relatively inexpensive and has always been delicious, raw or cooked. I think many of us grew up with boiled or steamed…
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The spring season is upon us. Retail stores are starting to set up their garden centres, seed racks are coming out on display…
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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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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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Pollination is part of life on Earth, enabling plants to turn flowers into fruit. There is no more-famous pollinator than the honeybee.
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The days are longer, the temperatures milder—it is time to prepare for gardening, planting and foraging. Some tips to get you started!
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I saw my first dandelion of the season early this month, and it absolutely made my day. I love dandelions.
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Pollination is the creation of other flowers through “sex.” However, unlike humans, sex between flowers is quite complex and very scientific.
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Seedlings from the Martha Black Mayday tree outside of city hall were given away to 250. The Mayday tree is, slated to be cut down in 2022.
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Approaching the last six to eight weeks of our active growing season, it’s time to take a critical look at your greenhouse.
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Last night a friend stopped by for dinner. He brought moose sausages to grill; I boiled up some Yukon grown red potatoes and added butter