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Continue reading →: 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 ; )
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Continue reading →: First Week Of March In The Potting ShedA list of what to start this week. The lists get longer as the days get longer… and warmer : )
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Continue reading →: 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
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Continue reading →: 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!
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: Mid February Notes From The Potting Shed – Pollinator Flowers & FAQ’sThis week in the potting shed is all about pollinator plants, what to start now, getting ready to grow…
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Continue reading →: 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 : )
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: Notes From The February Potting ShedThis week is all about dahlias, preventing dahlia gall, gladiolas, pruning how-to, tips for starting peppers, workshops… a whole lot to share.
Hello,
I’m Tanja
Growing food and flowers cottage garden style (potager style) for healthier, happier gardens.
Feeding pollinators, attracting pollinators, for bigger, better food crops.
Follow for practical, easy to do gardening tips to improve your garden harvests while also saving our birds, bees, and environment… and growing lots of pretty flowers, too.
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The Marigold Potager - A Zone 3 Prairie Garden 