Oshawa This Week
DURHAM — Next week’s video series on durhamregion.com, is all about tips for planting, growing and maintaining your vegetable garden with horticultural consultant Ken Brown.
Mr. Brown is a certified horticultural judge and is a frequent speaker at horticultural meetings and seminars in Durham. His writing and photography continues to be published in several magazines and newspapers. Mr. Brown’s web page, http://www.gardening-enjoyed.com/, is a great source of advice, tips and updates on his own garden. He grows a wide range of vegetables and flowers in some innovative ways to maximize the use of space.
We are about to get colourful and creative. Tune into durhamregion.com for the inside scoop on maintaining a healthy vegetable garden.
Series breakdown:
• Monday, July 15: Training cucumbers
Mr. Brown shows you how to use a trellis to save garden space.
• Tuesday, July 16: Keeping fruit off the ground
Do you have a slew of uninvited pests looking to dine at your all-you-can-eat vegetarian buffet? Let Mr. Brown help you train your tomatoes to grow around a rope to save space and keep critters away.
• Wednesday, July 17: Cutting side shoots
Get a bang for your buck. In this segment, Mr. Brown shows you how to cut side shoots to increase broccoli production.
• Thursday, July 18: Zucchini in a cage
Putting zucchini in a cage saves space and keeps fruit off the ground.
• Friday, July 19: Seeding in a row
Parsnips are very slow to germinate. Since they are a root, they can be difficult to track. Tune in to see what Mr. Brown uses as a marking device for these delicious veggies.
• Saturday, July 20: Hilling up the potatoes
Learn how to produce an abundant crop by using the hoe.
• Sunday, July 21: Tall climbing items
In this segment, we are growing sugar snap peas. See what Mr. Brown uses as a trellis to maximize yield.
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