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Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping

Steven Biggs: Horticulturist and edible landscaping expert.

Want to grow your own food but need creative ideas so you can get the most from your space and your growing zone? Our passion is the edible garden. We help people grow food on balconies, in backyards, and beyond—whether it’s edible landscaping, a vegetable garden, container gardens, or a home orchard. There are many ways to approach edible landscaping. Find out how to harvest enough fruit, vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers. Get top tips for exotic crops. And learn how to garden in a way that

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18:54

Long, Skinny Garden? Hear How We Tweak This Space

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2025/06/19

How to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***Not sure what to do with a long, skinny, straight-edged garden beside a driveway, patio, or building?In this episode, we take a long, slender ornamental garden and reimagine the space with edible plants.The garden we’re thinking about is actually a little sliver of the Joan of Arc Garden in Quebec City. But these same ideas work well in in many home-garden situations.We talk about:Crop ideas (kales, Thai basil, borage,

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19:11

Want to Switch Out Your Annuals? Try These Herbs Instead

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2025/06/05

Are you thinking of growing a potted olive tree? Or maybe you already have one…but you’re still waiting for olives. Olive trees are tough as nails. They can take more cold than many people realize. And they’re really beautiful, too. Put these all together, and you have a great potted plant for a cold-climate garden.In my new book, Grow Olives Where You Think You Can't, I tell you everything you need to know to successfully grow an olive tree in a pot! ***Do you have a garden where you use

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23:00

Hear How We Tweak a Public Space to Keep the...

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2025/05/22

Are you thinking of growing a potted olive tree? Or maybe you already have one…but you’re still waiting for olives. Olive trees are tough as nails. They can take more cold than many people realize. And they’re really beautiful, too. Put these all together, and you have a great potted plant for a cold-climate garden.In my new book, Grow Olives Where You Think You Can't, I tell you everything you need to know to successfully grow an olive tree in a pot! ***Wondering about adding edible plants

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21:39

From Geranium Glut to Playful Herb Planter Box! A...

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2025/04/24

Thinking of veggies for your container garden? Or planter boxes with herbs? In this episode, we look at a patio surrounded by planter boxes that are filled with red geraniums...nothing but red geraniums.Our goal? Transform this linear container garden from a continuous line of red into something varied, colourful—playful—and edible.Hear two different approaches to reimagining the planter boxes so that they’re a low-maintenance edible container garden.If you’re looking for more on the

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28:27

Bare Ground, Hard Clay, and not Much Sun: Hear How to...

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2025/04/09

Short growing season? Not enough space? Sore back and knees? Grow crops in containers for a longer season, to fit in more crops, and bend less. If you want to up your game at container growing, or if you're new to gardening and need an inspiring primer, join us on April 14th for a live online class.---Got a spot you’d like to use to grow food but not sure where to start?In this episode, we tackle a bare space with hard clay, in zone 3.Let’s not forget the deer and rabbits. Oh, and there’s a

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32:15

Too Cold for Tender Fruit? Hear What this Prairie...

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2024/06/06

Think your climate is too cold to grow tender fruit? Find out how this grower harvests peaches, plums, cherries, apricots, and more…despite winter temperatures that can dip to -38°C (-36°F) and a short summer.In this episode, Donna and Steven chat with Saskatchewan fruit grower Dean Kreutzer. We talk about:Fruit adapted to cold climatesUsing unheated greenhouses to grow tender fruit, grapes…and figsHeat sinks and insulated tarpsCapturing heat from the ground—without an elaborate geothermal

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21:06

Not Enough Space? Fit in More Crops With These Ideas

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2024/05/30

Do you have more seeds and plants than you can fit into your garden?It’s a common problem for the enthusiastic food gardener!In this episode, Donna and Steven talk about finding more growing space so that you can fit more crops into the same space.Get ideas for:Growing in ungardenable spaces…like the root-infested space next to hedgesReducing space used by pathwaysTiering crops in a gardenUsing paved areas, decks—and stairs!If you’re looking for more on garden planning, check out these 7

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31:06

Tips for Growing Great Tomatoes

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2024/05/23

Want to grow great tomatoes? With the right transplanting and care, your tomatoes will be off to a great start.In this episode, Donna and Steven talk about:Transplanting tomato seedlingsProtecting transplants from cold spring weatherHow to stake, train, and support tomato plantsPruning tomato suckersWatering and feedingTomato challenges, including pests, diseases, and blossom end rot.If you’re looking for more on how to support tomato plants, check out this article. -->Join the 5,000+

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15:38

It’s the May 24…Wondering What Veg to Plant?

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2024/05/16

Wondering when to plant vegetables? Not sure what to plant first?You don’t need to plant everything at once.In this episode, Donna and Steven talk about when to plant vegetables, and the Canadian tradition of planting the garden over the Victoria Day (May 24) weekend.(Sometimes it makes sense…though not for all crops in all zones.)If you’re looking for more on planting vegetables, check out this article on direct seeding. ***-->Join the 5,000+ gardeners in The Food Garden Gang who stay

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24:29

How to Harden Off Seedlings: Simple Steps So Your...

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2024/05/09

Your vegetable seedlings can look great indoors. Then fall like dominoes in the garden.If they’re not hardened off.But if you harden off seedlings, they stand a much better chance once you plant them in the garden.In this episode, Donna and Steven talk about:What hardening off meansWhy harden off seedlingsHow to harden off seedlingsWhen to harden off seedlingsHarden off seedlings in a greenhouseIf you’re looking for more on growing vegetables from seed, check out post on how to direct seed

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37:47

Saskatoon Berries: Tough as Nails (as this Zone 2...

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2024/05/02

Wondering about fruit to grow in a cold climate?Today we head to Alberta, to find out how to grow saskatoon bushes. Arden Delidais grows in Zone 2—and doesn’t get any winter dieback on her saskatoon berries.Delidais’ orchard and winery, DNA Gardens, has a number of cold hardy crops including saskatoon berries, apples, plums, rhubarb, currants, and haskaps.Saskatoon bushes (Amelanchier alnifolia) are native to North America. (South of the border you might hear them referred to as juneberry

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33:41

Skip the Transplants? How to Direct Sow Seeds

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2024/04/25

Have you tried direct sowing but didn’t get good results? Wondering how to direct sow seeds?Direct sowing—a.k.a. direct seeding or direct planting—is when we sow seeds straight into the garden. We skip starting transplants indoors.It gives better results for some crops—because there’s no transplanting shock. And that’s great, because it saves you the hassle of growing transplants.But some crops need extra growing time…and that’s where transplants make sense. Or sometimes, hot summer weather

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35:32

Vegetables in Pots: How to Ace Your Container Garden

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2024/04/18

Want to harvest more veg from the same amount of space? You can get lots more from a small space by growing in containers. (If you get it right…but that’s not difficult!)If you get these 4 things right, you’re on the road to container gardening success: The right containerGood soilA suitable locationProper careIn this episode, Donna and Steven share top tips for container gardening success, including choosing pots, selecting soil, finding a suitable spot, and caring for your container

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21:45

Figs not Winter Hardy? Here are Creative Ways to Grow...

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2024/04/11

Don’t miss out on fresh figs just because you’re gardening in a cold climate.There are many cold-climate fig growers who defy zone boundaries with creative overwintering techniques.Figs can take quite a bit of cold. Not the extreme cold. A creative gardener gets figs through the winter by moderating the extremes.In this episode, Donna and Steven talk about fig-growing tactics for cold climates so that you can harvest figs—even if you have zone envy!If you’re looking for more cold-climate

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36:34

People go Bananas for This Fruit! How to Grow a...

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2024/04/04

Figs + Container Veg. Live events in April 2024. Find out more about these new live virtual events. ---- Can’t get enough pawpaw fruit? Want to grow a pawpaw tree?If you haven’t tried pawpaw fruit, many people describe the flavour of its silky, yellow flesh as tropical.While it’s the largest fruit native to North America, it’s difficult to find the fruit for sale. Yet it’s easy to grow.That’s why many gardeners and small farmers plant pawpaw trees.In this episode, Donna and Steven talk

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38:55

Is Your Soil in Overdraft? Find Out How to Amend Soil

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2024/03/28

Figs + Container Veg. Live events in April 2024. Find out more about these new live virtual events. ---- When you make only withdrawals—no deposits—you eventually end up in overdraft. It works that way at the bank, with friendships—and with soil.And growing crop after crop in a garden is like making withdrawal after withdrawal. The crops use nutrients. Working the soil affects its structure.Amending soil is like putting money back into the bank. Soil amendments can improve soil structure,

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34:12

Where to Grow Herbs: Herb Garden Layout and Design Ideas

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2024/03/21

Figs. Lemons. Container Veg. New live events in March and April, 2024. Find out more about these new live virtual events.---- Looking for herb garden layout ideas? If you’re planning a herb garden, there are many ways to add herbs to the landscape. You can have a stand-alone herb garden, a herb lawn, herbs mixed with paving, use herbs as bedding plants, weave them into a perennial border, or make a herb container garden on a patio, deck, or paved space.In this episode, Donna and Steven talk

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45:31

Planting Greens for a Continuous Harvest: Crops +...

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2024/03/14

Figs. Lemons. Container Veg. New live events in March and April, 2024. Find out more about these new live virtual events.---- Leafy greens fizzle out in the summer? Does your lettuce bolt too soon?Find out how to grow more leafy greens in your garden and how to extend your harvest so you can pick fresh salad greens as long as possible.In this episode, Donna and Steven talk about crops ideas for leafy greens, how to plant leafy greens in a home garden or edible landscape, choosing greens

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46:24

Grow an Indoor Lemon Tree + MORE Exotic Potted Citrus...

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2024/03/07

Figs. Lemons. Container Veg. New live events in March and April, 2024. Find out more about these new live virtual events.---- Tried growing a potted lemon tree but it didn’t thrive? Citrus expert Byron Martin has the solution. And it’s not difficult.AND he also has recommendations for other unusual potted citrus trees. We talk about finger limes, blood limes, pomelo, sweet lemon, sunquat, kumquat, citron, and more.For all of these citrus trees in pots, proper watering is the key to success

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34:55

Hands-Off Crop: Growing Raspberries (they do FINE...

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2024/02/29

Figs. Lemons. Easy to Grow Fruit. Container Veg. Vertical Gardening. New live events in Feb., March and April, 2024. Find out more about these new live virtual events.---- Don’t have time to spend on fussy fruit crops? Then growing raspberries is something to think about. You can prune raspberries and manage the crop to maximize production. But this is one of those bulletproof crops that can do quite nicely without your help.In this episode, Donna and Steven talk about planting

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