Year-Round Vegetable Gardening

Have you ever wondered if you could grow vegetables to harvest all year long? You can! Listen to Steve and Donna as they chat with their colleague Niki Jabbour to learn about her approach to year-round vegetable gardening.
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    The Year-Round Vegetable GardenerPodcast 1: Year-Round Vegetable Gardening

    Can you grow vegetables year round? In this first of two podcasts, Steve and Donna talk with Niki Jabbour about year-round vegetable gardening tips from her new book, The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener.

    Donna asks Niki what to expect when winter gardening in frigid climates such her hometown of Calgary. Then, Nicki explains to Steve about vegetable garden season extenders such as row covers and cold frames.

    In the next instalment, Niki talks about vegetables she’s harvesting in February, favourite vegetable crops, and other benefits of year-round gardening.

     

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    Podcast 2: Year-Round Vegetable Gardening

    In this second of two podcasts, Steve and Donna talk with Niki Jabbour about year-round vegetable gardening tips from her new book, The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener.

    Steve asks about other year-round vegetable gardening benefits besides extending the harvest, and Niki explains how winter gardening gives her respite from pesky deer and other pests. Donna asks what Niki is harvesting now, in February, and Niki shares key crops—including the “kale popsicles” that her kids love!

MORE: SEE WHAT WE SAY in No Guff Vegetable Gardening about cold frames.

Garden Coaches Chat: No Guff. Lots of fun.
Donna Balzer and Steven Biggs
Garden Coaches