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Tip: Small seeds such as carrots and lettuce can be sprinkled in double rows or blocks, then thinned after sprouting to make enough room for full grown plants, depending on the size of the variety. For large plants like cabbage or sunflowers, plant 3 or 4 seeds in each spot you want them to grow, [...]

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A community garden is a place where a group of people may grow food as well as flowers, shrubs and trees in a shared space. The gardeners may share one large garden and all the produce, have small plots of their own, or a combination of the two. Each community garden may chose to [...]

The Traditional Relationships between Indigenous Peoples and
 Our Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, Squash Companion Planting: A Method of Traditional Agriculture Traditionally, all three crop sisters are grown together for the benefit of all. The people need all three sisters because corn, beans and squash, eaten separately, each provide only some of the essential proteins required [...]

Guide: Beet, Lettuce, 
Broccoli, Onions
, Brussel sprouts, Parsley, 
Cabbage, Peas
, Cauliflower, Radish
, Carrots, Rutabaga
, Dill, Swiss chard, 
Kale, Turnip Cool season, frost hardy crops may withstand freezing temperatures of between 0-2°C or more, depending on the variety, so these vegetables may be planted about 2-4 weeks before the average last frost date with little risk. [...]

Guide: Beans, Peppers, Corn, Potatoes, Cucumber, Squash, Eggplant, Tomatoes  Warm season, frost tender plant plants are often killed by a light frost (O°C), although some varieties may be more hardy than others. While many warm weather vegetable varieties require a soil temperature of at least 10°C to germinate, temperatures closer to room temperature are ideal. [...]

Our soil is a non-renewable resource. It takes thousands of years for rocks to weather into soils, and hundreds of years for rich organic matter to build up. Entire civilisations can rise and fall depending on their soil quality. Soil can be protected from erosion and compaction by avoiding tilling; instead, plant in raised beds. [...]

Read: Click to read Backyard Magic: The Composting Handbook courtesy of  the New Brunswick Department of Environment.