Roots, Blooms, and Leaves

Roots, Blooms, and Leaves Zone 5b vegetable gardener offering a variety of garden related service, in the Barrie, Ontario area.

One more week and it should be safe to start moving warm weather seedlings like tomatoes & peppers into the garden here ...
05/14/2026

One more week and it should be safe to start moving warm weather seedlings like tomatoes & peppers into the garden here in zone 5b. Let the hardening off begin.

It's May 1. Time to check out a few things happening in my Zone 5b garden. Hyacinth is in bloom, tulips are about to ope...
05/01/2026

It's May 1. Time to check out a few things happening in my Zone 5b garden. Hyacinth is in bloom, tulips are about to open, onions are popping up amongst the strawberries, lovage is getting big, chamomile and oregano are leafing out. So many other things going on too. Big gardening weekend ahead.

Beefsteak tomatoes are just poking their heads above the soil. You can just make out where the seed leaves will open. T...
04/12/2026

Beefsteak tomatoes are just poking their heads above the soil. You can just make out where the seed leaves will open. They were germinating in paper towel, and in the dark (for about a week). Now that they are under grow lights they will start to get green and straighten up.

04/03/2026

I am late this year but I am finally germinating some seeds. This is my preferred method. I place the seeds in damp paper towels and then in a container. The container goes in a dark cupboard. I check them a couple times a week and when they got roots I pluck them out and put them in soil and then under grow lights.

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