Minter Country Garden Blog

Your October Garden Checklist

Your October Garden Checklist

October is an important month for many things in our gardens. Here are the top 10 projects to tackle: 1. It's the last chance to plant garlic for harvest next July. Raised beds, sandy soil and a sunny location are key. Russian garlic is quite successful in our area,...

Growing Garlic

Growing Garlic

Learn how to grow garlic like a pro in with our expert tips on planting, caring for, and harvesting garlic.

Perennials That Love the Heat

Perennials That Love the Heat

Explore heat-loving perennials to brighten your summer garden! From Rudbeckias to Gaillardia, these hardy plants offer vibrant colors and resilience, ensuring stunning blooms into early fall.

Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden

Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden

Butterfly-Friendly Gardening Adult butterflies need moist, muddy spots and warm rocks on which to sun. Being very vulnerable to cats, providing a protected location is important. You will also have to rely more on organic methods and less on insecticides to control...

What to Watch for After a Cool, Wet Spring

What to Watch for After a Cool, Wet Spring

Normally, when we edge our way from spring to summer, the weather gets a little warmer, a little drier, and out come the shorts and T-shirts. Well, this year was a little off normal! The many days of cool, wet weather that we have had are bound to cause a few problems...

Planting Bare Root Plants

Planting Bare Root Plants

Growing garlic has become a wonderful venture for so many new gardeners. It’s probably one of the most viable winter crops in the Lower Mainland because of our great fall and winter growing conditions. It’s important to raise this topic now as the first day of fall,...

Asparagus!

Asparagus!

After a year of ups and downs with the weather, and after several years of economic fluctuations, folks are keen to expand their edible gardens and to get a jump on the growing season ahead to try and maximize what they can harvest in a year. While it’s tempting to...

Blueberries

Blueberry plants have now arrived and they are truly one of the easiest, and most rewarding, plants to grow in the home garden and they truly provide year-round enjoyment. They offer lovely green foliage and white blooms in spring, delicious healthy berries in summer,...

February Garden To-Do List

February Garden To-Do List

Groundhogs and lobsters aside, the forecast for the next few weeks calls for many cool, clear days (and we’ll take ‘em, thank you very much!), which gives us a fantastic opportunity to get into the garden and get a jump on spring! Here are the top activities to do...