Hot Peppers – Feel the Heat

Every season Glen Echo Nurseries likes to turn up the heat!!  We seek out a range of specialty hot  peppers, and this year is no exception.  We have received many new hot peppers for you to grow in your own backyard.  Spice up your everyday boring meals with one of these flavourful but fiery peppers.  […]

Planting Onions in your own backyard

Planting Onions in your own backyard

There are a variety of types and tips when planting onions that you can apply when choosing which plants to compose of your garden. Onions are a cold-season fall or spring crop, easy to grow because of their hardiness. Whether you start your onions from seed, sets, or seedlings, there are some tricks of the trade […]

A Guide to Peppers – Sweet

Peppers offer so much versatility in size, shape, colour, and flavour.  They are the second most popular vegetable planted in home gardens, the first being tomatoes.  We are all familiar with bell peppers, but peppers come in a multitude of varieties, some of which are sweet and others quite hot.  Most sweet peppers mature about […]

A Guide for Growing Herbs

A Guide for Growing Herbs

To support the successful growth of herbs, proper maintenance is essential. Here’s a quick guide to growing herbs. People have been using herbs for food preparation and medicinal properties for centuries. They are vigorous growers, bountiful producers, have a multitude of uses and most are low maintenance making them perfect for beginner gardeners.  Many herbs […]