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Cheryl Bernard Kerri Einarson John Epping Randy Ferbey Al Hackner Rachel Homan Russ Howard Brad Jacobs Jennifer Jones Kevin Koe
Food can often travel thousands of kilometres before finding its way to your table. Here are a few tips to reduce “food mileage":
1 - Grow it yourself: Make a garden at home or plant fruit trees or bushes in your yard. Focus on fruits and vegetables that are better adapted to our climate:
Apples and mixed berries Tomatoes Lettuce Beans Cucumbers, zucchini, etc. Additionally, gardening is good for your physical and mental health. Three and a half hours of gardening burns 100 calories – the equivalent of two hours of jogging1.
2 - Buy local: Obviously, gardening takes time and partially meets our needs.
Here are a few tips for buying local, ideally in bulk and without using plastic bags.
Local seasonable food is often cheaper than food that travels long distances. Choose seasonal products and where possible, freeze fruits and vegetables for winter and spring. Preserves are also a good option for consumption in colder weather. If you have a bigger budget, local agriculture is an option for food, generally organic, produced on a small scale, in the form of local food baskets.
The first few weeks of spring are perfect for planting seedlings. It's not too soon! Check out our guide on how to get your gardening season off to a great start.
Planning
1. Get your seeds.
Pick plants that are less demanding: strawberries, raspberries, nasturtiums, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, lettuces, herbs, etc.
2. Buy (or make) compost and potting soil.
A good natural fertilizer will help your plants grow faster, stronger and fuller. Avoid synthetic or chemical fertilizers: they're terrible pollutants, only effective in the short term and could burn your plants.
3. Select your pots.
If you don't have any, give your empty cans and yogurt containers a second life. If you do reuse these kinds of containers, wash them thoroughly first. And don't forget about the importance of good drainage: poke holes in the bottom of your recycled pots and place them in a dish so that excess water can drain out.
Seeding
1. Plant your seeds.
Place each seed in its own pot so it has enough space to grow. Plant them fairly close to the surface: make sure they are covered, without burying them too deep.
2. Water your seeds.
Don't use water from melted snow or rainwater: that water contains too many minerals for seeds and seedlings. For the first two weeks, water your seedling pots by spraying them with dechlorinated tap water. To evaporate the chlorine, fill a pitcher of water from the tap, let it sit overnight, and then stir the water just before watering the seedlings in order to reoxygenate it.
The soil should be damp, but not completely soaked - but, remember that it's better to water too little than too much: your plants are more likely to suffer from drowning than from dryness.
3. Pick the right place for your seedlings.
Place your seedlings near a window, in full sun. Make sure you turn your pots around every day so that they get sun on all sides.
Follow all these steps and you should see some real growth: your hard work will bear fruit – literally!
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