8 August 2025 NOW AVAILABLE AT SELECT ALDERGROVE, BC 3600 248TH ST GRIMSHAW, AB 5023 54 AVENUE INNISFAIL, AB 4303 - 50TH STREET THORHILD, AB 221 - 2 STREET VERMILION, AB 5013 - 51 AVENUE KELVINGTON, SK 211 1ST AVENUE WEST KYLE, SK 111 RAILWAY AVENUE MEADOW LAKE, SK 107 - 2ND AVE W REDVERS, SK HIGHWAY 13 EAST SWIFT CURRENT, SK 1150 CENTRAL N SASKATOON, SK 3310 8TH STREET EAST ARBORG, MB 253 MAIN ST CARMAN, MB 61 MAIN ST N LOCATIONS IN WESTERN CANADA two to three inches. 3. Lay them on a cookie sheet lined with tinfoil, then put into the oven on low with the door slightly open (make sure outer skin is facing down so that they don’t stick to the tray). 4. Bake until the banana peels turn black - not burnt. Once cooled they should be very stiff and snap when bent. 5. Grind them into a powder using a blender, food processor or coffee grinder. 6. Work the powder into your garden soil to boost its nutrients and support healthy plant growth. Make this powder in winter and store in an airtight container until gardening season, then work directly into the soil in areas that could use a potassium boost. Use organic bananas if possible, as conventionally farmed bananas contain pesticides. Each banana peel will make approximately one tablespoon of banana powder. RECYCLED SEEDLING POTS Die-hard gardeners often reuse pots over and over as a cost-saving and waste reducing tactic. When you run short you can visit your local reuse centre to find an abundance of pots just waiting for a new home. The risk of recycling previously used pots is you could be introducing disease to your garden. This can be especially risky with pots that come from large commercial gardening centres where disease can be rampant. The unsuspecting gardener could pick these up and inadvertently introduce a disease into their virgin organic soil. Don’t risk it! Instead, if you wish to use recycled containers, clean and sterilize them first, or consider one of these options: • EGG CARTONS: While handy, the small size of an egg carton cup means seedlings will need to be transplanted at least once before planting in the garden. They also can fall apart with repeated watering. • PLASTIC CONTAINERS: You can reuse any short plastic container (ie. yoghurt, cottage cheese etc.) as long as you add drainage holes to the bottom of the containers to allow for drainage. • NEWSPAPER POTS: You can pick up discarded newspapers from your local reuse centre or dump and use them to make your own plant pots using origami techniques. The only drawback is the newspaper degrades with repeated watering. • EGGSHELLS: Start your seedlings in half an eggshell and when it’s ready to plant in the garden simply bury the entire shell.
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