Niki Jabbour
@nikijabbour.bsky.social
Author of 4 best-selling vegetable gardening books including The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener
Radio host SavvyGardening.com.
Halifax, NS
Radio host SavvyGardening.com.
Halifax, NS
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Niki Jabbour
@nikijabbour.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello all! 👋🌱 I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m a year-round vegetable gardener from Nova Scotia, an award-winning author of 4 books on food gardening, a magazine and newspaper columnist, and a longtime radio host. I’m also one of the experts behind SavvyGardening.com 😊
This pic from my 4th book, Growing Under Cover, shows some of the diversity of the winter greens I harvest; lettuce, mizuna, mache, and beet greens. Other fave winter crops include scallions, kale, carrots, leeks, and arugula to name a few. What do you pick over winter? ❄️
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This pic from my 4th book, Growing Under Cover, shows some of the diversity of the winter greens I harvest; lettuce, mizuna, mache, and beet greens. Other fave winter crops include scallions, kale, carrots, leeks, and arugula to name a few. What do you pick over winter? ❄️
Lovely to still be harvesting hot and sweet peppers and tomatoes from my unheated greenhouse in mid-November, as well as fingerling potatoes from my raised garden beds. 😊 What are you still enjoying from your vegetable garden?
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Lovely to still be harvesting hot and sweet peppers and tomatoes from my unheated greenhouse in mid-November, as well as fingerling potatoes from my raised garden beds. 😊 What are you still enjoying from your vegetable garden?
Do you grow berry-producing shrubs to use for holiday and winter decor? Here are my favourite native selections: savvygardening.com/grow-your-ow...
Grow Your Own Holiday Decor: 4 Native Berry-Producing Shrubs You Need to Plant
Planting berry-producing shrubs in your garden means you always have a convenient supply of berried branches for all your holiday decorating; planters, wreaths, garlands, and more. Here are the 4 nati...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Do you grow berry-producing shrubs to use for holiday and winter decor? Here are my favourite native selections: savvygardening.com/grow-your-ow...
With a hard freeze in the forecast for tonight, I just picked the last of the Italian paste tomatoes from my unheated tunnel. A new record!
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
With a hard freeze in the forecast for tonight, I just picked the last of the Italian paste tomatoes from my unheated tunnel. A new record!
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here are a few of my fave winter squash varieties… featured in my 3rd book, the award-winning Veggie Garden Remix (now on sale! bit.ly/47DOAtP). 📚😊 Do you have a fave winter squash?
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here are a few of my fave winter squash varieties… featured in my 3rd book, the award-winning Veggie Garden Remix (now on sale! bit.ly/47DOAtP). 📚😊 Do you have a fave winter squash?
Wondering if you should cut your hosta plants back now? Check out this short video from my website - youtu.be/s7_ADRnnqso?...
When to Cut Back Hostas
YouTube video by Savvy Gardening
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October 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Wondering if you should cut your hosta plants back now? Check out this short video from my website - youtu.be/s7_ADRnnqso?...
While you can plant garlic in the spring the biggest bulbs come from garlic planted in autumn. Learn when and how to plant in my latest article. savvygardening.com/why-you-need...
Why You Need to Plant Garlic This October (And How to Get BIG Bulbs)
Grow your best garlic ever with these 4 expert tips. Learn why October is prime garlic-planting season, how deep and far apart to plant the cloves, and how to protect the bed over winter.
savvygardening.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
While you can plant garlic in the spring the biggest bulbs come from garlic planted in autumn. Learn when and how to plant in my latest article. savvygardening.com/why-you-need...
My latest column🌷https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/gardener-mistakes-planting-bulbs-fall-spring-flowers#:~:text=Choosing%20the%20wrong%20spot&text=Overly%20damp%20soil%20causes%20rot,be%20planted%20in%20full%20sun.
Niki Jabbour: Six mistakes gardeners make when planting bulbs
Mid-to-late autumn is the ideal season for planting spring-flowering bulbs, such as crocuses, daffodils, ornamental onions and tulips.
www.saltwire.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
My latest column🌷https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/gardener-mistakes-planting-bulbs-fall-spring-flowers#:~:text=Choosing%20the%20wrong%20spot&text=Overly%20damp%20soil%20causes%20rot,be%20planted%20in%20full%20sun.
This is an unexpected colour combination! I don’t remember planting a nasturtium with this orange and burgundy colour scheme. But you better believe I’m saving seeds from it. 🌱😊
October 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is an unexpected colour combination! I don’t remember planting a nasturtium with this orange and burgundy colour scheme. But you better believe I’m saving seeds from it. 🌱😊
Reposted by Niki Jabbour
Nearly everyone on the planet could have access to nutritious, culturally appropriate food by 2050 — all while improving the environment — if nations work together to implement a “planetary health diet,” a new report has found.
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A planet-first diet can feed the world by 2050 while improving the environment, new scientific analysis finds
Nearly everyone on the planet could have access to nutritious, culturally appropriate food by 2050 — all while improving the environment — if nations work together to implement a “planetary health die...
www.ctvnews.ca
October 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Nearly everyone on the planet could have access to nutritious, culturally appropriate food by 2050 — all while improving the environment — if nations work together to implement a “planetary health diet,” a new report has found.
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www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
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With first frost imminent I took some basil cuttings last week. Only took about 6 days for roots to form. Now to pot these up and put them under a grow light. Advice here: savvygardening.com/growing-herb...
October 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
With first frost imminent I took some basil cuttings last week. Only took about 6 days for roots to form. Now to pot these up and put them under a grow light. Advice here: savvygardening.com/growing-herb...
My latest article shares tips on growing food - inside and outdoors - to shave $ off your grocery budget. Got any to add? savvygardening.com/gardening-ti...
10 Gardening Tips to Save Money on Groceries This Fall
Use these expert gardening tips to learn how to extend the season with a cold frame, grow batches of sprouts and microgreens indoors, preserve flavorful garden herbs, and more.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My latest article shares tips on growing food - inside and outdoors - to shave $ off your grocery budget. Got any to add? savvygardening.com/gardening-ti...
Wow, I have 999 followers! (Thank you all) 😊 Who wants to be lucky 1000? 😁🌱
September 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Wow, I have 999 followers! (Thank you all) 😊 Who wants to be lucky 1000? 😁🌱
September is the perfect time to DIY a cold frame. These mini food factories allow you to extend the harvest by weeks or months. Learn how to make a cold frame from an old window here - savvygardening.com/build-a-diy-...
Build a DIY cold frame using an old window
Upcycle an old window into a DIY cold frame with this Raised Bed Revolution excerpt, which provides step-by-step directions, photos and a project plan.
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September 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
September is the perfect time to DIY a cold frame. These mini food factories allow you to extend the harvest by weeks or months. Learn how to make a cold frame from an old window here - savvygardening.com/build-a-diy-...
Homegrown tomatoes are one of the biggest joys of growing a garden 😊
August 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Homegrown tomatoes are one of the biggest joys of growing a garden 😊
I can’t decide which sunflowers I like more - Chocolate or Procut Orange. They’re both delightful and very bee-friendly. 🐝 #gardening
August 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I can’t decide which sunflowers I like more - Chocolate or Procut Orange. They’re both delightful and very bee-friendly. 🐝 #gardening
I’m a monarch mama!! After weeks of monitoring my milkweed plants for caterpillars I spotted two today! 🥰
August 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’m a monarch mama!! After weeks of monitoring my milkweed plants for caterpillars I spotted two today! 🥰
Interested in learning how to harvest homegrown veggies year-round - even in cold climates? Check out my award-winning books like The Year Round Vegetable Gardener and Growing Under Cover. 😊 www.amazon.com/niki-jabbour...
August 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Interested in learning how to harvest homegrown veggies year-round - even in cold climates? Check out my award-winning books like The Year Round Vegetable Gardener and Growing Under Cover. 😊 www.amazon.com/niki-jabbour...
No rain for almost a month, but the mid-summer garden is chugging along. I’ve been deep watering every few days to reduce water waste and mulching the soil. Hoping for rain soon! 🌧️
August 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
No rain for almost a month, but the mid-summer garden is chugging along. I’ve been deep watering every few days to reduce water waste and mulching the soil. Hoping for rain soon! 🌧️
Join me this Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm at Kent Building Supplies in Dartmouth Crossing for Project Day! I'll be on hand to answer gardening questions, problem solve pest issues, share what to plant now for fall harvesting, and more! Hope to see you there. 🍅 🌸
July 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Join me this Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm at Kent Building Supplies in Dartmouth Crossing for Project Day! I'll be on hand to answer gardening questions, problem solve pest issues, share what to plant now for fall harvesting, and more! Hope to see you there. 🍅 🌸
Prevent blossom end rot now by not letting your tomato plants wilt! savvygardening.com/blossom-end-...
Blossom End Rot: How to Identify, Prevent, and Treat
Finding a sunken, black, rotten spot on the bottom of a tomato is so disappointing. Learn how to properly ID, prevent, and fix blossom end rot on veggies.
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July 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Prevent blossom end rot now by not letting your tomato plants wilt! savvygardening.com/blossom-end-...
Now that the weather has finally warmed up it’s time to transplant my basil babies. I started these from seeds in early April and they’re now looking so lush! 😍
May 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Now that the weather has finally warmed up it’s time to transplant my basil babies. I started these from seeds in early April and they’re now looking so lush! 😍
After 4 years of heavy use I replaced my garden boots. Bought the exact same pair… what a difference 4 years makes! 😂
May 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
After 4 years of heavy use I replaced my garden boots. Bought the exact same pair… what a difference 4 years makes! 😂
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Does this nice weather have you thinking about getting your hands dirty in the garden?
You might want to think twice before planting those frost sensitive plants just yet.
My latest:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#nswx #nbwx #halisky
You might want to think twice before planting those frost sensitive plants just yet.
My latest:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#nswx #nbwx #halisky
May 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Does this nice weather have you thinking about getting your hands dirty in the garden?
You might want to think twice before planting those frost sensitive plants just yet.
My latest:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#nswx #nbwx #halisky
You might want to think twice before planting those frost sensitive plants just yet.
My latest:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#nswx #nbwx #halisky