About OliveHarvest
A reference on growing culinary and aromatic herbs in containers, indoors, and on apartment balconies across Canada.
What This Site Covers
OliveHarvest focuses on a specific and practical question: how to grow culinary and aromatic herbs when you don't have access to a garden. That means containers on balconies, pots on windowsills, and pots under supplemental lights in apartments during Canadian winters.
The content is structured around the real constraints that apartment-based herb growers face — limited floor space, balcony weight limits, variable window orientation, Canada's short outdoor growing season, and the challenge of keeping Mediterranean herbs alive through winter months indoors.
Articles focus on specific decisions: choosing a container, managing light, understanding frost risk for different Canadian cities, and the practical differences between herbs that tolerate indoor growing well and those that struggle without direct sun.
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Container Growing
Choosing Containers and Soil for Culinary Herbs
Pot size, drainage, and growing medium for basil, thyme, rosemary, chives, and parsley.
Indoor Growing
Managing Light and Watering for Indoor Herbs
Window placement, grow light basics, and watering discipline for herbs kept inside year-round.
Balcony Gardening
Extending the Herb Season on a Canadian Balcony
Frost protection and timing strategies for starting earlier in spring and harvesting later into autumn.
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