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Are you wondering when to sow seeds in Montreal?

Here’s my guide to when you should sow seeds indoors before the season begins and outdoors when you see common plants blooming.

Date	Bloom	Sow inside	Sow outside	Other info
February 18, 2019		peppers, zinnias
February 25, 2019		datura, delphiniums, nicotiana
March 4, 2019		cabbage, tomatoes
March 11, 2019		brussel sprouts, celeriac
March 18, 2019		marigolds, green cauliflower
April 15, 2019
April in the garden	daffodil, forsythia		Cold hardy seeds such as: allysum, baby’s breath, chard, calendula, carrots, cornflower, hollyhock, impatiens, lovage, peas, poppies, radishes, rudbeckia, spinach, sweet pea flowers
	lilac, dogwood		Cold hardy seedlings such as: cabbage, broccoli, dusty miller, feathertop grass, larkspur, leek, onion, pansy, penstemon, salvia and snapdragon
May 20, 2019			summer savory
May 27, 2019			nicotiana
May 31, 2019				average last frost
June 3, 2019			datura, delphinium, brussel sprouts
	spirea (all the pink types)		Cold tender seeds such as: basil, beans, beets, borage, catnip, cilantro, corn, chervil, cucumber, dandelion, delphinium, green manures, lavatera, lettuce, okra, melon, marigold, mint, morning glory, nasturtiums, nicotiana, parsley, petunia, savory, sunflower, thyme, zinnia
	black locust trees, Vanhoutte spirea (the white one)		Cold tender plants, such as anise, datura, dahlia, dematis, grapes, ladies mantle, lavender, peppers, tomatoes
	Mock orange, catalpa		Fall seeds, such as broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, celeriac, cauliflower, fennel

A running group from one of Verdun’s key youth aid groups, Toujours Ensemble, has challenged everyone to join them in the The Scotiabank Charity Challenge on April 27, and 28, 2019, at Parc Jean-Drapeau.

Come join the Toujours ensemble family and run or walk to help our young people succeed. By taking part in this run with Te, you are showing young people that they can tackle their own challenge. Whether you participate alone or on a team, we will be there for you before, during and after your run to provide you with a training plan, fundraising ideas, and the best possible moral support. Fun guaranteed!

This will be the third time the group participates in the challenge. To register with the team, fill out the form on their challenge site.

Toujours Ensemble celebrates their 40th anniversary this year, and it started off badly when their Carolyn Hayes Renaud building at 4926 Verdun flooded and had to close. According to executive director Bineta Ba, their Parcours after-school program has been cancelled until they can get more space, but their other programs continue at the Marcelle and Jean Coutu Academic Perseverance Centre at 601 Second Avenue.

Today I posted my first Loom how-to video on YouTube. This one shows how I use GIMP to crop and scale photographs.

Hope you find it useful.

By the way, all three of these software programs allow limited use for free! Thank you to everyone who helped produce them and continues to upgrade them so they work so well. Thanks to you, creators like me get to produce and publish our work while learning new skills. We live in such an awesome world.