Andrea's One Stop Garden


Hi, I'm Andrea, welcome to my garden/homestead! I'm a home gardener in zone 6b in the Beautiful Okanagan Valley, in BC, Canada.
I am here to help you find simple, inspiring videos on gardening, how to garden, seed starting, canning, preserving, and more — all designed to help you grow your own food, take care of your space, and live a more self-sufficient life.
Whether you’re a beginner gardener or a seasoned green thumb, I will share easy-to-follow tips, real-life harvests, and cozy homestead projects straight from my home.
So grab your gardening gloves and join the journey — because here at Andrea’s One Stop Garden, it’s all about growing, creating, and savoring every season.


Andrea's One Stop Garden

🥔🌱POTATO HARVEST LIVE – SATURDAY!🌱🥔

I'm going LIVE Saturday, October 10th at 1:00 PM Pacific for the final weigh-in of my 50-lb potato goal!

I'll be harvesting my raised bed and all 8 grow bags to see if I reach my goal!

I'd love to see some familiar gardening friends drop in for a garden chat while we harvest! ❤️ Come say hello and hang out!

‪@SouthFloridaSunshineTropicals‬
‪@shawneegrows‬
‪@EchosofEden7‬
‪@OutbackTasmania‬ ‪@Diannas_Garden_Menagerie‬
‪@BowtieLife‬
‪@GrowingWithStella‬
‪@valshomestead‬
‪@FarmerChas‬

📅 Saturday, October 10th

🇨🇦 Pacific (BC): 1:00 PM Saturday
🇨🇦 Mountain: 2:00 PM Saturday
🇨🇦 Eastern (EDT): 4:00 PM Saturday
🇬🇧 UK (BST): 9:00 PM Saturday
🇦🇺 Tasmania (AEDT): 7:00 AM Sunday 🥔


Hope to see you there! 🌱

#PotatoHarvest #GrowingPotatoes #GrowYourOwnFood

5 days ago (edited) | [YT] | 5

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I was out for a walk the other day and came across this momma deer and her baby. ❤️ It almost looks like the little one is cuddling up to Mom when they noticed us. 🥰🦌

And the eagles were in their nest right on our street. 🦅

We definitely have some pretty amazing wildlife around here. ❤️

Have you been seeing much wildlife where you live?

‪@EchosofEden7‬ here is some of wildlife you wanted to see 😊

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Remember that 19" zucchini I picked a few days ago? 😂

I only used ⅓ of that monster for a double batch of chocolate zucchini muffins — 32 regular muffins + 24 mini muffins! The minis are going in the freezer for school snacks, and they're officially kid approved. ❤️

And that's not even all of it! The rest is already prepped:
4 cups is shredded for zucchini fritters
& remaing ⅓ cut into sticks for fried zucchini

Talk about getting your money's worth out of one zucchini! 😂

What do you make when your garden starts giving you more zucchini than you know what to do with?

Recipe I used for Chocolate Zucchini Muffins:

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7167/chocolate-zucchini-…

1 month ago | [YT] | 1

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🌱 I'm excited to share that I was recently a guest on the Kinda Country Gardening Podcast with ‪@FarmerChas‬

We talked about my gardening journey, growing across different climate zones, water conservation, preserving the harvest, and more.

If you'd like to get to know me a little better, I'd love for you to check out the interview! 💚

A huge thank you to Farmer Chas for having me on the podcast! Be sure to check out her channel for more great gardening content. 🌱

3 months ago | [YT] | 6

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I love having a garden, especially when you run out of something in the middle of making dinner! 🥔

I was able to quickly run out to the garden and harvest a potato grow bag I knew was almost ready at around 87 days after planting.

This was my first of many potato harvests this season, and this bag gave me just over 2 lbs of potatoes. I probably could have left them a bit longer for larger potatoes, but they were buttery and delicious!

You can’t get much fresher than harvest to pan in 5 minutes! 🌱 Potatoes are definitely one of my favourite things to grow.

What’s your favourite crop to grow?

3 months ago | [YT] | 1

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Just picked my FIRST Orange Hat micro-dwarf tomatoes 🍅 from my Aerogarden.

They’re tiny plants but absolutely loaded 👀

Soil plants started same time only started growing tomatoes.

Have you ever grown micro-dwarf tomatoes?

6 months ago | [YT] | 5

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🌸 Does your weather feel like “early gardening weather” right now? 🌸

I’m in British Columbia, Canada +10°C (50F) right now and my weather app is literally saying it’s good gardening weather… in early February 😳
That’s definitely not normal here.

8 months ago | [YT] | 1

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🍅 Starting my micro-dwarf tomatoes!

4 of my many favorite varieties to grow in 2-gallon pots are:
Red Robin, Orange Hat, Canary Yellow, and Minibel Naine 🌱

These seeds came from two of my favorite seed companies (I also have a video sharing my Top 5 Seed Companies I Order From).

I’m starting these early for Mother’s Day–ready plants, but in zone 6b you can start them around March 17 for May transplanting.

I have two videos on micro-dwarf tomatoes:
• How to Grow Micro-Dwarf Tomatoes Indoors
• How to Transplant Micro-Dwarf Tomatoes Step by Step

Using my favorite Dollarama pots again—cheap, colorful, and perfect for small spaces.

❓️ What’s your favorite variety of micro-dwarf tomatoes?

● My top 5 Seed Companies to order from: https://youtu.be/YzKLO5WL3lA?si=JfXsZ...

● This video covers seed starting, potting-up stages, and what mature micro-dwarfs look like indoors.
https://youtu.be/ANIWBRKURCY?si=K0Roc...

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