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The quintessential winter salad garden! Happy New Year to you all. The 11th of January was a nice bright day, the kind of day for a winter walk with a pace slightly quickened by the cold air. The Botanical Garden at UBC is one of Vancouver’s ideal spots for such a walk, with lots of [...] Well it’s been a shamefully long time since my last post. Happily, during that time we managed to get the 2o12 catalogue sorted and off to print. It’s now back from the printer and just starting to ship. I’ve also managed to review the website, and bring everything up to date. I’ve finally had a [...] This morning's haul The squash plants are getting bigger and bigger. Some of them have stretched out onto the lawn, making mowing a little trickier. Below you can see two images of the “west beds,” one taken exactly a month ago, and the other taken this morning. I’m not actually sure which of the acorn [...] I have been wanting to post some updates of how this summer has been unfolding, but I’ve been incredibly busy unfolding it! I’m growing out 24 squash varieties at the new Ladner Community Garden, and our plots at Kirkland House are looking pretty nice now, too. You can see me to the left here, between [...] I was down at the Earthwise Garden in Tsawwassen yesterday, checking out their beautiful flower area, the allotments, and the farm. The place is always growing and improving, so it’s worth visiting frequently. One thing I noticed on a couple of garlic plantings, though, was the arrival of Allium rust. Allium rust is a fungus called [...] Raised bed with cloche protection at UBC Botanical Garden. I was emailed by Angela, who asked me to suggest ways to help veggies along in the kind of spring we’ve had. She is looking for organic means to increase earlier production, and to help save some seedlings. I guess my first response is, “Wow, have we [...] Bordeaux f1 It’s not much use grumbling about the weather, but this spring has not been a great one for gardening so far. Now that it’s June, we finally have a warm, sunny weekend, and can contemplate other types of garden vegetables. But to date there hasn’t been much going on in my garden aside [...] It seems to have been born in the blink of an eye, too. The Ladner Community Garden was all on paper until this last Saturday. My friend and colleague Kristin Crouch (the Delta Gardener) spearheaded the campaign to get a community garden going here in Ladner. A small group of like minded Ladnerites formed a [...] We received a beautiful note and some photos to melt our hearts from Louise Sosa: Dear West Coast Seeds, The Environmental Youth Alliance is looking for 8 organic fruit and/or vegetable farmers in the Metro Vancouver are to participate in their Pollinator’s Paradise program. This Vancity-funded initiative seeks to assist local farmers and residents in building up native bee populations through habitat creation. Native bees are very effective at crop pollination and through minimal [...] |
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