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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 [...] The tomato grower's worst nightmare! This is such a painful topic! I hate for anyone to have to deal with blight, but it’s a reality on the Coast, particularly at this time of year, as evidenced below. Our new allotment garden here in Ladner is host to several first-time gardeners. Some of these folks naturally [...] What a difference a couple of weeks makes! So much more in bloom out at UBC. The magnolias are finished, but the rhodos are just warming up. And everywhere you look are more little blossoms appearing. In the last email newsletter from WCS, I mentioned the effect of photoperiodism on plants. How the length of [...] Oh, the weather was just nasty here today. There was actual snow falling around the Lower Mainland at one point. I came home and looked at my very early plantings – and found sleet! Grrrr! What can you do? Not a lot, as it turns out. I spoke to an enthusiastic, but very anxious young new [...] |
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