This past Saturday, the bulk of the results of our 2010 greenhouse trials were on display and up for grabs at our new retail spot in Ladner. There was hardly enough table space to showcase 50 varieties of tomatoes, 7 eggplants, and the ripe-to-date bounty of peppers. We showed up with a whole laundry basket [...]
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On Saturday I ventured out to the A Rocha BC Field Study Centre, on the Little Campbell River, just a stone’s throw from the US border in Whiterock. They welcome visitors (and volunteers!) on their little organic farm in the woods, and it’s worth the trip. Everyone was friendly and welcoming, and like good growers [...] We will be conducting a taste evaluation of the tomato trials to date next Saturday, August 7, at 1pm at the new West Coast Seeds store – 4930 Elliott Street in Ladner. Now, I can’t promise that all 54 varieties will be represented, as we are slaves to timing. But you can expect a very [...] The lettuce at Kirkland House in Ladner has been harvested and enjoyed – there were a few types that bolted once we finally had some hot weather, but others held for an impressively long time. But that’s a fairly small garden area, not a farm. My lovely colleague, Naomi Botkin, is conducting more extensive field [...] Lettuce varieties abound, and WCS has some golden standards, in my opinion. My pick of the classics are Esmerelda Bibb, Brunia oakleaf, Merlot crisp, the Deertongues and Salad Bowls, and the more recent addition Drunken Woman. But there are masses more to choose from. Part of the reason for this is that lettuce is relatively [...] My friends Tricia and Lily, who run The World in a Garden, invited WCS to contribute to their ongoing summer gardening lectures, as I’ve mentioned before. This past Sunday marked the first talk - a discussion about companion planting led by the bee master, Brian Campbell. Don and I (from WCS) [...] My friends at The World in a Garden are running a series of gardening workshops this summer at their lovely community plot at West 57th and West Boulevard in Vancouver (across from Choices market). On June 27th, they launch the series with a talk on companion planting. WCS will be on hand with some seeds [...] Come out to Ladner this weekend for Ladner May Days and drop by West Coast Seeds for some beautiful, organically grown pepper and eggplant seedlings. We’ve grown out 24 varieties of bell and chili peppers, and 7 different eggplant varieties – just in time for June planting – if the weather ever warms up (*sigh*). [...] Sharing Backyards is a web-based project designed to hook people with unused gardening space up with gardeners in search of garden space. Say you live downtown in a city and you don’t even have a balcony, but you want to grow some food. Although the community garden allotments are a great idea, the waiting list to [...] I love the concept of community supported agriculture. This is a relatively recent practice by which members of the community can purchase shares in the production of produce. The grower gets a down-payment for the produce she grows, so this offsets the initial cost of buying seeds, equipment, etc… and paying for land. Once the [...] |
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