By Valerie Barr It feels like Spring has just arrived. These last few weeks the birds are returning. During the early part of winter we see flocks of Black-capped Chickadees foraging. We know Winter Wrens have been around because they … Continued
By Valerie Barr Intro to Blog Series My partner Grant and I grow a healthy amount of our own food and share the excess garden produce with friends. We have two freezers to take the product from the garden and … Continued
By Gisele Uzzell Starting plants from seeds is pretty simple as long as you can give them enough light, heat and moisture. A heated greenhouse is ideal but not too many of us have those. Heating a greenhouse in February … Continued
by Karen Dunn & Jennifer Banks-Doll Quadra Island caught rose fever this week with a visit to the Garden Club by rosarian Jason Croutch from the Fraser Valley Rose Farm. Many gardeners went home with a new rose plant…or three! … Continued
By Karen Dunn. A Karen’s Corner Blogette. Fresh carrots in the middle of winter? You betcha! I have left carrots in the ground as late as March…but they got a little buggy and hairy. Still edible though. This year’s carrots … Continued