By Jennifer Banks-Doll Getting the garden in this year has felt like a marathon. And it’s still going! I tried to grow all my own veggie starts from seed this year, for the first time. All my peppers, tomatoes, brassicas, … Continued
by Karen Dunn A Karen’s Corner Blogette About six years ago I bought a variety of Orach called Good King Henry from Seeds of Victoria. West Coast Seeds also sells it as Magenta Orach. I planted it for eating as … Continued
A Karen’s Corner Blogette by Karen Dunn It’s never too late to start some lettuce. As long as you have a shady spot in your garden or a sheltered container to plant it in, you can keep reseeding it all … Continued
by Jennifer Banks-Doll The first in a series about lettuce. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love kale and it seems to do so well on Quadra. But when I served our first lettuce salad of the year we could … Continued
by Janice Ammundsen Editor’s Note: Gardeners on Quadra have been very busy planting over the past few months. Figuring out where to put what can be a real conundrum. Relying on memory to tell us what we did last year, … Continued
By Karen Dunn It is the time of year on Quadra to be planting peas. Many people start peas indoors to try to avoid damage from the pea weevil which hides out in many of our gardens. Local “Queen of … Continued
Compiled by Lucretia Schanfarber Spring is officially here. We are only two weeks into it but, oh my goodness, what a difference two weeks can make. This evening we ate our first dinner salad made entirely with fresh greens from … Continued
Compiled by Lucretia Schanfarber With less than two weeks to Spring Equinox we are all going a little squirrely. We’re ready for warmer temperatures and more sunshine. But every day I remind myself to be patient. Too often, I have … Continued
By Arzeena Hamir, MSc If rain, sleet, or even snow is keeping you out of your garden but you are itching to get your hands in some soil and see green things growing, now is the perfect time to raise … Continued
By Jennifer Banks-Doll. Are the long lists of suggested varieties of tomatoes, peas and cucumbers in seed catalogues making you feel a little dizzy and overwhelmed? Are you wondering which seeds to order for success this year in the garden? … Continued