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Through the Seasons in a Quadra Food Garden: Blog #2
25 Feb 2020

Through the Seasons in a Quadra Food Garden: Blog #2

by quadraislandgardenclub | posted in: Onions, Seeds, Starts, Through the Seasons in a Quadra Food Garden, Veggies | 1

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

Through the Seasons in a Quadra Food Garden: Blog #1
19 Feb 2020

Through the Seasons in a Quadra Food Garden: Blog #1

by quadraislandgardenclub | posted in: Through the Seasons in a Quadra Food Garden | 3

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

Tips for Starting Plants Indoors
15 Feb 2020

Tips for Starting Plants Indoors

by quadraislandgardenclub | posted in: Seeds, Starts | 0

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

How to Savour Roses All Year Long
14 Feb 2020

How to Savour Roses All Year Long

by quadraislandgardenclub | posted in: Karen's Corner, Recipes, Roses | 0

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

What’s Left in the Garden?  Carrots!
7 Feb 2020

What’s Left in the Garden? Carrots!

by quadraislandgardenclub | posted in: Carrots, Karen's Corner, Veggies, Winter Gardening | 0

 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

Growing Storage Onions Part 2: Seeds, Sets, or Starts: How Do You Decide?
31 Jan 2020

Growing Storage Onions Part 2: Seeds, Sets, or Starts: How Do You Decide?

by quadraislandgardenclub | posted in: Onions, Seeds, Starts, Veggies | 2

By Terry Phillips So after reading Part 1, you’re ready to grow onions, but now you’re wondering what the best thing to start with is: seeds, sets, or starts?  Let’s examine each option. Seeds Growing from seed allows you to … Continued

Growing Storage Onions Part 1: Getting Ready
22 Jan 2020

Growing Storage Onions Part 1: Getting Ready

by quadraislandgardenclub | posted in: Onions, Veggies | 4

By Terry Phillips How ubiquitous a vegetable. What kitchen could be without them? Chop and fry an onion and your family knows dinner is on the way, even if you don’t know yet what else is going into the pan. … Continued

For the Birds
15 Jan 2020

For the Birds

by quadraislandgardenclub | posted in: Birds, Karen's Corner, Seeds | 0

A Karen’s Corner Blogette. By Karen Dunn.   For those of you using up the last of your pumpkins and squash…lightly roast the seeds for the birds.  They should be gently broken up so that the little birds can access the … Continued

Carrot Update
4 Jul 2019

Carrot Update

by quadraislandgardenclub | posted in: Carrots, Karen's Corner, Veggies | 0

by Karen Dunn A Karen’s Corner Blogette My carrots were up in record time this year! The new babies were a little pale looking after being in the dark a little too long. As it was a very hot sunny … Continued

Last Chance to Plant Carrots
30 Jun 2019

Last Chance to Plant Carrots

by quadraislandgardenclub | posted in: Carrots, Karen's Corner, Veggies | 0

by Karen Dunn A Karen’s Corner Blogette June 24 is carrot planting day for this gal.  In my garden I find this date works well to get a good size carrot for my winter crop.  Linda Gilkeson plants her final … Continued

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