Quadra Island Garden Club

22 Mar 2020

Through the Seasons in a Quadra Food Garden: Blog #4

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By Valerie Barr Vegetable gardens are built in many different styles. There are container gardens, fruit and vegetables grown in hanging baskets, raised beds, raised mounds on the surface of the ground, and in-ground areas with deep soil. On Quadra … Continued

21 Mar 2020

Growing Storage Onions Part 3: Transplanting, Watering & Harvesting

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By Terry Phillips. At the end of my last blog I was off to look at seed catalogues…I enjoyed my perusal of the seed catalogues and came up with some interesting varieties to try: ‘Newburg’ open-pollinated from BC Eco Seed … Continued

7 Mar 2020

Through the Seasons in a Quadra Food Garden: Blog #3

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By Valerie Barr Dormant Spraying in a home garden The fruit trees in our orchard have been pruned, and before a rain I managed to spray them, along with the roses and raspberries. It is tricky waiting for weather suitable … Continued

5 Mar 2020

New Beginnings: Starting Seeds with Soil Blockers

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By Tara Taylor and Ramona Aston Back in January, we were looking through seed catalogues and talking over our wish lists for the coming growing season. When we flipped to the gardening supplies section, soil blockers caught our interest. Initially … Continued

25 Feb 2020

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

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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

19 Feb 2020

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

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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

15 Feb 2020

Tips for Starting Plants Indoors

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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

14 Feb 2020

How to Savour Roses All Year Long

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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

7 Feb 2020

What’s Left in the Garden? Carrots!

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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

31 Jan 2020

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

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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