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
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
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
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
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
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