These days we’re challenged to eat healthfully, be it due to cost, quality, or accessibility. And here in the CRD, there is growing interest in supporting a local food economy. So how might we change the way we eat? In this lively session, each speaker has no more than 3 minutes and 5 images to […]
In the winter, that is. And usually not a drop for your plants to drink, when they really need it in July and August. What can you do about it? Come to Seedy Saturday, where Tayler Krawczyk of Hatchet and Seed will show us innovative ways to store more water in our gardens by moving […]
Want to make your garden more wildlife-friendly? Perhaps you’ve already stopped using pesticides and put out a water source, and are wondering what else you can do. Brenda Beckwith will be speaking at this year’s Seedy Saturday about how to encourage wildlife in your garden through design. She’ll be looking at three wildlife-rich habitats: the […]
Tina Baynes, of Corner Farm, will be giving a one-hour talk on winter squash – a nutritional powerhouse that’s particularly valuable because it can be stored for use during the winter months. Come hear her, and you’ll leave knowing how to grow winter squash, cook winter squash, preserve winter squash…. and how to save seed […]
That would be the vegetables you grow. But first, of course, you have to get them onto your plate. That’s where Carolyn Herriot comes in. She’s followed her popular book, The Zero-Mile Diet, with a new project: The Zero-Mile Diet Cookbook. It’s full of recipes for turning the crops we grow in coastal home gardens […]
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