Do you think it’s about time you put your plants to work? Sure, you may eat some of them, but what have they done for you lately? Isn’t it about time they started paying some of the bills? If you’ve been having thoughts like these in the middle of the night, then Seedy Saturday has […]
We waste our food. By some estimates, as much as 1/3 of all food grown in the world never gets eaten. More than half the food chucked out in Canada is binned locally – in people’s homes or at neighbourhood groceries. So, to reduce the amount of waste, we need to act locally. This year […]
We’re not talking about the snowflakes & chestnuts roasting on an open fire thing. Because we all know that our coastal winter has more of a green and squishy nature, rather like a slug. But, soggy though it is, it has its advantages, including that we can harvest fresh vegetables from the garden all winter. […]
That’s not setting out plates and cutlery in the left-turn lane, you understand. No, we’re talking about growing your food very near where you live, especially in (previously) unconventional places and ways. Last year’s discussion on this topic became so lively that we thought we’d never persuade the audience that we had run out of […]
Are your pruning skills a little lacking? Could it be that you are (I’ll lower my voice discretely) afraid to prune? Do you circle overgrown shrubs tentatively, peering into their depths, and then decide that the best plan is to go inside for a cup of tea? Perhaps you fear that once you make that […]
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