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Category Archives: urban farming
A False Utopia
Now I do understand the complexity and necessity of the garden ecosystem. I do. But if I am being completely honest, a part of me was a little excited about the greenhouse possibly affording a somewhat more sanitized gardening experience. … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, greenhouse, greenhouses, organic, organic, organic farming, urban farming, Vancouver
Tagged aphids, black cherry, cherokee purple, green zebra, greenhouse, greenhouses, sun sugar, tomatoes
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A Practical Elegance
Some of you will remember my aesthetically unpleasing yet wonderfully utilitarian apparatus from Lee Valley. It was pressed into service again this year; for more information please click here. Here we have the crowd pleasing sugar snap peas alongside some … Continue reading
A Decent Start
With the beautiful spring weather lately many people have been asking about just when they can get started in their gardens-I managed to find some time this weekend and couldn’t resist getting my hands dirty. This year I’ve planted: Brussel … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, greenhouse, organic, organic, organic farming, urban farming, Vancouver
Tagged broccoli, buttercrunch lettuce, container gardening, containers, garden box, gardening, kale, lettuce, raised bed, red russian kale, red swiss chard, spinach, swiss chard, timing, transplants, when to plant
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The Advantage of Selective Memory
I had forgotten what back-breaking work it is to plant seeds-especially the tiny lettuce seeds that haven’t been pelleted (covered in clay). They’re hard to pick up and hold in your fingertips-mine seem to disappear under my nails every time! … Continue reading
Posted in cherry blossoms, gardening, greenhouse, greenhouses, organic, organic, organic farming, Seasoil, urban farming, West Coast Seeds
Tagged buttercrunch lettuce, cherry blossoms, Dutch treat seed starter, East Vancouver, lettuce, seed, seed starter, seeds, starting seeds, starting seeds in greenhouse, Vancouver, West Coast Seeds
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Hurry up and wait
Having this lovely, empty greenhouse in my backyard has been a mixed blessing these last couple of weeks. We’ve been plagued by electrical problems and I still haven’t been able to get it wired properly. A lesson in delayed gratification … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, greenhouse, greenhouses, organic, organic, Uncategorized, urban farming
Tagged seed rot, seed starter, seed starter mix, seedlings, seeds, seeds in greenhouse, starting seeds, starting seeds in greenhouse, starting seeds in windowsill, starting seeds indoors, West Coast Seeds
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My Very Own Happy Place
My husband is known for his all-or-nothing, go-hard-or-go-home approach to, well, pretty much everything. When he set his mind putting up a greenhouse, only the best would do. And we found it at BC Greenhouses. Preparing for a good quality … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, greenhouse, organic, organic, urban farming
Tagged BC Green Houses, foundation, foundations, glass greenhouse, greenhouse, greenhouse foundation, greenhouses
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Sophie’s Choice
Well, the “World’s Best Husband” has planned to get me a greenhouse for our wedding anniversary! And I found the perfect place for it-exactly where my present day garden sits (of course!). So this has involved moving the garden several … Continue reading
Don’t Mock Mother Nature
It was just a couple of weeks ago that I made a snarky remark about how we’re still waiting for the predicted “worst winter in 20 years”. Well, my patience was rewarded; last week saw snow, record-breaking wind chills and … Continue reading
The list of chores I already know won’t get done.
January is supposed to be a time of renewal and an opportunity to be energized by new commitments to exercise, diet and a host of other well-intentioned ventures. But honestly, everyone I know is just plain exhausted and still recovering … Continue reading
The Inevitable March Towards Winter
I dug up the last of the carrots for an American Thanksgiving dinner we hosted for some ex-pat friends of ours over the weekend. I had been spacing out and replanting the carrots as we used them over the … Continue reading
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