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    • Bonnie’s insect Workshop – NEW!
    • Linda Gilkeson Workshop
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Posts with Category: Education

Complete organic fertilizer – adapted for the West Coast.
June 8, 2019

Posted In: Education, Monthly Meetings, Recipes

Meeting April 4th 2019
March 15, 2019

Time:  7 pm. Place: Creekside Commons, 2202 Lambert, Courtenay. Directions.  To reach Creekside Commons from Courtenay, take Cumberland Road, turn left onto 20th Street, then…

Posted In: Education, Gardening Tips, Growing, Monthly Meetings, Past events

Bursary offered for Organic Seed Production course.
February 4, 2019

Comox Valley Growers and Seed Savers 2019 Organic Seed Production Bursary Offer expanded to Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands CVGSS is offering a full scholarship…

Posted In: Education, Events

Meeting February 7th
January 31, 2019

Our guest speaker for the February meeting was Arzeena Hamir. here are the  meeting notes prepared b y Valerie Bernier. GUEST SPEAKER: ARZEENA HAMIR   -trained agrologist…

Posted In: Education, Gardening Tips, Growing, Monthly Meetings, Past events

Seed Saving
January 15, 2019

Link to excellent article by Dan Jason of Salt Spring Seeds. https://www.saltspringseeds.com/pages/how-to-save-seeds

Posted In: Education, Growing, Seed Saving

May 3rd Meeting – 2018
April 16, 2018

Our speaker for this May meeting will be Kathy Dunster from Denman island. Kathys is a Faculty Member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, School of Horticulture Kathy Dunster, PhD…

Posted In: Education, Monthly Meetings, Past events

Books and links for seed savers
May 5, 2017

Books Seed to Seed – Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners – Suzanne Ashworth Saving Seeds As if Our Lives Depended On It –…

Posted In: Education, Resources

Selecting and getting those seeds started.
January 7, 2017

From presentation by Arzeena Hamir. Seed Catalogs - what to look for - The seed catalog companies do not grow their own seeds. They have their…

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Saving lettuce seeds
August 8, 2016

Ralph Watts has the following method for saving lettuce seeds. "For some this may be an easier way to save lettuce seed." he says.     Get…

Posted In: Education, Gardening Tips, Seed Saving

Tomato pollination and isolation
June 9, 2016

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/can-pole-beans-planted-next-sunflowers-57178.html Link to pollinating tomatoes with an electric toothebrush for better yield.   An Interesting question is whether to isolate tomatoes or not; whether to bag or…

Posted In: Education, Gardening Tips, Seed Saving

Seed packing instructions for Seedy Saturday 2016
December 1, 2015

Step 1. Pour all seeds onto paper. (Our example is orach)   [caption id="attachment_2429" align="alignnone" width="673"] Orach unsorted[/caption] Step 2. Sort the big ones from the little…

Posted In: Education, Past events, Seedy Saturday, Seedy Saturday 2016

Growing Great Garlic – Talk by Neil Turner
October 26, 2015

GROWING GREAT GARLIC. Speaker; Neil Turner of Amara Farm. Garlic needs a minimum of 3 months of cold temperatures to clove properly and is a heavy…

Posted In: Education, Gardening Tips

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