Trap Wire Worms! Patty Rose on YouTube March 10, 2013 Patty will be our next speaker at the April 4th monthly meeting. More details to follow. Stay tuned!
OPEN vs. HYBRID PLANTS vs. GMO (or GE) PLANTS, by Nick Guthrie March 10, 2013 One of our goals in CVGSS is to share vegetable seeds among us which breed “true”, that is, will go from seed-to-plant-to-seed giving reliable…
Lettuce Grow! – Upcoming Workshops January 5, 2013 New Workshops for Winter 2013! Learn about food, gardening and farming at North Island College, Campbell River location. There is limited space for each workshop and…
Islolation Distances by Nick Guthrie December 19, 2012 [important] From the February 2008 Newsletter [/important] One part of our mandate in CVGSS is to exchange vegetable seeds which breed “true”, that is, will go from…
Winter Gardening with Lucie Desjarlais December 9, 2012 [important]From the 2008-02 Newsletter[/important] Winter gardening is both a passion and a challenge. It is also part of the future of food for us in…
Fruit Tree TLC December 4, 2012 [important]From the 2008-02 Newsletter[/important] [caption id="attachment_863" align="alignright" width="150"] The Cochrane’s Garden, courtesy of Marion Bell[/caption] Want beautiful fruit this fall? Half the battle is won before budbreak in…
Biochar: Good for your garden AND your carbon footprint! December 3, 2012 The unique ingredient in Terra Preta, biochar improves soil health in the same way that compost does. In our rain-soaked climate we need to…
Garlic planted Oct 20 November 26, 2012 Some pictures of the garlic we bought from Lucie Desjarlais at the CSWM Composting Centre. Later we planted dwarf white clover between the rows.…
Tatiana’s Tomato Base November 23, 2012 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350"] Tatiana Kouchnareva. July 2011[/caption] At the recent BC Seeds Gathering, our CVGSS attendees were delighted to meet Tatiana Kouchnareva, who maintains…
Planting Green Manure November 22, 2012 A short video of Dianne planting green manure on the south side of the house. The weeds were germinating, so why not some clover…
From the CVGSS Newsletter, November 2012 November 21, 2012 COMPOST TEA AND MORE – Teresa Colby The friends visiting my vegetable garden seemed extremely anxious to leave. No longer listening, they were casting furtive glances…
Introduction to Home Scale Permaculture – Sunday, Nov 25th, 1-4pm November 18, 2012 [caption id="attachment_501" align="alignleft" width="219"] "Permaculture design allows us to recreate the abundance of the natural world in our own gardens"[/caption] Elaine Codling is a Permaculture…
