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Aug 13, 2015 | EGP Blog, Grow a Row Share a Row, Sharing Gardens
I’ve got a few new gardening tips this week for you all. Number 1: How to harvest basil Pick the top-most leaves and buds (especially if they are beginning to flower!), making sure to leave two side-shoots farther down the stem. Basil grows best this way because it...
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Jul 15, 2015 | EGP Blog, Grow a Row Share a Row, Sharing Gardens
This week I wanted to focus on some of the garden tips and tricks that I’ve learned in the past two weeks that I thought would be cool to share! First, planting carrots with burlap: Plant carrot seeds Cover the planted soil with burlap Soak with water (and continue...
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Jul 8, 2015 | EGP Blog, Sharing Gardens, Sharing the Bounty
Meet Kasha, the new summer intern and follow her adventures with the EGP this summer here on the EGP blog: My name is Kasha and I am a student at UBC studying sustainable agriculture. My degree is a combination of my passion for the environment and my love of...
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Jun 3, 2015 | Grow a Row Share a Row, Sharing Backyards, Sharing Gardens, Sharing the Bounty, Volunteering
Call us crazy but we are building a new sharing garden and it’s May, our busiest month of the year. We plan to grow lots of squash and zucchini, some overwintering crops and start a seed-saving program in the new garden. And we already have two new volunteers...
May 19, 2015 | EGP Blog, Sharing Gardens, Volunteering
we need perennial plants: We are re-establishing the food forest at Queen Mary Community Garden (it’s an urban orchard based on a permaculture design with edible weeds, herbs, medicinal plants and fruiting shrubs and trees). We could use your self-seeded...
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May 19, 2015 | Sharing Gardens, Volunteering
Thursday May 28 from 9am-3pm: help us build a new sharing garden and learn about building fertility by making a lasagna bed. Leslie will be on site from 9am-3pm, so drop in to help if you can. RSVP for the address:...
