COMPOST - The key to a Zero Waste Future! Save your food waste and drop it off weekly at the Zero Waste Station located at the Pemberton Farmers Market, every Wednesday from 4 - 7 p.m. The Zero Waste Station will accept fruits vegetable, plant, flowers, house plant waste; as well as, bones, meat, fish, … Continue reading What to do with your food waste?!?
Category: gardening
Green Thumbs: Learn to Recognise The Weeds Among Us
Recently the Pemberton Farmer's Institute held an Invasive Weed Species information session at the Helmer Farm. What are invasive weeds you may ask? How can you tell the difference? Plants are considered invasive if they have been introduced into an environment where they did not evolve. As a result, they usually have no natural enemies … Continue reading Green Thumbs: Learn to Recognise The Weeds Among Us
Green Thumbs: Looking Forward and Great Summer Blooms to Plant now
I can't get over how beautiful this time of year is. Our farm is loaded with blooms and the wildflowers nearby are popping up too. The Bathtub Trail is looking lush with growth and the trail on our side of the river is full of roses in bloom. The best part following a bike ride … Continue reading Green Thumbs: Looking Forward and Great Summer Blooms to Plant now
Recipe for Optimism
It's not too late to put some seeds (or seedlings) in the ground... You never know what might come of it!
Green Thumb: Companion Planting
Wondering what to put into the spare spaces of your new strawberry patch? Check out this awesome companion planting grid, before you do something dastardly like throw in some broccoli seeds... This chart was put together by blogger OneCreativeMommy based on information from my fave seed supplier, West Coast Seeds.
Event: Womens Institute Plant and Bake Sale, Saturday, 9am – noon
Pemberton Women's Institute Annual Bake and Plant Sale. Shop for garden plants, home baking and seed potatoes. Saturday 4th May - 9am to noon - Legion Parking Lot For those in the know, it is the best place to pick up Pemberton tested plants and seeds, including famous Pemberton Seed Potatoes, as well as home … Continue reading Event: Womens Institute Plant and Bake Sale, Saturday, 9am – noon
Seasonal Observations On the Farm: I’ll Be Dammed
Walking the farm in spring is done every year : checking out what has gone on during the winter, which fences need repair, how much damage has the harsh season done. This year we found something new while wandering the slough that meanders through our farm. We have new neighbors. Beavers have moved in and … Continue reading Seasonal Observations On the Farm: I’ll Be Dammed
Green Thumbs: Sprouting Forward
Thank you to everyone who came out to support a very successful Fundraiser at Mile One to kick off the 2013 Community Garden Season. With renewals and money raised by Mile One generously donating 10% of sales from Garden members enjoying a great local meal as well as funds raised from RONA donating Garden Gift … Continue reading Green Thumbs: Sprouting Forward
Green Thumb: Growing Dahlias
Sam and I drove down to Van on Sunday to hit the annual tuber sale hosted at the beautiful Van Dusen Gardens. The drive was nice and smooth and once past Squamish I scoped out plants obsessively from my window seat. Flowering currants growing cliffside, followed by flashy azaleas and once in the city magnolias galore, cherry … Continue reading Green Thumb: Growing Dahlias
Green Thumbs: Rise and Shine of the Garlic
By Laura Zgud, Photos by Zgud Photography, for the Pemberton Creek Community Garden Yes! It’s finally here, time to prepare the soil, get into the garden and get that great feeling of immersing your hands into the earth! The Garlic is up and you can see the popularity of it in the Community Garden as … Continue reading Green Thumbs: Rise and Shine of the Garlic
The Wellness Almanac 