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WINTER ROOTS
Roots define the taste of winter: they are roasted, boiled, sautéed. They give 'bottom' and sweetness to soups and stews. Whereas the New World and the tropical climates have given us summer's annuals, like potato, sunchoke, and sweet potato, the winter garden's roots are all...08/23/2011 - 17:00 in Vancouver | Read more
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WINTER GREENS
Winter greens bring variety and zest to our cold weather meals. They've been cultivated for thousands of years from Japan to Western Europe and, as the list below shows, the majority are from the Brassica genus. Most of the European greens are fully hardy in our mild coastal...08/23/2011 - 17:00 in Vancouver | Read more
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3 WAYS TO GROW VEGGIES WITH EASE AND ABUNDANCE
Growing your own vegetables is a very rewarding and delicious experience! When we excitedly peruse our seed catalogues during those long dark days of winter, this is our opportunity to choose which delicious edibles will suit our gardens and families best. However, it is easy...08/23/2011 - 17:00 in Vancouver | Read more
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1001 WEIRD FACTS FOR CANADIAN GARDENERS
The author defines "weird" as involving or suggesting the fantastic or bizarre. With that in mind, enjoy this fact-filled compilation of Canadian gardening information, seen largely from an Eastern Canadian point of view. It covers the development there of early varieties of...08/23/2011 - 17:00 in Vancouver | Read more
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GARDENING WITH COLOUR: Creative Design Ideas for Canadian Gardens
Rob Sproule’s second book is vibrating with enthusiasm about taking container gardening ‘to the next level’. Plant combinations, called recipes, promote the elements and principles of design to make successful planting easy. This guide includes basic container recipes along with...08/23/2011 - 17:00 in Vancouver | Read more
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COMPOSTING FOR CANADA
When I was a little guy helping my Dad on his farm I used to get stuck with some of the routine tasks around the place. One of them was to take all the organic refuse down to a large pile he kept out back and throw it on the top hoping for nature to take its course and turn the...08/23/2011 - 17:00 in Vancouver | Read more