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Soil |

Checking Out The Chips

Do wood chips really reduce weeding and helps soil retain moisture?   This online garden mentor set out to find out if they do.  Find out what she learned here ……

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News |

Rural Women’s Studies Association 14th Triennial Conference

14th Triennial Conference The RWSA is an international association to advance farm and rural women’s/gender studies in historical perspective. We welcome scholars from diverse fields as well as…

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Soil |

Foliar Spray To Feed Your Plants

Foliar spray is a great way to feed your garden.  This means spraying nutrients in a water solution on the leaves.  We have had great success using Brian Yager’s Seaweed ……

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News |

Community Garden Support Program 2020-21

Get Ready to Grow: Community Garden Support Program Applications Now Available Funding applications for the 2021-22 Community Garden Support Program are now available to help eligible municipalities…

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News |

ACORN‘s newly updated Organic Directory

ACORN’s Organic Directory showcases certified organic producers and processors from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. This searchable directory is a…

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Trees and Shrubs |

Wildwood Shows The Way

Merv Wilkinson, who lived near Merville, British Columbia was an amazing and inspiring man.  During the decades he lived there, he continuously hand logged his 77 acres with horses, thinning…

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Family Gardening |

Community Garden In Heart’s Delight Bringing Seniors Together

Last summer, senior citizen’s in Heart’s Delight-Islington took a different approach to get through the pandemic: pouring their time and effort into a community garden. Here is the story.…

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Composting |

Basic Composting Online Tutorial

This tutorial with Tim Walsh of the MUN Botanical Garden is a basic introduction to composting that teaches you what composting is, how to do it, and solutions to common ……

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Seeds |

Instant Pot Germinating?

Move over butter chicken and mushroom risotto. There’s a new use for the Instant Pot, the popular kitchen appliance, famous for hurrying up slow-cooking dishes. An Ottawa scientist who’s…

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