by Geeks on the Beach | Oct 6, 2021 | Garden Gleanings, Village Vibe
Giant sentinels and the climate crisis ›› Jan Firstbrook What is the fastest growing tree in the world and the best at carbon capture? These trees live among us in Fernwood. Though not native to Canada, they thrive in our city due to the Mediterranean climate. These...
by Geeks on the Beach | Aug 9, 2021 | Garden Gleanings
›› Kayla Siefried I’m writing this on a cool summer Victoria morning at the end of July, blue skies, and garden bounty harvested and set out in the Compost Education Centre’s Farm Stand. I start up the internet, and one of the tabs I have open from yesterday startles...
by Geeks on the Beach | Apr 1, 2021 | Garden Gleanings
The Spring Equinox has passed and things are truly waking up in the garden. April showers do in fact promise May flowers! ›› Kayla Siefried What to do in the garden this month? Amend your soil, direct seed some vegetable seeds, and prepare a bed to transplant...
by Geeks on the Beach | Mar 5, 2021 | Events, Garden Gleanings
Get Growing, Victoria! is a free vegetable seedlings distribution program created by the City of Victoria. In partnership with over 50 community and non-profit organizations, 80,000 vegetable and herb seedlings, along with gardening education materials through Growing...
by Geeks on the Beach | Feb 3, 2021 | Garden Gleanings
›› Kayla Siefried Never was there a more exciting time (and at times overwhelming) for local gardeners then the annual Victoria Seedy Saturday. A conference full of vendors, seed swaps, and gardening workshops; it’s the day that kicks off the growing season for...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 1, 2020 | Garden Gleanings, Village Vibe
›› Kayla Siefried Winter is a fantastic time to create new garden beds using an in-situ composting technique called sheet mulching. Sheet mulching is a fantastic way to replenish depleted soils in a garden, turn grass easily into a garden bed, use free ‘waste’...
