by Geeks on the Beach | Oct 9, 2015 | Garden Gleanings, Village Vibe
›› Margaret Hantiuk I recently chatted with master composter, certified organic land care professional, and certified horticultural therapist David Greig, who has been “farming” red wriggler composting worms for over 25 years, in addition to teaching at Camosun...
by Geeks on the Beach | Mar 31, 2015 | Garden Gleanings, Village Vibe
>> Margaret Hantiuk Looking back over 10 years of my Garden Gleanings column for the Village Vibe, I am thinking of the ways that gardening is trending here in Fernwood (and all over): Going organic: We realize that every backyard that goes organic and stops...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 1, 2014 | Garden Gleanings, Village Vibe
›› Margaret Hantiuk With our rainy winters, local gardeners soon find out that there is not really a water shortage here; but with our dry summers, we do need lots of water, and the issue is a storage problem. The ideal solution is a large cistern (100 gallon minimum)...
by Geeks on the Beach | Jun 1, 2014 | Buzz, Garden Gleanings, Village Vibe
›› Lifecycles Project Society The Victoria Seed Library offers free access to seeds and seed saving education. Our goal is to support local food security and steward our region’s biodiversity. Locally-raised seeds are more resilient and better adapted to our soil and...
by Geeks on the Beach | Mar 31, 2014 | Garden Gleanings, Village Vibe
>> Margaret Hantiuk Adaptation means being flexible and strategically implementing new ways to cope with conditions that are beyond our control. Climate change doesn’t just mean a warming climate; it means more and longer durations of weather extremes: hot sun...
