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 | Sep 30, 2014 | Garden Gleanings, Village Vibe
When life gives you leaves, make leaf mold. When life gives you food scraps and garden clippings, make compost. ›› Margaret Hantiuk Recently I attended an interesting course on soil science at our Compost Education Centre. I was reminded how important autumn is to...
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...
