Wet Coast Gardens: January 2012

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Compost Your Christmas Trees

Tofitians! Louise Rodgers will be chipping and creating compost from your Christmas trees this coming weekend. You can drop off trees this weekend, on the empty lot at the end of Pfeiffer (next for 590 Pfeiffer) or, for a toonie, Louise will pick yours up. Call her at 5-2675.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

West Coast Compost: Kelp!

Here's a great post from a west coast gardener on the benefits of composting your garden with kelp. Thanks, Sarah!

Playing in the Mud

Do you have the challenges of mud, summer fog and lots of rain (+ 3 m/annually)? Then this just might be the place for you. I'm hoping that here we can share what's sprouting on our windowsills, growing in the garden, eating our plants (and how to deal with it), and more. What are the challenges of growing on the west coast (and I mean west of Vancouver/Victoria)? I'm thinking Tofino, Ucluelet, Bamfield, Tahsis... Let's share our ideas, successes and the trials-that-didn't-quite-work-out too. So, over to you. To contribute, leave a comment or contact me at toughcitywriter [at] gmail [dot] com.