Dunsmuir Community Garden Group

CARROTS So why feature carrots this week? Well... because CARROTS are great for succession planting. We all plant them and then have delicious bounty. We put a row in the ground, let them start, thin them out and voila... wait. What we often don't remember is that we can keep planting them every two weeks from Spring to mid summer. So break out that seed packet and repeat!   What about those little thinning carrots you have pulled? Those little thinning can be replanted! So don't just throw them out try thinning and taking the little guys to a new spot. How? Select a spot and push a pencil down about the depth of your little carrot sprout, pop it in and repeat every inch or so.  I will be trying this out next week... As it looks like I have a carpet of carrots growing in patches.

July In the Vegetable Garden Why is it time to pick your courgettes? ... Because if you don't they will become Zuchinni's... ha ha ha! Sometimes,  when I arrive at my plot I water, I weed, I harvest then… I fuss with something that was not on ANY to do list. I treasure that time, the absolute sense of peaceful purpose.  Yet, like every gardener, I am forever learning. I like reminders and refreshers so I thought I would look up what other gardeners thought should be done in July.  I also  explored what else we can be planting or planning.    Squash:  Nip off the growing tips of squash and courgette plants to encourage branching. Cucumbers:  train stems upwards instead of trailing over the ground, to make the most of the space available.  Aubergines:  pinch out the growing tip once they have 5 or 6 fruits. You can expect to start harvesting young plants mid- to late summer. Broad Beans:  Tackle blackfly by pi...

Spring 2020! Wow... it's been quite the start to the new season. Our gardens are looking beautiful! Please make sure you stay safe and enjoy your gardens responsibly. COVID Update: Please remember to continue to keep 2m (6ft) apart from other gardeners. DO NOT share tools. Our wheelbarrows are locked up as well as the community tool shed. Please do not wheel the green bins to your plot, they are not wheelbarrows. We need to comply with the NO SHARING per our city guidelines, we want to keep gardening.  Our AGM is still on hold. Other News: Our Spring NEWSLETTER has just been released! WE HAVE NO GARBAGE. Please take home your garbage do not put in the GREY BINS. This is not collected. Please do not leave things in the waste bin... I spy two car batteries and garden chairs... please take things you do not want home to dispose of.... don't dump them at our lovely garden. The Large City Bin is just for WOOD. WOOD ONLY. :) Please Sign up to Volunteer...we ...

Best practice guidelines for community gardens during COVID-19 Community gardens are a key component to neighbourhood food security. While we are in an ever- evolving situation, it is important that community garden coordinators, members and volunteers change the way we organize based on the most recent public health information. The City of Surrey encourages community gardeners to monitor the following resources for COVID-19 updates: ➢  City of Surrey ➢  Fraser Health ➢  BC Centre for Disease Control ➢  Public Health Agency of Canada Public health advice may change, so please check the above resources for the most current information to protect you, your family and fellow community gardeners. Keeping each other safe in the community garden Every person entering the garden is responsible for preventing the spread of infection. Here’s how you can safely tend the community garden: ➢   Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds ➢ ...

Hello Dunsmuir Garden members, There are activities this week that everyone needs to be aware of: 1. With the postponement of the AGM we did not have the opportunity to distribute 2020 membership cards so this Wednesday March 25 they will be placed in a box inside the small tool shed. If you wish to obtain your new card please look for it there. Please only take your card. 2.  On Thursday March 26 the City of Surrey will be blocking the road at our driveway in order to remove trees that were felled and bucked up some time ago. The garden will remain open but there will be no vehicle traffic permitted while this work is underway. 3. Please review the attached  Bee Announcement prepared by Bee Coordinator Dave Hoffman. Also, review Asian Giant Hornet Alert from the Province of BC. 4. Currently Blackie Spit Park remains open as does the Dunsmuir Gardens. Please diligently observe all precautions, personal protection and social distancing during this Covid-1...

Hello Gardeners! Please note the following two important dates: January 21, 2020 (Tuesday) the road down to the garden will be shut down as the city is working on some old trees. March 21, 2020 (Saturday) AGM! 9-12 at Ocean Park Hall (16th Ave & 128th street) Members Only Happy Winter Days!

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