Local Harvest Gardening

Grow your onions and shallots from seed and not from sets (small onion bulbs). I can think of at least four reasons why: 1) with seed you know exactly which variety you're getting 2) seeds are cheaper 3) seeds are no more difficult to start than sets 4) seeds, in my experience, yield larger and heal...

Hi Deb. So nice to have you with us. Thanks for sharing. I can see from instagram that you're also interested in flowers. Flowers, vegetables and chickens--you'll make it happen.

Nice to have you with us. What a remarkable transformation you've made to the yard!

Grains are one of the best overwinter cover crops to grow but terminating them in the spring in advance of a new planting can be a challenge for no-till growers. Winter rye, for example, is a tough, fast growing, deep rooting grain that survives extreme conditions and can grow five feet tall. If you...

What's the difference between compost and mulch?

Hi. My name is Dan, I’m forty years old, and I’m one of the instructors in this course. I farm a thirty-five-acre chunk of land in the Fraser Valley of BC. Twenty-five acres makes up an intensive, no-till market garden where we grow vegetables, fruits, herbs, nuts, and flowers. The remaining land is...