Echo Valley Community Farm

I had the opportunity to tour the Echo Valley Community Garden as part of the Garden Tour Series held by the Incredible Edibles group of the Salt Spring Island Garden Club. Thank you Milly who [...]

Summary: The majority of Canadians are deficient in 3 or more essential nutrients. We can grow food that is more nutrient-rich.Nutrient-rich foods have more vitamins, minerals, and [...]

Slugs are often thought of as pests in the garden. However, they provide a number of valuable roles as a contributor to a resilient garden ecosystem. Their skill in nutrient cycling, spreading [...]

We completed an edible landscape installation for a wonderful new client on Salt Spring Island. We helped them prune their Fig Tree, and they asked us for help with their yard. There was an [...]

Today I had the opportunity to share a great conversation with local Saltspring farmer Jade at Backwoods Farm. He has been farming his space for 9 years with the mission to grow intensely [...]

Here is some of the food that we grew in our garden over the last year. This was our first season in our new garden and some things worked great! We really enjoyed our Scarlett Runner Beans, [...]

This recipe is revised from the book The Intelligent Gardener: Growing Nutrient Dense Food by Steve Solomon. This recipe covers 100 sq ft. of garden space. It can also be used for planting or [...]

These are the varities of Nut Trees we are starting this year, Fall 2021 by seed. We expect to have limited quantities of these Seedling nut trees available for planting Fall 2022. This selection [...]

A “Fruit Tree Guild” is a community of plants that surround the fruit trees. These plants are selected to support your fruit tree with roles such as accumulating nutrients, fixing [...]

This garden has five new beds about fifty feet long. Over the summer of 2020 Strawbales and Alder logs were laid on contour to build the edges of the garden beds. Garden Beds were then filled [...]