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Reaching for The Sun
The squash and beans have really taken off at The Cambie Square Garden. The squash have grown all over the hedge lining the garden and we keep finding the fruits hiding in little pockets here and there and the beans are getting so tall that some have grown up the lamp post to the point that we cannot reach them any longer We also have a sunflower that is trying to reach up to the sun.
We did a little cleanup of the garden as well, removing the old pea plants that have finished for the year so we can plant more winter crops. We found a few aphids and removed them to prevent them from spreading to other crops.
Holy Corn and Potatoes Batman
This weekend was the first rain we've had in Vancouver in weeks but we still had a great turnout at The Cambie Square Garden on Sunday. Noone even minded the rain and worked away together to harvest quite the bounty. We harvested lots of potatoes and corn and some really beautiful carrots too.
July 4th @ Cambie Square Garden
Everything is growing well at Cambie Square garden the corn was over 2 feet tall and the tomatoes had many flowers. The lettuce and peas are plentiful with even a few beets and very colourful dragon carrots. The radishes have also started going to seed, we picked a few because they taste so good on salads.
Summer is finally here and we'll have corn soon
The sun is finally shining in July and the corn is huge, the beets are delicious, and the sunflowers are blooming next to the new garden sign. Soon we'll have lots of tomatoes and squash too as we've got lots of flowers now.
We've found that the tomatoes shaded by trees have done better than those in full sun and that radish seed pods taste delicious. We've also found that beans and corn grow really well together, the climbing beans just grow right up the corn as it gets taller, they were made for each other!
We've found that the tomatoes shaded by trees have done better than those in full sun and that radish seed pods taste delicious. We've also found that beans and corn grow really well together, the climbing beans just grow right up the corn as it gets taller, they were made for each other!
Upcoming Volunteer Times
Hi there!
Yey for summer!
Here are our upcoming volunteer times:
Wednesday June 23rd 530pm-615pm - Cambie Square Communal Garden (West side of Cambie between 10th and 12th, up the stairs)
Friday June 25th 93oam-11am - SPEC Rooftop Container Garden (2150 Maple Street)
Sunday June 28th 11am-12 - Cambie Square Communal Garden
Wednesday June 30th 530-615pm - Cambie Square Communal Garden
We hope to see you!
- marnie
June 1st Gardens Update
Spring is in full force and all the hard work and planning from the previous months is truly paying off.
School Gardens
Students from a nearby school recently brought seedlings they started in their classroom to plant on our rooftop container garden.
Rooftop Garden
Fava beans are flowering on the roof!
Lettuce is harvestable!
Tomato seedlings are in! (Started in Carole's backyard greenhouse)
Cambie Square Communal Garden
New lovely signage care of Jodi Mayne!
We've got bees! Mason bees have moved in to our mason condo (thanks EYA!) you can see they've filled the holes with mud.
- marnie
March 28th Cambie Planting Day
Jodi and Tina bringing trellises and signs
Mandy and Vicky assessing
The brussel Sprouts and doing just fine
Garlic!
New signs! Thanks Jodi!
Planting potatoes - yukon golds (an early variety)
New raspberry plants
- marnie
