Victory Gardens for Bees

The sunflower stalks are dry and the seed heads are spent. It is the time of year to clear out some of the dead growth to make way for new s...

The Natural Gardener by Val Bourne is one of my favorite gardening books. She says you should leave some of your dry fennel stalks standing...

There are two full moons this month. The first was early in the month and the Algonquin call it The Cold Moon and the second moon in Decembe...

Early this month I harvested my last Cherokee Trail of Tears beans just before the rains came. I cut down the fennel and put the rest of tho...

I spent part of All Soul's Day at the MOP Garden. I was relieved to see that the bee garden hadn't been vandalized since I last vis...

I was thrilled to be able to take my mom and dad out to UBC Farm for the first time on Thanksgiving weekend. We bought some cookies, fall f...

I wanted to post a few photos here of our Two Block Diet beehive. I am a member of a wonderful neighborhood group that has pooled resources...