Urban agriculture

I thought bamboo was one of those renewable plants we were all supposed to be embracing.

I think our cool, damp spring was beneficial for local gardens.

Our garden is kicking but this year. I just ate some berries from the current I planted a few years ago. It’s funny because we planted lettuce to distract the slugs and they haven’t touched it.

Try dahlias. They’re irresistible to slugs.

Lettuce is bitter, and not usually top choice for slugs.

Can't you get the slug bait anymore?

It worked pretty good when we had a veggie garden.

Countless cobs of sweet corn, beets, carrots, wild and cultivated blackberries and more are being purchased and picked by residents keen to enjoy their annual locally grown favourites.

A wet and chilly start to the year pushed crops back two to three weeks, said Clayton Fox, of Silver Rill Corn. “Most farmers have been complaining about the weather this year more than usual. Everything is later.”

But now business is a “whirlwind.”

“We’ve been keeping up and it has been very busy,” Fox said Monday.

A cob of corn is selling for $1.25, the standard at local farms.

https://www.timescol...f-worry-5674572

Can't you get the slug bait anymore?

It worked pretty good when we had a veggie garden.

Edited by todd, 09 August 2022 - 10:53 AM.

We have been to Silver Rill three times so far, plan on many more trips.

A new food processing program is launching in Greater Victoria aimed at supporting small, local producers, and the public is invited to check out the facility which will enable it.

On Sept. 22 from 2 to 4 p.m., Kitchen Connect and partner organization South Island Farm Hub will be hosting an opening ceremony for their Esquimalt Food Security Distribution Centre and will be showcasing their retail-ready Seasonal Salads products, produced in partnership with Eat Island Grown and the Red Barn Market.

Kitchen Connect is working to address food security gaps by building a resilient short supply chain on Vancouver Island. The hub will work with south Island farmers and retail partners to explore and expand business opportunities including bulk washed and certified fresh food sales, sauces, dressings, and soups which will be processed in the new facility.

https://www.vicnews....pening-sept-22/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 16 September 2022 - 07:54 AM.

...The hub will work with south Island farmers and retail partners to explore and expand business opportunities including bulk washed and certified fresh food sales, sauces, dressings, and soups which will be processed in the new facility...

At prices competitive with imported products? I'm not paying more for lettuce grown in Esquimalt or View Royal soup.

People will certainly pay more and they already do.

I know they do, I am just saying I never would.

I do think many people fool themselves that they are getting quality equivalent to what they are paying for a lot of locally produced products

I do think many people fool themselves that they are getting quality equivalent to what they are paying for a lot of locally produced products

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 16 September 2022 - 05:30 PM.

People should be free to spend their money as they see fit, as long as no one else is expected to subsidize their lifestyle choices through taxes.