Some years ago, when there were not too many grape varieties being sold at the local nurseries, I bought a Steuben grape plant. The nursery considered it suitable for our Slocan Valley situation – cool-to-cold winter with snow covered ground, a growing season that often could not be counted on for more than 150-165 frost-free [...]
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Our place is situated on a bench near the bottom of Perry Ridge’s east slope – in other words, on the toes of a mountain. Our land is a sand bench. The soil here is deep sand for the most part, nearly like beach sand once you dig down below the surface vegetation – though [...]
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The garden is a link to place and time. Every year is a little different, and some years are very different, but the devoted gardener takes it in stride. The progression of the season is not a matter of the calender, but a matter of feel. And developing the feel is one way you learn [...]
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