Posted on November 18th, 2011 by Joel Russ
My gardening involvements at present consist of managing and harvesting lettuce and other leafies from our sun-heated greenhouse. On the mental-work side, there’s planning for next year’s planting, and also researching information about how Kootenay food gardeners can succeed in the face of challenges like solanaceous blights and clubroot! (These pursuits are ongoing, and I’ll [...]
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Posted on October 5th, 2010 by Joel Russ
Raspberries are a much awaited and enjoyed berry crop. They’re great to eat just-picked off the bushy rows or within a day or two, out of the fridge (say, in frozen yogurt). Raspberries are easy to cultivate but require some thought to plan into the garden scheme. Plus, you need to make sure the plants [...]
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Posted on August 27th, 2010 by Joel Russ
Well this is going to be a blog space about gardening. Actually, a blog about gardening and my home region – the south-central Kootenay, a part of the Columbia-River-system drainages, and part of the Southern Selkirk Mountains. Gardeners think about things as they putter, and today I’ve spent a fair amount of time in my [...]
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