The beans really took off, two weeks later they are almost to the top of the cupboards! I have taken them outside for short periods of time to try to harden them off. I hope I didn’t plant them too early as they are really are better off outside in the garden even though right…
Author: petalpusher2013
I love nothing more than creating my garden Lilac Hill in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. The garden is located in the picturesque area of Mowat Bay just up the road from beautiful Powell Lake and the Sunshine Coast Trail.
The Giant Beans have Sprouted!
My Gigandes Beans are well on their way to growing me my own personal bean stock! I planted 8 seeds on March 28th in good quality soil, put them on a heat pad and waited. It didn’t take long for the seeds to burst through the soil and now they are 6″ and I…
Giant Gigandes Beans
A few weeks ago I went to a seed exchange put on by the Colony Farm Community Gardeners Association. After an informative Heirloom Tomato presentation I went over to look at the seeds. I have always had a fondness for bean seeds as they are fun to grow and the big seeds are easy to…
Oolong Tea
Thyme for Tea OOLONG TEA Oolong is one of the most enjoyed and popular teas but what exactly is an oolong tea anyways? Oolong, like all teas, comes from the ‘Camellia sinensis’ tea bush and it falls between a green and black tea depending on the method in which the tea leaves are processed. The production…
SEED SWAP A SUCCESS!
Today my mom and I attended the first annual public seed swap put on by the Colony Farm Community Garden members. The event was well attended and there were lots of rare and unusual vegetable seeds to pick from. I got some peas, beans, dill, tomatoes and rare bean seeds all the way from Greece!…
Seedy Saturday
Seedy Saturday Community Seed Swap March 9, Poirier Branch Library 575 Poirier Avenue, Coquitlam 1 pm Doors open. Gardeners donating seed can set their seeds out. There will be a table for veggie seeds and another table for flowers and herbs. 1:15 – 2:15 Speaker: Tatiana Kouchnareva Topic: “Our Tomato Seed Collection and Seed…
TEA REGIONS OF THE WORLD
Tea Garden in Sri Lanka I decided last minute to take a 4th tea class so I registered for “Tea Regions of the World” on Monday nights. So for 3 weeks I travel after work into Vancouver on Monday and again on Tuesday night. I really like the Tea Regions of the World class, its…
An Evening with Brian Minter
Brian Minter was the speaker this evening at the Maple Ridge Garden Club, his presentation was about the importance of growing our own food. The plants that he showed the club were new introductions specifically bred for our climate and many of them were of the small variety making them perfect for most of…
VICTORIA TEA FESTIVAL
The Victoria Tea Festival was a really interesting and informative event. There were many booths and everyone had samples of their teas to try. There was such an amazing variety of teas and some of the companies represented were TEAJA, TEA CRYSTAL TEA GARDEN, MAYIP TEA, NAKED TEAS GALORE, DAVID’S TEA, TEA DESIRE, THE TEA SPARROW…
Learn a Little Latin
It’s a New Year and soon it will be a new growing season! In a few months the nurseries will be stuffed with exciting plants with tags that are often hard to understand. So now is a good time to Learn a little Plant Latin so when the time comes to shop in the spring you can…
Heather's Tea Garden 