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The community garden at Camp Alexandra
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Watch the gardens grow as the summer progresses. What could be more inviting than a stroll through these raised beds as the veggies grow. Spend a few moments with hose in hand and soak up the natural beauty of mother nature at her best!


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Coummunity Gardening in Crescent Beach

How to build a community garden in 1 day! Now this is the way to do it! A group of enthusiastic gardeners got together and made it happen. See how the grassy area was transformed into beautiful raised beds ready to plant! What a great way to spend some time off. Pull a few weeds, compare the progress of your tomato plants, learn valuable gardening tips from your neighbours and most of all, share in the joy of eating your very own summer crops.

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Planting a Veggie Garden in White Rock
If you live here, you know that there is not a lot of yard space in White Rock. And if you're not fortunate enough to have a plot in a local community garden, I'll show you how I manage to eat fresh veggies all summer long in my tiny little back yard without spending hours out there weeding!
In the next few months, I'll show you how I do this - its not hard and I'm not even an expert! I just love going outside, picking a few peas , herbs or whatever is ready, and adding it to my dinner. My methods probably aren't the most scientific either but they work - at least, most of the time :-)

Week 3 for the Veggies and Espaliered Fruit Trees

Its week three and not a whole lot is happening! You've heard of the "watched pot syndrome", well I think the same thing applies to vegetables! Just came back from trips to Lethbridge and Quebec and they were still having snow. I think the higher taxes we pay here on the coast are definitely worth it! They haven't even thought about planting a garden so I guess I shouldn't be so impatient. The veggies have made an appearance though, so that's good.

peas and swiss chard


Meanwhile, I've been pulling weeds and tidying up other areas of the yard. Those huge garden waste bags sure fill up fast!
My little espaliered apple tree is in bloom and the bees are very busy. That's great, 2 years ago it was blooming and it was still too cold for the bees to come out - I only got about 6 apples that year. Actually, if I'd been more on the ball, I could have pollInated it myself by tickling the stamens with a paint brush - just didn't think of it. (Managed to have tomatoes inside in January, in the sun room, by doing that!)
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Espaliering fruit trees is a great idea for a small yard. They take up hardly any room and this one has 4 different varieties of apple which just happen to ripen at different times of the year. You might not believe it but I harvested about 5 dozen apples of this tree which isn't much taller than me (and I'm only 5 feet tall). No need for ladders, just keep the branches supported, the new growth pruned and you're good to go. What could be better than serving fresh apple pie for the family at Thanksgiving with apples picked that morning!


espaliered apple tree


I think, the next time I go to the nursery, I'm going to get an espaliered peach tree, or if they don't have one that is already espaliered, I can do it myself. Might have to sacrifice a hydrangea bush - but how many flowers do you need when you could have a big juicy peach instead!
If you'd like to read more on how to espalier a fruit tree and keep it pruned properly, have a look at this blog posting I found: http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/01/23/the-art-of-espalier-fruit-trees/

Any questions? email me at linda@whiterocksbest.com :-)

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