Volunteer: Donation Station at Riley Park Farmers Market

Volunteer at the Donation Station. We ask shoppers to donate produce and funds; and farmers to donate produce for our food distribution program. Every Friday at the Neighbourhood House we have a ‘super market’ setup and provide food supports for those who need extra help at this time. Our last food day at the House is on Friday, December 18. We want to provide more food at this time as we are closed over the holidays.

2 shifts: 9:30am - 12; and 12-2:30.

Email Joanne joanne_mackinnon@lmnhs.bc.ca and let me know which shift you prefer.

Today at the Garden

Today we took the cabbage-like tops off the Brussels sprouts, which encourages the sprouts to grow, and the green leaves can be cooked like collard greens.

This is the garlic bed with its winter coat of leaves.

And a lovely shot of the blueberry bushes surrounding the strawberry row, which has been trimmed and baby offshoots removed.

We also filled another five buckets with compost that Selina spread on the Rewilder bed, and continued with autumn weeding.

A harvest of leeks, carrots and parsnips and a few turnips was shared out, as well as some lovely apples from the Okanagan.

Angela

Small Group Gardening Sessions

Continuing Sundays 11-1. We meet up and do what needs to happen in the garden . We are building community and increasing our food security.

Sun. Nov 8: Raking And Protecting our Pollinators

Sun. Nov 15: Tool Maintenance with Art

Sun. Nov. 22: Back up Date for Tool Maintenance - in case of rain

Sun. Nov 29: General Tasks

Email info@rileyparkgarden.org to let us know you can help.

General Garden Meeting

Date: Weds. Nov 4 @ 7:00pm. Time to get updates on our various projects and to connect with each other. We will not be hosting our Season Wrap-Up Event as we have done in the past. How do you want to see the community engaged in the garden? Everyone is welcome to join the meeting and keep in touch.

Meeting Time: Nov 4, 2020 07:00 PM Vancouver

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Meeting ID: 892 7884 7344

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Today at the Garden

A cold but bright day, with evidence of last night’s frost - beans, pepper plants and nasturtiums all looking very bedraggled. We tidied the vertical garden on the Shed which was badly affected.

We sowed the broad beans and interspersed with corn salad seed; and we covered the row with netting to give them a bit of help against the promised frost.

We also removed dead foliage from the cabbage row as a preventative against clubroot disease, although I read today that ALL the brassicas family can be affected and carry the spores, including turnips, radishes, and broccoli!

Leeks, kale, and a few turnips and carrots were harvested.

Angela