Jordan talks about selling garden produce in front of his home in Vancouver BC. Every Sunday he harvests herbs, vegetables, fruit and also some eggs and places them for sale at the end of his driveway. He calls his home garden "Southlands Farm".
Canada's major TV news show, The National, takes a brief look at urban agriculture. July 25, 2008.
A baby raccoon falls into one of our used rain barrels at the Compost Demonstarion Garden. The rescue crew goes to work.
What do you do on a rainy Vancouver summer day? You turn to crafts in the garden. Maria picks some of our lavender and turns them into something useful. www.cityfarmer.info
Student describes the food garden at Lord Roberts School in Vancouver. City Farmer started this garden in 1986.
Maria pulls up some of her garlic as rain falls on the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden. In this video she shows us to join a number of garlic plants together by braiding them together.
Three summer visitors came to see our Compost Demonstration Garden. They came from Palestine, Kenya and Zambia to see what we were growing in Vancouver in July. Head gardener Sharon gave them a tour.
"The Holder family in Maryland lays out a quarter acre Victory Garden during World War II. Most of the gardening work is done by Grandpa Holder and his teenage grandchildren Rick and Amy and from the looks of the film, it is backbreaking work. There is the garden of peppers, tomatoes, pole beans, potatoes, asparagus and sweet corn. Then, there is the late garden with beets, squash, late potatoes, late cabbage, kale, collard greens and three rows of turnips. "A victory garden is like a share in an airplane factory, the film opening tells us. It is also a vitamin factory that will keep Americans strong. The film ends on a patriotic note, 'No Work, No Victory!' Bear that in mind all you Victory Gardeners and Work! For Victory! A no-nonsense, non-idealized look at what it is like to have to really grow your own food."
We harvest these delicious berries once a year in July. The birds love them so we have to get to them first when they ripen. Julia and try them on yogurt ice cream.
Sharon, head gardener at City Farmer, gives Tasha a tour of the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden. They look at the cob shed and oven. compost toilet, and bird baths. www.cityfarmer.info
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