From April of 2007 until August of 2008, we've been waiting for a big harvest of mushrooms. Maria shows off our Shiitake Mushrooms.
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
Lesley Bayliss started this project in Australia 15 years ago to help intellectually challenged people get employment. This wonderful program teaches clients how to grow herbs and sell them to wholesalers and the public.
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.
Sheryl shows us how she makes a Mojito with mint leaves grown at the City Farmer garden.
Sharon picks fresh vegetables at the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden. It's summer, August 21, and this is food grown in the city just feet from the backdoor. That's what urban agriculture is all about. http://www.cityfarmer.info/
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
Cartoon 1944 (Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries "Dig For Victory Leaflet No 7) Commentary - "Thanks Mr Middleton. Mr Middleton - Good Afternoon, we all expect vegetables to feed us but we've got to see that we feed them properly too. Suppose we get down to the root of the matter. Plants need food just as much as we do, and it must be in a form they can assimilated. This is where humas comes in. Humas is composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter. By putting humas in the soil plus a few handfuls of chemical fertiliser you make sure that the plant has enough to eat. One of the best sources of humas is the compost heap. It really acts as a sort of canteen for the plants. Simple and cheap its mainly garden waste, its easy to make a compost heap and if you want it in time for next seasons crop now is a good time to start. PLANT - That's right, now is a good time to start." www.cityfarmer.info
Student describes the food garden at Lord Roberts School in Vancouver. City Farmer started this garden in 1986.
We planted wasabi seven or eight years ago at City Farmer and finally we are giving it the taste trial.
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