Category Archives: Harvest

Empty strings fro our tomato trellis

End of Season 2023

Parkview Neighbourhood Garden concluded yet another successful season. Thanks to our 40+ volunteers of all ages, we grew enough this year to directly donate 470 lbs of food to neighbourhood…

Time for Tomatillos!

By Liz Carman, PNG Volunteer We are growing a large number of tomatillos at Parkview Neighbourhood Garden, and our volunteer Liz is a real afficianado. She harvested and canned up some…

Garlic prepped for distribution

Garlic’s Epic Journey to The Table

It takes 9 months of work to get garlic to the table. We plant in October, weed and water and protect it until July, harvest it, cure it and then…

Joan Steele

Remembering Joan Steele

By: Nan Davey Two years ago this month, we lost a friend and loyal volunteer to cancer.  Her name was Joan Steele. Joan was an experienced and dependable volunteer.  I…

PNG in Late Fall

2021 Season Recap

        Parkview Neighbourhood Garden’s 2021 season is coming to an end.  Working under COVID restrictions for a second year, a small band of volunteers planted, watered. weeded…

Cabbage

Summer 2021 Harvest Update

   Some strange weather this year has meant some items are growing well, and others are getting a slow start. Already Harvested Asparagus Rhubarb Strawberries Garlic Potatoes Kohlrabi Snow peas Currants…

Collection of food being donated

That’s a Lot of Food!

Mid-August and we have already donated 320 pounds of food to our two recipient community groups: Willowdale Neighbourlink, who distributes the produce in their food boxes to families in our…

Basket of patty pan squash

August Garden Update

Here’s a quick look at what has been happening in the garden in August 2020, and what the rest of the season may bring. The City of Toronto has comprehensive rules…

Strawberries starting to form

Seedlings and Perennials: Late Spring Update

 Spring has well and truly sprung despite uneven temperatures and precipitation, and who can forget that late April snow!! A small cadre of physically distanced volunteers have mostly finished planting…

Thank You Team PNG!

Thank you for a great season! 2019 has been a fantastic year for Parkview Neighbourhood Garden. Starting in January, a group of interested volunteers started meeting at North York Public…