Working in the Garden from May 16 – May 22, 2015
We have had a very busy week in the garden. McKee EcoKids have planted peas and volunteers have planted everything from parsley to kale! There is still more planting to…
We have had a very busy week in the garden. McKee EcoKids have planted peas and volunteers have planted everything from parsley to kale! There is still more planting to…
Compost arrived this week, so several volunteers spent Saturday morning shoveling compost into wheelbarrows and dumping it onto garden beds. The rest of the volunteers continued with the weeding. There’s…
Green plus brown plus heat plus moisture = compost We start with organic matter such as vegetable and fruit peels, leaves and stems. We add fallen leaves and a handful…
The first event of the growing season was held on Saturday, May 2 – soil preparation. Although we didn’t get compost delivered during the week by the City as we…
18 members of PNG met with two interpreters from Gibson House on March 7, 2015. We started in the kitchen where we chopped and mixed to make soda bread baked…
We won! Parkview Neighbourhood Garden received an Award of Distinction in the 2014 North York Front Yard Garden Contest in the Non-Residential category. Congratulations to everyone whose vision, hard work, and…
This morning the Ontario Beekeepers launched a lawsuit against Bayer and Syngenta – the manufacturers of bee killing neonicotinoid…