Sharon Hanna takes a trip out to West Creek Farms in search of good, high quality organic soil.
Learning from the mistakes of last season in order to start putting our garden dreams into action.
Find seeds worth saving at one of this season's many Seedy Saturdays around BC.
February garden to-do list
Around mid-February, though it still may be chilly out, the sun’s angle becomes high enough that active growth can begin again in our gardens—so exciting for those of us who can hardly wait to start planting seeds, digging, and mucking about in the garden.
The bay leaf we use in soups and stews is the dried leaf of the bay laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) and is a good source of vitamins A, C and B6, as well as folic acid, calcium, iron and manganese.