Day Four of the Ladner Community Garden

Its only been a few days since we built this garden and already most of our allotment gardens are planted. People are planting mostly vegetables with a few companion plants as well. I love seeing how each individual gardener plants their garden. There are so many different ideas out there on how to grow food. It will be interesting to see how things work out over the summer.

It doesn't matter what time of day you go to visit the garden, there is always someone there tending their garden. It has really become a community of its own. In starting this garden , we hoped to create conversation. Well, that was an understatement. There are ideas shared, recipes given and new friends made. It was just what we envisioned when we decided to start this community project.

One of the most popular fruits to grow are tomatoes.Tomatoes are not hard to grow but should be grown under plastic like in the photo above. Unfortunately our climate usually brings us blight and tomatoes are very susceptible to this terrible fungus. Once a tomato plant is infected , it must be removed and placed in the trash. You don't want to compost diseased plants.

I couldn't help but notice that this gardener may be worried about slug damage. They have attached copper stripping around the side of the bed. This will give a slug a bit of a shock if one tries to cross.

I wondered why someone had installed a drain pipe in all four corners of their garden. The next day I saw the finished garden.

They built sides for their garden just in case any rabbits thought they had a chance. Fortunately the eagles that perch above the garden daily would never let us have a bunny before they get to them. Today a couple of eagles were loudly squawking while we worked in the garden.

Half a dozen gardeners are trying out the square foot gardening method. It is a more intensive method of gardening in a small space. I found it very successful in my own yard.

No need to worry about critters coming in the garden. We now have our mascot to keep them away.

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Its Official!

Its official. We finally received our incorporation papers. I know, what does that have to do with a community garden? Well you just don't start planting as we found out very quickly. You have to apply for a name for your society through the provincial government. First you apply for a name by checking trademarks and copyrights. Luckily Ladner Community Garden Society wasn't taken. You pay a fee for the name right away. The next step is applying for incorporation. You want to form a society and have directors as you can't lease public space without going through this process. Okay, another fee, a hundred dollars to be exact. Applying for incorporation is writing bylaws which can be painful at best if you want to write your own. Thank you Mark for doing such a wonderful job writing our bylaws. If you don't write your own, there are easier ways such as following out set bylaws as given in the Society Act. Our hard work as paid off as we received our red seal of approval

Growing Your Own Food

Carrot harvest Growing your own food just became even more important than ever. As prices increased this fall we saw lettuce and cauliflower go up in price. Reasons for that are many but the drought we had could be one of the reasons. Overall the transportation costs of everything are up due to the high cost of fuel and that's being passed on to the consumer. Of course, many of us are not earning any more than we did before. I predict that 2023 will see another resurgence of food growing like we did at the beginning of the pandemic. Some of us may be doing it with less space than we had before so that creates more challenges. Just to let you know how popular gardening has become, our community garden has a waitlist of over twenty people. They may not get a spot in the garden for several years. It's probably time for a new community garden to be set up in the community. To save money in the winter think about growing crops that store well like carrots, potatoes, win

Ladner Seedy Saturday & Garden Expo 2020

Ladner Seedy Saturday and Garden Expo 2020 returns on March 7, 2020. Join us as we enter a new garden season full of hope and promise. After all the rain we've had we need a few flowers and vegetables in our gardens. The event runs from 10:00am-3:00pm at the All Saints Anglican Church at 4755 Arthur drive in Ladner,BC. Our ever popular seed swap returns so bring your seeds to trade for something else. Be sure to package your seeds in paper envelopes and that the seeds are clean before packing. Our vendors are filling the hall quickly and will have an array of plant related goods for sale. From seeds to plants and garden decor there will be something for everyone. Admission is by donation. Please help us continue to grow food for charitable organizations. As all gardeners know, soil and seed comes with a price and this event is our only fundraiser. Over the last few year the Ladner Community Garden has grown and donated vegetables to the All Saints Church monthly community m

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