new horizons

The EcoGarden received a grant from the federal government's New Horizons funding program to built some new beds. We also received money from the Farm 2 School program to build a greenhouse. A whole lot of construction for one year. This journal will track the changes.

We had a two day work session that completed a huge amount of the work in a short amount of time with the help of many volunteers. Catered meals by Fernie Fine Foods helped us keep our energy up. It was intense.

A side bonus of building 12 new beds in the middle of summer is that we can do some experimentation with cover crops in our area. As of August 9th, 9 of the plots were planted with cover crops from West Coast Seeds. 2 of the plots were planted with winter hardy carrots, broccoli and cauliflower, and 1 was planted earlier in the year with peppers and geraniums.

This journal will follow the growth of the crops with weekly photo updates, and descriptions.