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    Take a Chance on a Seed!
    Leah Ungstad
    • Aug 1
    • 2 min

    Take a Chance on a Seed!

    Welcome to August! Responding to the heat, midsummer flowers are blooming everywhere, snapdragons and nasturtiums, petunias, and late...
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    Edible Garden Tours 2022
    Leah Ungstad
    • Jun 30
    • 3 min

    Edible Garden Tours 2022

    As seen in the July 2022 issue of Tofino Time. Tofino Community Food Initiative is a nonprofit society started by local gardeners in...
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    May in the School Garden
    Paula Robertson
    • Jun 4
    • 3 min

    May in the School Garden

    With the return of warmer weather - we are being positive, our students have been eager to get out and share in gardening experiences....
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    Grow Local Chronicles - June 2022
    Leah Ungstad
    • Jun 2
    • 3 min

    Grow Local Chronicles - June 2022

    Hey West Coast Gardeners! My favourite month of the year, the brightest month, is here; June! I read a great book this past month called...
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    Grow Local Chronicles - May 2022
    Leah Ungstad
    • May 6
    • 2 min

    Grow Local Chronicles - May 2022

    Well, that was a cold April! I remember last April paddling across Kennedy Lake in a bikini, picnicking and swimming with my family. Not...
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    March in the School Garden
    Paula Robertson
    • Mar 31
    • 1 min

    March in the School Garden

    Gardening can be a bit dirty but well worth it. During the month of March the students were busy bees learning - yes, soil is alive! Our...
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    Grow Local Chronicles - April 2022
    Leah Ungstad
    • Mar 31
    • 3 min

    Grow Local Chronicles - April 2022

    Let’s hear it for volunteers! After moving a homemade compost mound onto my food growing beds in the greenhouse, a fascinating diversity...
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    February in the School Garden
    Paula Robertson
    • Feb 27
    • 1 min

    February in the School Garden

    February was a time of great sunshine and very little rain in our gardens. We are so grateful to have received two water catchments from...
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    Grow Local Chronicles - March 2022
    Leah Austin
    • Feb 25
    • 3 min

    Grow Local Chronicles - March 2022

    Here we go. Ready or not, the growing season is upon us! By now we have seen all the early Spring flowers popping up around our towns and...
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    January in the School Garden
    Paula Robertson
    • Jan 29
    • 1 min

    January in the School Garden

    We have been so excited to return to our gardens after Christmas; curious to see what our kale, arugula, mustard greens, romaine,...
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    Grow Local Chronicles - February 2022
    Leah Austin
    • Jan 29
    • 3 min

    Grow Local Chronicles - February 2022

    Happy new year and blessings for the best growing season ever! Now that the winter solstice is behind us, we will start to see some of...
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    November in the School Garden
    Paula Robertson
    • Dec 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    November in the School Garden

    November was a wet and chilly month. We had so much fun exploring, learning and playing in the gardens, undercover area and life skills...
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    October in the School Garden
    Paula Robertson
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    October in the School Garden

    We've had a busy October at our Food Forest with over sixty two students and 5 elders participating in our programs weekly! We harvested...
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    September in the School Garden
    Paula Robertson
    • Oct 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    September in the School Garden

    Happy Fall Harvest from the Wickaninnish Community School Food Forest! Back to School Our students have returned, garden clubs have begun...
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