Leah Ungstad
Take a Chance on a Seed!
Welcome to August! Responding to the heat, midsummer flowers are blooming everywhere, snapdragons and nasturtiums, petunias, and late...
Search
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...
42 views0 comments
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....
46 views0 comments
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...
47 views0 comments
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...
57 views0 comments
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...
28 views0 comments
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...
27 views0 comments
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...
22 views0 comments
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...
31 views0 comments
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,...
19 views0 comments
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...
32 views0 comments
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...
11 views0 comments
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...
29 views0 comments
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...
41 views0 comments