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Make #January the funnest month for planning your #growing year - have you decided what to grow? Let us know … 
Did you
•See what your household likes to eat?
•Find out what your neighbours are growing?
•Seek out available space at home or in your neighbourhood?
•Plan a community garden with mates?
•Make new friends in the process?
•Start your own local gardening club?
•See what your household likes to eat?
•Find out what your neighbours are growing?
•Seek out available space at home or in your neighbourhood?
•Plan a community garden with mates?
•Make new friends in the process?
•Start your own local gardening club?
FRONT AND BACK GARDENS
Lots of people who grow veggies probably use their back garden but what about all of that available space in the front?
Lots of people who grow veggies probably use their back garden but what about all of that available space in the front?
A lawn can look lovely but wouldn’t lots of fruits and vegetables look even better? If you only have a small space in the front of your house you can utilize containers for growing veggies.
It can also be a lovely way to cultivate friendships with passers by….it could even be the start of a community growing group where you coordinate who grows what.
URBAN SPACES
If you have no outdoor space at all to grow veggies, that’s not the end of the matter.
If you have no outdoor space at all to grow veggies, that’s not the end of the matter.
It’s almost guaranteed that there is some unused space within your community that would make the ideal spot for a veggie patch and for bringing people together, it’s just a case of finding the area and talking to the right people.
⁃ @whitemoor_garden_project on Instagram are a great example of finding an urban space. Watch them transform it on their page.
Once you’ve decided what to grow, the next step is where are you going to grow it. If you’re fortunate, you’ll have a lovely garden with space to plant everything but sometimes you might need to get a bit creative and think outside the box.
SMALL SPACES
⁃ do you think your garden is too small for a veg patch? It is surprising how much you can grow in a 4 foot square area. Check out the square foot gardening page for lots of information. squarefootgardening.org
⁃ do you think your garden is too small for a veg patch? It is surprising how much you can grow in a 4 foot square area. Check out the square foot gardening page for lots of information. squarefootgardening.org
⁃ You can utilize the walls of your small garden by growing vertically, using containers and planting pockets. There are so many ingenious ways to maximize space, a quick google search is sure to have something that would work for you.
Oyster mushrooms will grow on almost any carbon-rich material. Chances are, you've got all you need to get started tucked away in your recycling bin. ♻️🦪
How to build a cardboard digester a thread:
How to build a cardboard digester a thread:
📦Find/build a crate with some room between the slats for your mushrooms to emerge from. About 1" spaces are good. Milk crates work too!
📜Source enough undyed/brown cardboard and paper to fill the crate. You can also add some freshly used coffee grounds or even a little compost.
📜Source enough undyed/brown cardboard and paper to fill the crate. You can also add some freshly used coffee grounds or even a little compost.
🚿 Hydrate your materials by giving them a hose down or soak in a tub for a few minutes. Let any excess water drain off.
🥪 Inoculate! Sandwich your crumbled oyster sawdust spawn between layers of cardboard and paper.
🥪 Inoculate! Sandwich your crumbled oyster sawdust spawn between layers of cardboard and paper.
#GrowYourOwn #BioCannabis it doesn't have to be complicated. Find a full sun location and dig a hole or place a pot (air pots and cloth pots are great, too).
1) line with drain rock (lava rock, crushed clay tile, or whatever is available to you)
This one is 80L (20 gal +/-)
1) line with drain rock (lava rock, crushed clay tile, or whatever is available to you)
This one is 80L (20 gal +/-)
Next, some light potting mix, in BC Sunshine #4 is a classic. Half a bale per pot in my case. Break it up, as chunks may inhibit water and stay dry.
Broken up.
