With the weather we get in Newfoundland and Labrador, we may not think of watering as always being an issue, but containers dry out much faster than in-ground gardens and [...]
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“The inshore fishery dictated that settlements were scattered along the rugged coastline, but gardens were just as important features of communities as were flakes, stages, and slips…” [...] 
Last year we did a big post about farm apprenticeships called What are your plans for the growing season? Check out that post for links to Canadian, US and international farm training opportunities. We also just received a call-out from SOIL looking for apprentices and farms in 2012, which is copied here. [...] 
Unless you garden outdoors in winter, November is typically a month that involves unwinding from the previous gardening season. For me, it was a time to enjoy quiet weekend afternoons indoors, contemplate what worked well last season, and what I will do differently when I garden again in spring. [...] Continue reading Indoor Gardening: Thanks for the tips, Interweb! 
We need your help! We’re looking for photos to use for a free kit of 8 food skills workshop that will be shared across NL! [...] 
On Tuesday, November 22, 2011, Root Cellars Rock piloted its Food Skills Workshop initiative at The Lantern, in St. John’s. The Food Skills Workshops Kit is intended to assist community organizations and individuals who are interested in learning and sharing skills related to picking, planting, preserving and preparing local food. Later this year, FSN will be offering materials for how to host Food Skills Workshops on composting, container gardening, using culinary herbs, preparing local vegetables, seed saving, edible wild plants, safe canning and preserving and root cellars and cold storage! [...] 
Be passionate about your health, get involved in your community, and let’s make 2012 the year that the local food movement takes action against chronic disease! [...] 
We’re getting creative here coming up with fun gift ideas inspired by the 4 Ps of Local Food: planting, picking, preparing and preserving. Try one of these to light up the faces of the foodies on your gift list! (Cat picture taken prior to receiving awesome gift, seriously) [...] 
“It is so easy to grow our own garlic!” Faeterri shares what you need to know to get started growing garlic in NL, including tips from her experiences on the southwest coast of Newfoundland and a hearty garlic soup recipe to inspire you. [...] 
I know I’m not the first person to write about composting here on the RCR blog, but I figure you just can’t talk enough about turning your kitchen scraps into that lovely black gold. I’ve composted in one form or another for a long, long time now. The first compost I knew of was not in a bin or a black plastic Darth Vader container, it was just a heap, known imaginatively as the “compost pile.” That was in the 1980s. Composting was pretty [...] |
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