Young pepper plant

Young pepper plant

In the West Coast growing season, some plants need an early start if you want to harvest before the...

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Uploaded on Jan 23, 2012

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Tomato sprouts

Tomato sprouts

On the West Coast, to grow tomatoes from seed, you need to start them indoors by mid-March, if you...

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New kale

New kale

Kale can be seeded directly in the soil as early as the beginning of March.

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Uploaded on Jan 23, 2012

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Corn sprout

Corn sprout

Gardening in Vancouver, we start our corn indoors about mid-April, to give it a little extra time to...

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Squirrel

Squirrel

Squirrels, like birds, do a great job of disseminating seeds far and wide.

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Uploaded on Jan 20, 2012

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Sunflowers in late August

Sunflowers in late August

We generally leave the sunflower seeds for the birds to harvest as the weather turns cold in the fall.

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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2012

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Inside a chickadee nesting box

Inside a chickadee nesting box

A FarmCity nesting box opened for cleaning. There is such kindness in the care with which the nest...

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012

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Chickadee nest

Chickadee nest

The spot where the eggs were laid is tiny - maybe 1-1/4 inches across.

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chickadee in spring

chickadee in spring

Chickadees are great for the garden, eating enormous numbers of aphids as they raise their young.

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Song Sparrow

Song Sparrow

These little birds like to nest in piles of brush. Beautiful singers!

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012

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Female House Finch

Female House Finch

The males of these birds have beautiful red colouring on their head and shoulders.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012

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House Sparrow and Female House  Finch

House Sparrow and Female House Finch

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012

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Hutton's Vireo

Hutton's Vireo

Feeding birds in winter is one way to attract birds to your food garden. Then stop feeding them in...

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012

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Harvest - Eggs and Potatoes?

Harvest - Eggs and Potatoes?

The brown eggs are from the Rhode Island Reds, the blue from the Araucanas. The potatoes are, well, from the ground!

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Uploaded on Jan 10, 2012

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Bay Tree and Grape Vine

Bay Tree and Grape Vine

Both the bay tree and the grape vine need pruning to get it away from that electrical wire! The bay...

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Uploaded on Jan 10, 2012

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Pear Tree in Winter

Pear Tree in Winter

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Squirrel's Treat at the Top of the Pear Tree

Squirrel's Treat at the Top of the Pear Tree

I was pruning our hundred-year-old pear tree when I spotted this half-eaten apple, left by a squirrel.

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Sprouting Broccoli - Winter

Sprouting Broccoli - Winter

We've been harvesting broccoli all winter, thanks to our garden bed covers. Yum!

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Uploaded on Jan 10, 2012

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