Gardening Newsletterby Linda GilkesonApril 20, 2026 Finally! Warm days without freezing nights are forecast for the next 10 days—after what has been a pretty chilly April. It seems like garden centres are bringing in vegetable starts earlier every year, so if you planted seedlings and they got frosted last week, start again, as it looks …
Gardening Newsletterby Linda GilkesonMarch 16, 2026 Everyone is eager to plant, despite the occasional waft of winter-like weather (it snowed all yesterday evening at my place). So, what can you do right now? The soil is going to be too wet to work with all the rain this week, but you can try sowing a …
Gardening Newsletterby Linda GilkesonFebruary 17, 2026 The weather forecast this morning continues to show a few cold nights this week—ranging from -2 to -5oC [23-28oF] in some south coast areas for Wednesday and Thursday. While in mid-winter such temperatures would not damage hardy vegetables, the warm winter we have had has brought on early, and …
Gardening Newsletterby Linda GilkesonJanuary 20, 2026 I was suddenly prodded into action last week to get going on fruit tree pruning after I noticed that buds on my peach tree were swelling. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise given the warm winter we have had so far…..So If you can, take advantage of this …
Click here to view the handout from Christine Quist’s talk at Fall into Gardening on September 27.
There is a new invasive stink bug on its way to our vegetable gardens. Read about it, as well as the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, in this article shared by the Invasive Species Council.
North Island members have begun a new project creating pollinator gardens, inspired by the Butterflyway Project by the David Suzuki Foundation.
VIMGA’s own Jacqueline Sherk participated in a pilot project for removal of yellow flag iris, a pervasive and difficult to control invasive plant in BC. Read the article to learn about this promising method of controlling the spread of this very difficult to eradicate plant.
In this article we will explore the current evidence-based approaches to preparing the garden for winter. Below you will learn how to protect soils from erosion, save perennial bulbs and shrubs from damaging frosts and protect overwintering vegetables from pests and depredation, plus many more essential tips. “More work now when it is still warm, …
Who knew that the September full moon will tell us the best place in our gardens to plant next March? Read this fascinating article by Jo Canning about using the full moon to determine where the sun shadow will be in your garden in six months and how that affects your seedlings.
