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Others celebrate the Earth Day on April 22nd
Kootenay
gardeners celebrate Earth Day every day |
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There are many beautiful gardens in our area.
Unfortunately, not many people have the opportunity to see their
fleeting beauty. Unlike other creations of art they can not be
preserved and shown in museums. Our aim is to preserve that
beauty in the virtual world and show them to a broader audience.
We want people to understand that beautiful
gardens can be cultivated by anybody. That we can create our own
miniature "botanical gardens", our little paradises, wherever we live.
And that earth friendly gardening can be a source of beauty, health and satisfaction.
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Kootenays upcoming gardening events 2008 |
What's happening at our neighbours |
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| May 10 - Nelson Garden Festival
May 19 - Kaslo Garden
Festival
June 22 - Castlegar Garden Tour
June 28 - Beaver Valley Garden Tour
July 06 - Cranbrook Open Garden Day
July 06 - Slocan Valley
Garden Tour
July 13 - Warfield Garden Tour
More info:
Kootenay Garden Shows, Tours and Festivals 2008 |
The Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village is hosting a Community Garden
Tour on July 26, 2008. We are inviting you to come for an enjoyable, informative day.
The deadline for registration is June 20, 2008. The cost per person is $20 for the day,
payable to Pincher Creek and District Historical Society.
For more info contact
Tracy Glen at Kootenai
Brown Pioneer Village in Pincher Creek. |
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| Did you know? |
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Tillage and insecticide
application have enormous effects on non-target species in the food
web. Intense land use - especially monoculture, tillage, and
pesticides - depletes soil diversity. As total soil diversity
declines, predator populations drop sharply and the possibility for
subsequent pest outbreaks increases.
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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - Soil Biology |
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Our link of the week |
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Masanobu Fukuoka's revolutionary method of sustainable
agriculture |
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No cultivating, no
fertilizing, no weeding, no pesticides - do-nothing farming and
gardening.
Masanobu
Fukuoka's revolutionary method of sustainable agriculture. |
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| Garden humor |
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An optimistic gardener is
one who believes that whatever goes down must come up. |
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Do you grow a heirloom or a native garden here
in the Kootenays? I would like to hear from you! |
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Is something interesting
happening or going to happen in your garden or in other gardens
in your area?
Would you like our visitors know about that? |
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contact us |
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| Gardeners to Gardeners |
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Have you been thinking of building a pvc pipe hoop-house but did
not know exactly how? A friendly gardener from the Creston
Valley shares his expertise on this and other topics at
Dan's Album |
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Photo by Dan
McMurray |
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 Many people
have asked about my daylilies and recently the local newspaper
ran a two page article on my garden which is now around 1000
different daylilies. About 135 are named varieties and the rest
are seedlings or unnamed. I live in zone 3 and I do nothing to
protect my plants other than leaving the foliage on for the
winter. We have high winds and little snow cover as well as
repeated freeze-thaw cycles so you know that these are VERY
hardy plants. Please click on the
link to my pages . I hope that you can find
something you like.
- Sherry Kuystermans, Crowsnest Pass, S-W Alberta. |
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Poetry Corner |
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A delicate fabric of bird song
Floats in the air,
The smell of wet wild earth
Is everywhere.
Oh I must pass nothing by
Without loving it much,
The raindrop try with my lips,
The grass with my touch;
For how can I be sure
I shall see again
The world on the first of May
Shining after the rain?- Sara Teasdale, May Day |
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The Kootenays region of British Columbia, Canada, marked white |
| The Kootenays region is located in the S-E triangle of
British Columbia, Canada, in-between two majestic mountain ranges: the
Monashee Mountains in the West and the Rocky Mountains in the East. |
| Cranbrook, Elkford, Fernie, Invermere, Kimberley,
Sparwood and Radium Hot Springs are major cities/towns in the East
Kootenay. Castlegar, Creston, Greenwood, Grand Forks, Kaslo,
Midway, Nakusp, Nelson, New Denver, Rossland, Salmo and Trail are major
cities/towns in the West Kootenay (including Kootenay-Boundary). |
| Because of its mountainous location, the region
encompasses several
gardening zones, from zone 6 in the South, close to big tables of
water, to zone 1 in the North-East part and in higher elevations. |
| Gardening is one of the favourite activities in the
Kootenays. There are many beautiful flower as well as vegetable gardens
in the region. |
| Each summer we have
garden tours and
garden festivals in
Nelson,
Castlegar, Creston, Grand Forks,
Beaver Valley,
Slocan Valley, Slocan Lake area, Kimberley and
Cranbrook. |
| To support sustainability and help local farmers sell
their products directly to consumers, outdoor markets become more and
more popular. The largest outdoor community market in the Kootenays,
Cottonwood Falls Outdoor Market is located in Nelson. There are also
farmers markets operating during summer in Creston, Fernie, Grand
Forks, Invermere, New Denver and Silverton. |
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