Green Valley Gardeners

08/14/2021

Tis the season.

07/06/2021

07/06/2021

Looks like we are going to get BC weather starting Sunday Above 35 to 40 best time to water your plants 6am-9am & 6pm -9pm so they dont burn from the heat and sun

06/25/2021

06/23/2021

Yup!

06/22/2021

no one talks about the good and bad ugly when it comes to flowers

We have discovered and removed some coneflower plants with very obvious yellow asters infection, but are wondering if some other symptoms are indicato...

06/21/2021

what are your garden goals this year?

06/21/2021

Planning a new vegetable garden
When planning a new vegetable garden, start off right by picking a site that offers plenty of light. Most vegetables need at least eight hours of full sunlight to support healthy growth and maximize production. This is especially important for crops like tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers that bear fruits. Leafy greens are more tolerant of less light, so if finding a spot with full sun is a struggle

Designing a vegetable garden
Designing a vegetable garden is an important step in your vegetable garden plan. A well-designed space has a huge impact on the amount of time you need to spend tending your garden. My garden consists of twenty raised beds and here is what I’ve learned when planning a new garden:

Raised beds are great for busy gardeners. Raised beds keep the garden looking tidy, let me plant intensively and grow more food in less space, and are less prone to w**d problems (that said, it’s very important to stay on top of w**ds and never let them go to seed!)
Bed size matters. In my raised bed garden, the beds are either four by eight-feet or four by ten-feet. These are common and
convenient sizes as lumber is widely available in eight and ten-foot lengths. I would definitely recommend keeping bed width to four or five-feet. I’ve seen six or eight-foot wide raised beds but these are far too wide for you to comfortably reach the center of the bed for planting, tending, and harvesting. One of the biggest benefits of growing in raised beds is that you don’t walk on the soil, which compacts it. By keeping beds narrow enough that you can easily reach the middle, you won’t need to trod on the soil. As for height, this will depend on your design style, existing soil, and budget. My beds are sixteen-inches tall which provide a place for me to sit while working in the garden.

Leave space for working. When I built my garden, I’ll admit it was tempting to cram more beds in my allotted space, but I was careful to leave enough room between each bed for easy access. I wanted space for a wheelbarrow and comfortable working. My main pathway is four-feet wide and secondary pathways are two-feet wide. I also left room for seating so I would have a spot to sit and enjoy the garden.

06/21/2021

This year my goal is to get my Cottage Garden Done beside our vegetable garden
The most important thing that bees do is pollinate. Pollination is needed for plants to reproduce, and so many plants depend on bees or other insects as pollinators. ... When she visits the next flower, some of this pollen is rubbed off onto the stigma, or tip of the pistil—the female reproductive organ of the flower...with out bee's we cant grow food.....After planting all my fruit trees and bushes.. my attention is planting as many flower as i can before the end of august, so by next year my yard will be bursting with beautiful flowers for the bee's and for my vegetable garden

06/21/2021

The cottage garden is a distinct style that uses informal design, traditional materials, dense plantings, and a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. ... The earliest cottage gardens were more practical than today's, with emphasis on vegetables and herbs, fruit trees, perhaps a beehive, and even livestock.