Gardens – Transition Cornwall +

5th Annual Seedy Saturday Returns

February 15, 2019 TCWordpress Comments 0 comment

Saturday, March 16, 10:30am-2:30pm, Benson Centre Cornwall Planting a vegetable garden in 2019? Hoping to purchase some local seeds? Looking for expert advice on what to grow? Need a free event for the kids during March break? Then join us for the 5th annual Cornwall Seedy Saturday on March 16th, from 10:30am – 2:30pm at the Benson Centre. This is a free, family-friendly event designed to help new and existing gardeners find the seeds, tools, and tricks they need to…

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Screening whets Transition Cornwall+ appetites for edible gardens

February 13, 2019 TCWordpress Comments 0 comment

It was all things urban farming at the Cornwall Public Library on Sunday as Transition Cornwall+’s Winter Films series continued with a screening of Plant This Movie, a 2014 documentary directed by Karney Hatch. The timing couldn’t be better for Cornwall. One of the organizers of the event, and member of Transition Cornwall+, Alan D’Aoust, was on hand for a discussion following the screening. D’Aoust was recently successful spearheading an Edible Cities proposal city council supported in January. Read Screening…

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What Can We Do?

December 19, 2018 TCWordpress Comments 0 comment

At the University of Minnesota Dr. Nate Hagens teaches an honours course called “Reality 101: A Survey of the Human Predicament.” Hagens operated his own hedge fund on Wall Street until he glimpsed, “a serious disconnect between capitalism, growth, and the natural world. Money did not appear to bring wealthy clients more well being. ”Reality 101 addresses humanity’s toughest challenges: economic decline, inequality, pollution, biodiversity loss, and war. Students learn about systems ecology, neuroscience, and economics. “We ask hard questions,” says Hagens….

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Free Summer Pickings in Cornwall!

August 6, 2018 TCWordpress Comments 0 comment

It is the middle of summer and there are free pickings to be had in Cornwall. The gardens planted by Transition Cornwall+ Food Action Group along with families in the community at the Fire Station, in front of the Justice Building and along Montreal Road by the Police Station are full of healthy vegetables and herbs ready for anyone to harvest. There is everything from tomatoes, to fresh green beans, chard and kale as well as basil, thyme, dill, chives…

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Seed Saving 101: 10 Things to Know If You Want to Start Saving Seeds

July 23, 2018 TCWordpress Comments 0 comment

Beans. That’s right. If you want to start saving seeds, we recommend beans. Or peas. Why? Legumes are by far the easiest seeds to save, and among the easiest to germinate. You can’t go wrong. With that, let’s learn more about the basics of seed saving. In order for a plant like lettuce to produce seed, you must wait for it to send up its gangly flower stalks, which eventually produce tiny seed pods. By this time. the lettuce leaves…

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5 Tips For a Bountiful, Water-Saving Vegetable Garden in a Time of Drought

July 9, 2018 TCWordpress Comments 0 comment

Many are wondering whether there is room for a vegetable garden in a drier future. Some are looking at ways to conserve water, and others are looking at vegetable varieties that have adapted to growing in hot and dry conditions. Below are some suggestions for vegetable gardening in times of drought that I’ve gleaned from research and these conversations. Read 5 Tips For a Bountiful, Water-Saving Vegetable Garden in a Time of Drought by Ramon Gonzales at Treehugger.

Garden Plan For Pollinators

May 30, 2018 TCWordpress Comments 0 comment

Many pollinator species have suffered serious declines in recent years. Unfortunately, most of our landscapes offer little in the way of appropriate habitat, forage, and housing. Even the most beautiful gardens are not always healthy ecosystems. Design choices, plant selections, and maintenance practices can make a huge difference in creating your own healthy ecosystem, filled with life. As a garden designer, I use this landscape plan for many gardens to attract the greatest varieties of pollinators. A pollinator garden can…

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Transition Cornwall+ plans to get us more active and in the planting mood

May 16, 2018 TCWordpress Comments 0 comment

The summer months almost here, Transition Cornwall+ made two different presentations to council on Monday about its plans for the warm weather this year. The group’s biggest initiative will be the Walk and Roll campaign to get people to cut back on driving in favour of human-powered forms of transportation such as walking, cycling or skateboarding, or using public transit. This year’s campaign will expanded from being just week-long to running through the entire month of June. The second annual…

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Incredible Edible: Yorkshire town’s food-growing scheme takes root worldwide

May 9, 2018 TCWordpress Comments 0 comment

When two women began turning disused verges in the former mill town of Todmorden into free food plots, little did they realise they would inspire a global movement of growers. It’s a simple idea: take over unused or unattractive bits of public land to plant food to feed the community. What is not so simple is where they’re doing it. Todmorden is an old mill town in Yorkshire’s Calderdale valley. It rains a lot, there’s not a lot of sun,…

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Choosing the Best Container Gardening Vegetables

May 7, 2018 TCWordpress Comments 0 comment

Selecting the right container gardening vegetables is one key to a successful balcony farm. If you choose the right vegetables for container gardening, you’ll have far fewer problems, and bigger and better yields. A vegetable container garden has limited space, so you’ll want to focus first on the vegetables you like the most. Make a list. You’ll also want to grow vegetables that give you a continuous harvest, like green, leafy vegetables that allow you to pick a few leaves…

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