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ver the years many of the same questions pop up from excited and exasperated gardeners who are looking for practical ideas and tested solutions to common gardening challenges. “How do I feed and mulch my soil?”, “Why is there fuzzy white stuff on my zucchini leaves?” and “What can I do about the @#$%%&* squirrels?!” We share many of the same challenges and we think the BUFCO blog is an inviting, helpful place for you to find some answers, new ideas and a little inspiration.
ver the years many of the same questions pop up from excited and exasperated gardeners who are looking for practical ideas and tested solutions to common gardening challenges. “How do I feed and mulch my soil?”, “Why is there fuzzy white stuff on my zucchini leaves?” and “What can I do about the @#$%%&* squirrels?!” We share many of the same challenges and we think the BUFCO blog is an inviting, helpful place for you to find some answers, new ideas and a little inspiration.There will always be something new for us to share so please check in often and let us know what you think. If you have questions, requests for specific posts, or want to share your own great ideas, please do send them our way. We’d love to hear from you!
Goodnight Gardens – A Simple 10 Point Plan
Fall Planting and Putting your Garden to Bed
Here at BUFCO we are winding up our 16th year, and we are as grateful for the upcoming hibernation as we are for all our loyal clients and customers…
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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In Your (Messy) Garden – Let it Bee
Like many people, we gardeners go kicking and screaming into fall, reluctant to let go of the long days of summer and grapple with the switch to shorter, chilly days filled with back-to-sc…
The Changing Face of Community Gardens
Traditionally, community gardens have been led by garden-loving volunteers who spend considerable time and energy finding available public space in which to grow. Extensive efforts filling out f…
From Consumer to Producer: A Metamorphosis
All change is difficult but changing our spending and eating habits can sometimes feel impossible. It’s not easy to transform from a fortunate consumer who has a world of choice at the grocery sto…
Fall Gardening Tasks – Feed Your Community, Feed Yourself and then Feed the Soil
It’s that time of year again when harvest aprons swell and kitchen counters overflow with late season garden goodies. My fridge is stuffed with pole beans, hot and sweet peppers, tomatoes, kale …