Tahsis Community Garden Society

Friday, April 17, 2015

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Garden News

For the first time, our beautiful Tahsis Community Garden is completely full to capacity! We have 21 raised beds, 10 tabletop beds, a communal strawberry bed and a communal herb garden. Every single one is taken and several are already worked and partially planted. 8 of the beds are taken by people who are new to the garden this year... What great enthusiasm and momentum we have this spring!

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Bokashi Compost Workshop

A huge thank you goes out to Terry Fassbender, Organic Master Gardener (and one of the newest directors of the Tahsis Community Garden Society) for putting on an interesting and informative workshop on Bokashi Composting.

One challenge in our area is that good soil is hard to come by, so for us to learn about how to build our own nutrient rich soil using table scraps is invaluable.

18 people came out to learn about EM, or effective microbes. With Terry's help, the CMESS school kitchen is already producing some excellent soil additives with this interesting method, which will benefit the school garden bed at the Tahsis Community Garden, and also the new herb garden at the school kitchen door.

For more information, you can read up on the subject at: mycrobz

Thanks to the Tahsis Senior's Society for allowing us to use the Over 55 club space for the workshop, it was great to be able to have a coffee and enjoy the presentation in such a comfortable room.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Greenhouse Prep Day

Thank you to all the gardeners and friends who came out to the garden today to do the greenhouse preparation for this season!

Terry, Kim, Janet, Catherine, Bill, Carol, Alex and Stephanie got a lot done and a special thanks to Alex for bringing a power washer to give the greenhouse and picnic table a good scrub.

This is going to be a great year! We have at least 26 gardeners involved right now, including at least 6 new members.

Monday, March 23, 2015

Bokashi Composting Workshop

Tahsis Community Garden Society
invites the community to a
BOKASHI COMPOSTING WORKSHOP

Lead by Terry Fassbender, Organic Master Gardener

Bokashi composting is a safe, quick, and convenient way to compost in your kitchen, garage, or apartment, using a specific group of microorganisms to anaerobically ferment all food waste (including meat and dairy). Since the process takes place in a closed system insects and smell are controlled. The process is very fast, with compost ususally read to be integrated into your soil or garden in two weeks.

If you want to build your own composter bring two 5 gallon buckets and one tight-fitting lid.

Wednesday, April 1, 10:00 am

Seniors' Centre Room at CMESS School

299 Alpine View

Sincere thanks to the Tahsis Seniors' Society for hosting the event

Plans for TCGS 2015

Dill in the TCG 2013

Congratulations to the members of the Tahsis Community Garden Society, starting out a new growing season! There are only one or two beds left available, (call me at 7805 if you want to join) and the garden is pleased to welcome back the gardeners, and a special welcome goes out to all the new members!

Bachelor Buttons in the TCG 2013

At the Spring Meeting, plans were made for all kinds of activity in or for the garden. Plans were made to prep the greenhouse for another year, and members will also attend a general clean up party to tidy up the winter debris. As everyone in Tahsis knows, there are always blackberry vines to fight off!

Peas from the School Bed at the TCG

There is an upcoming workshop on Bokashi Composting! Terry is an O. M. G. (Organic Master Gardener) and we are so happy to welcome his family to our town, and he is now a new director of the Tahsis Community Garden Society. The other TCGS directors acclaimed this year are Stephanie, Silvie and Janet. The president is Kim, the vice-president is Jessie, and the secretary/treasurer is me (Karli).

More info coming soon about the upcoming Bokashi Compost Workshop.

Our blog here has been sitting dormant for quite some time, but there are lots of great older photos if you want a trip down memory lane. This summer watch for more updates and photos of our amazing garden!