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Community Garden
Nipigon Community Garden ProjectNipigon Red Rock Horticultural Society is excited to announce it has been granted permission from the Township of Nipigon to utilize the property formerly known as Lions Park in Nipigon as a Community Garden. The property is between...
Live Webinar on Soil & Climate Change
Sandra has made arrangements for District 14 societies to participate in a Free Live Webinar presented by Jocelyn Molyneux, from WasteNot Farms Inc. and Jocelyn's Soil Booster. She will give her talk entitled "Feed Your Soil. Fuel Your Family. Fight Climate Change." ...
DISTRICT 14 NEWSLETTER – spring 2021
HAPPY SPRING DISTRICT 14 MEMBERS It is that time of year when we are getting antsy to begin working in our garden as spring is in the air. Some days, at least and on others, winter keeps reminding us that we live in the North. There are many changes taking...
Starting and growing Giant Pumpkins
Giant PumpkinsAtlantic Giant Pumpkins were developed through selective harvesting for decades by Howard Dill in Windsor, Nova Scotia, my hometown. Since then, the seeds have been grown worldwide and are commonly produce 400-500 pound pumpkins. Record-sized pumpkins in...
Chitting your potatoes
Getting more potatoes per plant Chitting your way to a bigger cropThe following is a description of the practice of chitting. This can give you a leg up in our Potato Growers competition. This and other articles were originally written for the Nipigon Gazette...
Giant Pumpkin, Sunflower and Potato growing Competition 2021
2021 Giant Pumpkin, Sunflower and Potato Growing ContestYour FREE seeds are now available at the Nipigon, Dorion and Red Rock Public Libraries.Potatoes will be available May. Open to all!In Partnership with the Nipigon, Red Rock and Dorion Public Libraries there are...
Planning and starting your garden – Seedy Saturday May 1st
Upcoming Seedy Saturday* Tentatively scheduled Saturday, May 8 2021Nipigon Legion Club ROom6 pm - 8 pmThis upcoming presentation will cover the preliminaries of planning your garden for the upcoming season. I will introduce you to an excel worksheet I created...
