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I acknowledge that I live, work, and play on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples.

Seeds!

Our first library session will be on February 9th at 1:30-4:30 at the Brighouse Library Branch. Come out and learn about why saving seeds is so important.

Just a friendly reminder that our 10th Annual Seedy Saturday is on March 2nd, 2019 at Thompson Community Centre from 10 am to 2 pm.

Upcoming Food Skills Workshop

A Week of Healthy Lunches and Snacks on a Budget

February 3rd, 2019, 1:00pm @ The Gulf of Georgia Cannery Farmer's Market

Come join Education Program Coordinator Paige Inglis for a workshop on crafting a week’s worth of budget-friendly and healthy lunches and snacks. Come by for a free workshop and loads of samples!

Itching to get gardening, but it’s too early to start seeds? Start your sweet potato slips!

Start growing your slips now to plant them out in late April or May. Start two potatoes, preferably of different varieties so at least one sprouts, half-submerged in water or potting soil. Keep in a warm area until slips start sprouting. Once roots have formed, gently remove slips from the potato and plant in a pot. Allow them to grow until you are ready to plant in the garden. Sweet potatoes need loose soil to grow big tubers, and one slip/root will grow about 5-10 tubes depending on the variety so plant carefully! They can either grow in trailing or bush form depending on how much space you have.

For our Community Gardeners:

Renewals are continuing all month, please ensure that if you would like to continue to garden, you must renew your plot. We have extended the deadline to February 11th due to website issues. If you do not wish to renew, or encounter any issues, please email coordinator@richmondfoodsecurity.org or call 604-244-7377.

Volunteering in your community garden:

Our 2019 Community Garden season is about to kick off, and we’re excited here at RFSS.
What does community gardening look like? In our gardens,community is built by sharing responsibilities. By caring for the area in which we garden and lending a hand to those is need.
We encourage our community gardeners to pick up a few extra tasks around the garden, many hands make light work!
Opportunities include garden reviewer, tool monitor, mulch monitor, and many more.

Please contact coordinator@richmondfoodsecurity.org or call 604-244-7377 on how you would like to get involved.

Our mailing address is:
7611 Ash St.
Richmond, BC
V6Y 2S2
604-244-7377

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