Hello and .......

Welcome....to my blog "Grow Food with JOY!"

My name is Joy Story and I'm an avid gardener who believes that food is so important, that we all need to be growing it.

In May of 2010 , I began my business GROW FOOD Edible Garden Designs. I offer Garden Consulting, Designing, Gardening Classes and this online monthly blog as well as sell Organic seeds that we collect in our demonstration garden.

Our Organic Gardening Classes are called "Grow Food with JOY!" How I use perma-culture in my Backyard." We discuss all aspects to consider when designing your edible garden. Perma-Culture uses Mother Nature as a model with an emphasis on caring for the earth and caring for people. So far, "Grow Food with JOY" has a series of 7 different classes with more being created all the time. Check out our Class Schedule on the website.

Website:
http://www.growfoodnetwork.com



Happy Gardening



Tuesday, January 8, 2013

January Grow Food Network Magazine

 

 Inside This Month's issue:
  • Winter Garden Features
  • Poly Tunnel Growing
  • What to do in the Edible Garden in January
  • Crop Rotation
  • Bill Herring on Growing Great Brussel Sprouts
  • Sprouting Seeds to Eat
  • Kombucha Tea
  • Article Review: "No Dig" Experiment in Permaculture Magazine from UK
  • Warm Carrot and Beet Salad Recipe
  • Saving Seeds by Robin Sturley
  • January Events
  • Upcoming Courses
  • Seedy Saturday Listing for January
  • Classified Ads and more

To order Magazine: www.growfoodnetwork.com

These photos were taken on January 5, 2013 a cool and rainy day in Bill Herring's Garden in Mill Bay, BC.  

GROW FOOD hosts Bill to give lectures on "How to Grow Winter Vegetables" because as these photos show, he certainly knows how.  Look for upcoming spring classes at www.growfoodnetwork.com

BILL HERRING'S WINTER GARDEN PHOTOS
January 2013
 

  Savoy Cabbage

 Swedes

 Winter Leeks

 Perpetual Spinach

 Green Kale

 Winter Cauliflower

Purple Kale

Green Cabbage


 Parsnips

 Peas and Favas in Pots

 Carrots under enviro mesh

 Lettuce in Greenhouse

Parsley

 

Next we visited Cliff Stainsby's garden where he is growing winter vegetables outside in his garden beds, but also in his poly tunnel which is 24' x 45'.  Cliff likes to get his crops coming off earlier by growing them in the poly tunnel house with a double layer of Remay cloth

 Here are some shots of "What's Growing in Cliff's Poly Tunnel House "


An inside peek of Cliff's Poly Tunnel house and future beds for Fava Beans (Broad Beans) early potatoes, carrots, beets and more.  Cliff uses Remay cloth for extra protection during the winter months.

Mustard Greens

 Osaka Mustard
 

 Boc Choy

 Kale

 Mizuna

 Flat Leaf Parley


 Lettuce

 Strawberry Beds suspended in air is great for harvesting with no slugs

 Newly planted bed of greens including Mache (Corn Salad)

Thanks for visiting!

To order this month's magazine: 

www.growfoodnetwork.com



Posted by growfood at 8:06 PM

1 comment:

  1. terrefirmaFebruary 5, 2013 at 4:13 AM

    these plants are GORGEOUS. When is some enterprising gardener going to start including them with floral arrangements? Esp. to hospitals- maybe some would get the hint hint.

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