Terry Michell News Today

A heat wave set to descend on Vancouver Island this weekend is triggering a rush to garden centres, but it’s also bringing flood warnings.

The Capital Regional District is moving ahead with its plans to potentially cull geese due to rising populations, which the CRD says is causing damage to the agricultural industry and the environment.

Victoria Times Colonist letters to the editor, Jan. 18, 2023

Ask farmers on Vancouver Island and many will tell you, geese are their biggest problem. "It’s just devastating," said Terry Michell, owner of Michell’s Farm in Central Saanich, B.C.

While a cold spring meant a late planting, the pumpkins flourished and dry weather hardened their shells, which didn’t rot from rain or frost

June’s main cash crop — strawberries — sits green, awaiting an elusive heat that turns berries bright red, sweet and delicious.

Easing of federal travel restrictions, high COVID vaccination rates among the reasons the program is ending, the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture says.

The first of this year’s juicy, sweet strawberries are ripening on the Saanich Peninsula. Galey Farms on Blenkinsop Road is turning out big, shiny red berries grown under new “high tunnel” . . .

For the first time in years, Rob Galey has had to water his corn and pumpkin crops immediately after seeding. “The seeds will not germinate because the ground is so dry,” says the Saanich farmer.. . .