Dry fall weather a boon for pumpkin crop, say farmers
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
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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
Cool weather delayed ripening; eating the homegrown strawberries is an annual ritual
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” . . .