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We Dig More Food!

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on July 9, 2015 by Heather HolmJuly 9, 2015

The We Dig Food! therapeutic garden project with Hinchinbrook Farm is expanding. It’s sporting an arbour, a bean teepee and new raised beds!

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We Dig Food!’s new raised beds, arbour and teepee for beans.

Posted in Gallery, Gardening, Gardening, Therapeutic Garden

We Dig Food! Garden is Expanding

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 10, 2015 by Heather HolmMay 10, 2015
Truck with beams

Hemlock beams for new beds in the We Dig Food garden were delivered last week. The soil will arrive this week. The We Dig Food! garden is a partnership project of neighbouring Hinchinbrook Farm, which works with special needs children, including … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Gardening, Therapeutic Garden | Tagged autism, Hinchenbrook Farm, Horse Boy, therapeutic gardening, We Dig Food

Hawthorne Hedge

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on September 29, 2014 by Heather HolmSeptember 29, 2014

Jeanette Poirier has been planting a hedge along the edge of the Blockhouse School lands fronting School Road. It is half finished! We also have 1-year-old European Hawthorne trees for sale from our permaculture nursery. European Hawthorne (Crataegus oxyacanthoides) is an … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Permaculture, Progress on site | Tagged Crataegus oxyacanthoides, European Hawthorne

Haskap Talk on July 8

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 21, 2014 by Heather HolmJuly 10, 2014

Liam Tayler of LaHave Natural Farms will be coming to The Blockhouse School on Tuesday July 8 to give a presentation about growing Haskap berries at 2 pm, during the Farmers’ Market and the Permaculture Design Course. These highly nutritious and … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Growing food, Past events, PDC 2014 | Tagged haskap

Therapeutic Garden Info

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 10, 2014 by Heather HolmMay 10, 2014
miniature pony eating grass

A variety of requests are coming in from folks who want to get involved in the Therapeutic Garden Project. This is very encouraging. As this is a volunteer initiative, we are still working through the growing pains of getting it … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Networking, Sister projects, Therapeutic Garden | Tagged Hinchinbrook Farm, Therapeutic Garden

Coldframes to extend your gardening season

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on April 24, 2014 by Heather HolmMay 10, 2014

We have coldframes for sale! With a coldframe, you can eat your own salads in April, keep greens going through the winter, start seeds at all times of year and more! Set it up in a sunny spot, facing south, and garden … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Growing food | Tagged cold frames, coldframes

Therapeutic Garden

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on December 7, 2013 by Heather HolmMarch 20, 2014

UPDATE: March 2014: This project has received the runner-up prize, including $500 funding and some technical assistance, from the Nova Scotia Cooperative Council’s Social Enterprise Innovation Competition! In partnership with our neighbour, Hinchinbrook Farm, which provides a therapeutic riding program … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged Therapeutic Garden

It’s not too late to start working on a garden plot

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on August 14, 2013 by Heather HolmAugust 14, 2013

Even though it’s August already, you could still get started on a garden plot. Even starting with sod! Rather than strenuous double digging, it’s easier to build gardens on top of the sod lasagna-style. By laying down corrugated cardboard and … Continue reading →

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Help Us Plan a Workshop by Taking a Short Survey

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on February 20, 2013 by Heather HolmMay 5, 2013

UPDATE April 2013: We won’t be holding this workshop this year, but may bring the presenter, Bonita Ford, to Nova Scotia in the future. Your responses to the survey may still be useful, so you’re welcome to do the survey … Continue reading →

Posted in Courses, Gardening, Permaculture | Tagged permaculture, survey

Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) in May-June 2013

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on January 16, 2013 by Heather HolmJuly 2, 2013

[singlepic id=269 w=300 h=225 float=right]May 25 – June 9, 2013: Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) residential intensive. The Permaculture Design Certificate course is an internationally-recognized, seventy-two hour course resulting in a Permaculture Design Certificate. It provides an introduction to permaculture design as … Continue reading →

Posted in Courses, Gardening, Growing food, Past events, PDC 2013, Permaculture, Permaculture design | Tagged Graham Calder, PDC, permaculture course, Permaculture design

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"What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don't know what details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical groups that are doing that."
            ~ David Suzuki
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