BY CATE HENDERSON Peas are a lovely cool-weather crop, one of the first seeds to actually be planted in the soil of the gardens, even when it is still too cold for most vegetables. One of the pea varieties is called Champion of England. What a glorious name! According...
Gardener and seed saver Cate Henderson, who oversees the gardens, offered tours and hosted a seed saving workshop.BY CHRISTINE ROSS What’s the difference between heirloom and commercially-produced tomatoes? Flavour tops the list. Just ask any of the 150 tomato tasters...
Members of the Healing Violence Committee, left to right, standing: Catherine Casey sp, Peggy Flanagan sp, Margo Shafer sp, Carol Groten pa, Barbara Baker pa (contact) left to right, seated: Marie Dundon sp, Council Liaison Frances O'Brien sp.BY THE HEALING VIOLENCE...
It was unseasonably mild and sunny on March 20, 2012, the first official day of spring. Close to 30 Sisters, Associates, staff and friends gathered in the Heirloom Seed Sanctuary Barn to celebrate the spring equinox, when length of day and night are equal.Seed savers...
Cate Henderson, Sister Alda Brady and Kate Green from USC CanadaSyrup, seeds and bees, oh my! The theme of this year’s Seedy Saturday, held on March 10, was Promoting Responsible Stewardship of Our Seed Heritage. It included guest speakers, seed savers, seed sellers,...
BY MIKE HAMMOND The Heirloom Seed Sanctuary is participating in a unique Kingston project that encourages farmers and gardeners to grow an extra row of food to donate to emergency meal programs. It’s called Grow a Row, organized by Kingston community food group Loving...
Cate Henderson, far left, shares a meal with other participants. It was served in the greenhouse of Ottawa seed grower Greta Kryger of Greta’s Organic GardensBY CATE HENDERSON On May 6th and 7th, 2011, an event of historic importance occurred in Ottawa, when 23...
Cate Henderson attends the Kingston Garden Expo in early March.BY CATE HENDERSON Today’s Holy work on Holy ground is the tag line of Val Westgate’s new instructional video. Indeed, Holy work is taking place out on these Holy grounds, even as I, the farmer, try to take...
BY CHRISTINE ROSS Sanctity of Seed, a film produced by the Sisters of Providence and directed by Kingstonian Val Westgate, premiered at the Kingston public library on March 10. The 5 disc DVD series introduces us to Carol and Robert Mouck, local seed savers hired by...
Heirloom Gardener Cate Henderson hosts the Equinox celebration in the barn.Autumn officially arrived at 5:19 a.m. on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 — the autumnal equinox, or fall equinox. Technically speaking, an equinox is a day when the Sun will spend an equal amount...
