Grandview Woodland (Commercial Drive) Village
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Manure sale at Garibaldi Annex March 10!
Hormone and antibiotic-free, locally produced by Hopcott Farms in Pitt Meadows, 1.5-years-composted steer manure. Great for all vegetables and flowers!Saturday, March 10, 2018 1025 Slocan street 9:00 am - 1:00 pm$5 per 5 gallon bag Or bring your wheelbarrow before 11:00 am and save $1 by taking…
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Hormone- and antibiotic-free manure sale
Time to help your veggies and flowers grow!Come to Garibaldi Annex at 1025 Slocan to get some hormone-free and antibiotic-free 1.5 years composted steer manure.Sale will be held this Saturday, March 28, from 9am till 4pm. Each 5gallon bag is $5 but if you come with a wheelbarrow before lunch, you…
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Winter Tool Prep/Potlucks?
Hi all,What do people think of having a monthly pot luck for Grandview-Woodland (modeled after Main Street's)? I think a great theme for one soon would be winter tool prep! (Bring your tools: we'd have linseed oil, tool oil, and sharpeners on hand?)Alyssa
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Chicken-friendly housing (again)
Hi folks, I am still interested in finding a lovely new place to live...Something bright, that would welcome me, my 4 hens and a cat...preferably with some garden space, though I'd sacrifice that for chicken space.Prefer East Van, but would consider other neighborhoods if it was just right.Thanks…
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Chicken-friendly housing
Hi everyone, I am thinking of moving some time in the next few months... can you please keep me in mind for any places that you know of or hear of that would be amenable to chickens?Prefer Grandview-Woodland or Hastings-Sunrise neighborhoods. A ground-floor suite would be preferable. A yard is a…
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STRAW
Hi everyone,I'm trying to organize a new straw buying co-op to get chicken bedding to East Van. Of course, it is also fall mulching season. Cost would be $9 - $12/bale (depending how many get ordered) and it would be delivered to ~23rd & Main on a Friday. It would have to be picked up on Friday…
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Large Worm Bin to a Good Home - extra worms available - and worm workshop?
Hello, I have a rather large worm bin free to a good home (or organization). It is about 2'x18"x18" tall. Has bottom drains and screened side vents. I actually scored it here on VV maybe a year (or more?) ago. It is just too big for me!The only caveat is I would like to harvest the castings, and I…
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Help start the Grandview-Woodland Seed Library!
Dear neighbours in Grandview-Woodland, aka The Drive,Have you ever used a seed library before? A seed library is something that can be as simple as a box from which people can take seeds they need, leave extra seeds they have, and even return a new generation of seeds that they have saved from…
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*VV Backyard Chickens 101 Workshop @ Homesteader's Emporium
Time: August 3, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm Location: Vancouver Homesteader's Emporium Street: 649 East Hastings StreetCity/Town: Vancouver, BC V6A 1R2 CanadaOrganized By: Ross Moster, Duncan Martin, VV Neighbourhood Food Network, and Vancouver Homesteader's EmporiumLearn the basics of keeping chickens in…
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Tilled, mulched and manured land near the Drive available to an urban farmer!
Hi all,This just came in my mailbox this morning - looks like a great opportunity for someone in our neighbourhood who is already doing urban farming or who wants to do so!From: Duncan Martin Subject: [Urban Farmers] Blank/Dirty Canvass Date: 26 April 2012 18:22:50 PDTTo: bc-urban-farmers , Lara…
Join folks in your neighbourhood working toward a resilient community and future.
Commercial Dr. VV holds a monthly potluck & workshop the third Thursday of every month starting Jan. 2013. See below for details.
Sign-up for our monthly potluck & workshop reminders: www.tinyurl.com/commercialdrivevillage