Linking healthy farms and gardens with healthy natural ecosystems
Pollinators, such as bees, beetles, butterflies, and other insects, have a role in the production of one out of every three foods we eat. The ecological service they provide is [...]
September 2012
the last Monarch of 2012
Check out my updated website: https://sites.google.com/a/arocha.ca/paetkau-family/butterflies-and-other-creatures. I took a picture of the very last Monarch to be raised in the A Rocha nursery this year. We collected, raised, and released 33 [...]
Church Community Garden wins an Award!
On Monday evening, members of the Garden at the Rez gladly accepted an East York Blooming Award, co-sponsored by the East York Garden Club and The City of Toronto Parks, [...]
Seasons change
Autumn brings relief from the heat and humidity of prairie summer. However, autumn is the time to say goodbye. We have said goodbye to our housemates, the previous A Rocha [...]
Manitoba Intern shares her story
August 29th, 2012 When I was a year old, my parents bought a chunk of land in the Pembina Valley which is now the setting for a pile of idyllic [...]