Virtual Gardening Series: Growing Vegetables for Winter Storage
Channel: Vancouver Island Regional Library
Date: 2023-04-12

Storage crops help us enjoy the best winter feasts when food is less accessible, more expensive, and -– especially imports — less nutritious. In this seminar I’ll review the best cultivars of easy-to-grow storage crops, and which crops can give us more than one harvest before we take them to storage.

Storage crops help us enjoy the best winter feasts when food is less accessible, more expensive, and -– especially imports — less nutritious. In this seminar I’ll review the best cultivars of easy-to-grow storage crops, and which crops can give us more than one harvest before we take them to storage. Different crops are best suited to different types of storage so I’ll cover the basics of several systems. Some links will be offered for DIY enthusiasts, however, the seminar focuses on the crops rather than on building or managing storage systems. I’ll share some tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years from my successes – and mistakes!. Handout includes plant lists, book lists and website links:  https://my.nicheacademy.com/virl/pathway/30786/course/26567/lesson/172745

Senior Master Gardener Jo-Ann Canning teaches and writes about sustainable gardening and food security in our changing climate. She is an ornamental plant enthusiast, and was a year-round urban food gardener for over 35 years. She has taught seminars at VanDusen Garden, horticultural associations and garden clubs, VIU’s Master Gardener training classes, and the Horticultural Technicians’ Program at VIU’s Paine Centre. Her articles and photographs have appeared in Canadian, USA and international magazines.