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Farm photo of the week (Nov. 17, 2013) – B.C. kiwi harvest
This week’s farm photo is of the kiwi harvest at George Petkov’s kiwi vineyard in Abbotsford. Unlike most of B.C.’s fruit and vegetable crops, which were harvested under unseasonably sunny October...
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Feature – Kiwi fruit in the Fraser Valley
Some said it wasn’t possible. Kiwi fruit? Not in B.C. But Macedonian immigrant George Petkov is proving them wrong, with an eight-acre Abbotsford farm that produced 45,000 kilograms this year. It’s...
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Farm photo of the week (Nov. 24, 2013) – Blueberry fields forever
I’ve often thought blueberry bushes would make great landscape shrubs because they have such wonderful colour in fall and winter. But B.C.’s blueberry farms are more than pretty, they’re also...
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Farm photo of the week (Dec. 1, 2013) – Farewell to fall
Winter is coming. Officially the first day of winter is Dec. 21, but snow, wind and freezing temperatures are expected this week. These unsold pumpkins in a field in Agassiz are a poignant reminder...
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Farmgate fall apple guide – Stock up on some of B.C.’s best – and most unique...
Margaret Butschler is an apple encyclopedia. The apple buyer for the UBC Botanical Garden’s annual Apple Festival pointed out some of her favourite B.C. apples in a recent interview. You can find her...
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News – Amateur orchardists helping to preserve heritage apples
As the GMO non-browning Arctic Apple rolls slowly toward approval in Canada and the U.S., I caught up with some of B.C.’s amateur orchardists to find out what they think of the fruit and what they’re...
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