Public Ecology

Introducing a queen bee to a queenless colony.

The queen arrived in a plastic queen cage, accompanied by some attendants (worker bees). One end of the cage is filled with fondant. When introduced to a hive, the workers consume the constant over a few days and release their new queen. If all goes well, she’ll be laying 1,500-2,000 eggs per day by mid-week.

Every spring, hundreds of fruit tree growers from across Alberta (and beyond; I met a guy who drove down from Fairbanks, Alaska) meet to trade and buy sticks from their favourite fruit trees. These sticks, called scions, are grafted onto backyard, orchard, and nursery trees.

The number of local apple, plum, pear, and apricot varieties is staggering!

Tree seed packaging party ( Seedy Social) with some of my favourite local plant folks.

Thanks, , for hosting us in your amazing space!

Shrubscriber is a tree CSA in Edmonton. We grow trees together and distribute them to members, schools, and communities in need of a little more green.

Tree Machine in the wild - Specifically, in Little Italy. Tree seeds with stickers and propagation instructions.

If you haven't checked out , they’ve put together a fantastic space with tasty beverages and all your bulk food needs. They also frequent events!!

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We harvested these tomatoes 5 months ago. 🍅

Storage tomatoes are selected for long shelf-lives and can, apparently, sometimes last from harvest to Easter.

This is a variety called Clare’s from

The skin as thicker and the flesh a little more acidic, but a pretty damn good fresh tomato.

Small but might - trees grown in air pruning pots have extensive, healthy root systems. That’s why we use them at .

Thanks to all the members who came out tonight to tuck in the tree nursery for winter.