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Tuesday
May152012

Fig Blog

DateTuesday, May 15, 2012 at 08:33AM

Read my guest post about growing figs on the blog of garden writer and year-round veg growing expert Niki Jabbour.

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Monday
Mar052012

The Fascination of Figs

DateMonday, March 5, 2012 at 02:37PM

I had a great turnout for my talk about growing figs in Stratford, Ontario this past weekend. What surprised me was the number of people in the audience who have fig trees!  

A lot of the questions I answered afterwards had to do with how to overwinter fig trees. Luckily, there are so many different ways to do it. As I pointed out in the talk, the great thing about fig trees is that they go dormant in the winter--and that makes them very easy to keep...no fuss needed while they sleep.

My book about growing figs will be out soon...stay tuned!

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Thursday
Feb162012

Talking Vegetable Gardening on TV

DateThursday, February 16, 2012 at 02:50PM

Spring is close at hand! If you're starting to think about vegetable gardening, check out this video of me talking about vegetable gardening on Rogers Daytime TV last spring.

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Thursday
Jan122012

Stratford Garden Festival

DateThursday, January 12, 2012 at 03:23PM

I'm looking forward to the Stratford Garden Festival, where I'll be talking about growing figs in Ontario.

Here are details about talks at the festival:

The Speaker Series

Everyone from the gardening novice to the seasoned green thumb will learn something at the ongoing Speaker Series where Ontario’s top garden gurus will give you the real dirt on gardening.  Carson Arthur of HGTV’s Green Force will talk about “The 30 Minute a Week Garden;” Virginia Burt of Visionscapes will speak on “Healing Gardens”, Garden writer, blogger and garden coach Steve Biggs will give two presentations – “Growing Figs in Ontario Made Easy” and “Success Growing Veggies in Small Spaces and Containers” while Lorraine Johnson discusses “The Weird and Wonderful”.  David Hobson will share his experience with “Botanical Gardens from Buffalo to Bangkok”.  Other presentations during the four days include All Things Lavender, garden photography, the care of roses, and garden ponds as well as Seasonal Flower Arranging demonstrations.

Read about the gardens, marketplace, events, and other details here: www.stratfordgardenfestival.com

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Recently Writing About...

Farming

  • Selling wild boar and heritage pork meat directly to restaurants. 2011
  • Branding the Holland Marsh to build a loyal customer base. 2010 
  • Deciding if farm energy savings make good business sense. 2010 
  • Direct marketing premium meat to restaurants. 2010 
  • Switchgrass pelletizer Bio-Combustible grows a market. 2010
  • Toronto Writer Margaret Webb's views on food and farming. 2010
  • Syngenta's Jay Bradshaw visits Bay Street. 2009
  • Val-Eo wind co-operative as a model for on-farm wind energy. 2009
  • Ontario's Green Energy Act and the farm. 2009
  • David Cohlmeyer of Cookstown Greens. 2009
  • Alternative energy options for the small farm. 2009
  • Switchgrass looks promising as a crop and biofuel. 2009
  • Dairy Farmers of Canada rebrands. 2009
  • The farm office and how to get organized. 2009
  • Farmers in Beef Connections selling directly to consumer. 2009
  • Using professional advisors on the farm. 2009
  • Thinking about succession on the farm. 2009
  • The outlook for IP soybean in Ontario. 2009
  • The uses of soybeans touted at the TSX. 2009
  • Farming fiddleheads in Ontario. 2008
  • MaRS Landing, linking food, agriculture, and health. 2008
  • Winery Domaine Perrault takes root on an Ottawa Valley dairy farm. 2008
  • Promoting and raising Lebanese cucumbers near Montreal. 2007

Need a farm writer? Contact Steven Biggs.

Food

  • A look at post-secondary food education. 2011
  • Ethnic grocery stores smiling, where are the farmers? 2010
  • Korean supermarket Galleria carves itself a niche . 2010
  • Sunrise Soya, Canada's largest tofu maker. 2010
  • Local Food Plus goes national. 2010
  • The Edible City: Toronto Food from Farm to Fork (book, chapter about food processing). 2009
  • The launch of the Toronto Youth Food Policy Council. 2009
  • An inside look at the Ontario Food Terminal. 2009
  • Aramark serves up local food at the University of Toronto. 2009
  • Savour Life magazine brings readers local Saskatchewan fare. 2009
  • Views of LFP president Lori Stahlbrand on food and farming. 2008
  • The City of Toronto adopts a local food procurement policy. 2008
  • The food of Toronto's Arab quarter. 2008
  • Joseph Virgona, owner of Fiesta Farms supermarket. 2008
  • Making sauerkraut and other preserving techniques. 2008
  • Toronto the food-processing hub. 2008
  • Supermarket Fiesta Farms focuses on local food. 2007
  • Johnston's Cranberry Marsh growing cranberries in Ontario. 2007
  • Glenlochar Kitchens serving up Prairie pulses. 2007
  • Growing quinoa in Saskatchewan. 2007
  • Bean North roasts and brews coffee in the Yukon. 2007
  • Granite Town Farms and a managed wild blueberry crop. 2007
  • Manomin Wild Rice from Wabigoon Lake Objibway Nation. 2007
  • Wild harvested BC mushrooms from Forest to Fork. 2007

Need a food writer? Contact Steven Biggs.

Gardening

  • A look at two very different gardens and tips from the gardener. 2011
  • No Guff Vegetable Gardening (book). 2011
  • Growing vegetables on an urban rooftop. 2010
  • Worms, kids, and vermiculture. 2010
  • Publishing Homegrown gardening e-zine. 2009-present
  • Sharing Backyards Toronto blog. 2010
  • Starting vegetable transplants indoors. 2010
  • Adriano grows figs in Southern Ontario. 2009
  • Planning a tasteful edible garden. 2009
  • Succession crops in the vegetable garden. 2009
  • Vertical gardening saves space in the veggie patch. 2009
  • Tips for an early spring start in the vegetable garden. 2009
  • Project CHIRP promotes bird-friendly gardening. 2009
  • Gardening with kids. 2008

Need a garden writer? Contact Steven Biggs.

And More

  • Diversity Quiz: What's your grade in an increasingly diverse world? 2009
  • Tribute to leader in the property management industry. 2009
  • Pottersburg Ontario PCB storage site decommissioned. 2008
  • Protecting yourself from identity theft. 2008
  • Energy procurement and conservation. 2008

Need a thoughtful article? Need a compelling talk?

Need clean copy? On time?

Contact Steven Biggs for professional farm, garden, and food communications.

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