Waking Up Slowly
It’s spring in Ne’ata’q, the Food Forest at Bluenose Academy. There are tiny buds on the pear and apple trees, the day lilies have poked up from the soil, the walking onions have sprouted.
the sun is coming out
Food Forest Phase Two! A Wabanaki/Acadian Forest
The second phase of the Food Forest at Bluenose Academy will look very different. We’re planning a wilder area containing trees, shrubs, understory plants, ground cover, and fungi that are native to this part of Mi’kma’ki / Nova Scotia.
Come and See What’s Growing in the Food Forest!
Through a historically rainy summer, strawberry farmers lost entire fields to mold. Grape growers are still recovering from the deep freeze last February, as well as coping with drought followed by flood. How is Ne’ata’q, The Food Forest at Bluenose Academy, holding up? Fairly well.
Lunenburg has a brand new fruit and nut orchard
At a ceremony on May 26, students from a grade 3/4 class at Bluenose Academy planted the first tree in Ne’ata’q, the Food Forest at Bluenose Academy.
The Forest for the Trees
Welcome to our third column about Ne’ata’q, The Food Forest at Bluenose Academy! If you’ve visited the school grounds in recent weeks, you will have noticed some exciting changes. In the grassy circle of the bus loop, a forest has sprouted.
It Takes a Community to Build a Community
The Sun is Coming Out: Ne’ata’q, The Food Forest at Bluenose Academy…