CAPITAL NUT PROJECT
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WE GROW AND EXPLORE NUT TREE CULTURE ON VANCOUVER ISLAND.
Next meeting: Sunday, May 13 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Jonathan's new place!
Members: 16
Latest Activity: Apr 18
ABOUT
The Capital Nut Project is a major action project of the Victoria Transition Food Group. Our goal is to support the planting, care, and maintenance of edible nut trees on public and private land throughout the region. We have a monthly Nut Group meeting.
Nut Project Mission: The Capital Nut Project seeks to significantly increase the number and diversity of edible nut trees on both public and private land within the Victoria Region, contributing to regional food resilience by making Victoria the “Nut Capital of Canada.” We will achieve this goal by researching relevant information about the potential of different types of edible nut trees within our bioregion, and engaging local partners to increase their availability and to arrange for the planting, care, and maintenance of these trees in a variety of locations throughout Greater Victoria.
Nut Project Vision: We envision a Victoria Region that has abundant, healthy, productive edible nut trees, of many varieties and at various stages of maturity, growing within whole ecosystems on both public and private land. These trees will meet many different community needs, including: increasing food resilience, especially with regard to essential nutrients such as vitamins, oils, and proteins; improving climate change adaptation within the food system by increasing biodiversity and providing microclimatic stability while requiring few inputs once established; raising awareness around social and environmental change and food resilience; offering a model for other communities around BC and elsewhere; and serving as focal places for community gatherings.
Nut Fact Sheets: http://capitalnuts.ca
Discussion Forum
Meeting Notes - Sunday, April 15th
Here are the meeting notes of the Capital Nut Project's April 15th Meeting - Thanks Tamara for your note-taking..... …Continue
Started by Linda Chan Apr 18.
Revised meeting notes March 11 2012 4 Replies
Here are the meeting notes for March 11th, revised to include information later offered by Jonathan.We are moving forward, step by step!Next meeting Sunday, April 15th at 4 pm at Stewart's house. See event page (not up yet) for details.…Continue
Started by Tamara SunSong. Last reply by Tamara SunSong Mar 19.
Next meeting date 5 Replies
Hey folks,we just set our next meeting for Sunday, March 18th, from 4-6 pm at my house. But I forgot that there was a workshop I'm really keen to attend that weekend in Vancouver. So I've just signed up for the workshop -- it's with someone who…Continue
Started by Tamara SunSong. Last reply by Betsy Nuse Mar 5.
February 19 2012 meeting notes
Here they be, lovelies! Thanks to all who attended!…Continue
Started by Tamara SunSong Feb 21.
Comment Wall
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Comment by Barb Rimmer on April 1, 2012 at 8:53am -
I have a bunch of photos of the Haltain walnut tree planting but couldn't figure out how to put them here so they are on my page if you want to have a look.
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Comment by Tamara SunSong on March 15, 2012 at 12:03am -
Jonathan - sorry, my typo. The meeting date is Sunday, April 15th, as it says in the notes from our March 11th meeting.
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Comment by Jonathan Brian Francoeur on March 14, 2012 at 11:27am -
According to my calendar, April 14th is NOT a Sunday. What day is the next meeting?
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Comment by Jonathan Brian Francoeur on March 11, 2012 at 6:55pm
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Hazel wood against the skin helps reduce our bodies acidity.
Pardon my french, it can cure:
* Ulcères buccaux
* Ulcères et brûlements d'estomac (stomach alcer)
* Psoriasis
* Eczéma
* Acné
* Arthrite (Arthritis)
* Migraines
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Comment by Tamara SunSong on March 11, 2012 at 6:20pm
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Here are the Nut Project meeting notes for March 11, 2012:
Nut%20meeting%20March%2011%202012.doc.
Highlights: two new work parties proposed for the next month or so, general strategy discussion, starting a nut nursery...
Next meeting: Sunday, April 14th at 4 pm. Stay tuned to our event page for details.
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Comment by Jonathan Brian Francoeur on March 3, 2012 at 10:11pm
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Here is one of the plants that was layered for propagation in the year 2014. We held down the suckers coming from the base with stones padded with leaf littler and then heaped on soil covering the sucker yet leaving two or three buds uncovered at the tip. Longer suckers were pruned back to two or three buds. The unopened buds under soil will root. The unopened buds surrounded by air will leaf. Two years later we can sever the rooted suckers form the parent tree and we have our new clones ready for transplanting.
Before
After.
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Comment by ali j muller on February 4, 2012 at 11:16am -
I'm' fine with either the 12th or the 19th...still have to comment on the different ideas that were brought up.
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Comment by Betsy Nuse on January 25, 2012 at 10:24am
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Thanks for your support of the Community Building event, Kief. I would also prefer rescheduling as I will be at another event myself earlier on the 12th.
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Comment by Tamara SunSong on January 25, 2012 at 1:03am
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I'd be down with postponing until the 19th, but can't remember if others had conflicts with that date. It would actually be better for me too. Meeting earlier on the 12th doesn't work for me personally because I'll be at an event on Salt Spring the previous night.
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Comment by K!EF on January 24, 2012 at 3:05pm
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Hej folks,
just realized that our next regular gathering is overlapping with the Community Building event on February 12th. I have to be there, but also need to see you guys. Can we start earlier that day or reschedule? Would be great to have the Nut Group be involved in this gathering - there will be lots of other transition folks who might want to know more about us. What do you think?
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