Blog
Welcome to the Moonhill Garden blog! Here, I share insights and practical tips from my journey in sustainable gardening on Cortes Island. From polyculture plantings tips to cover crops to profiles, farmstand updates to local photo galleries, you’ll catch a glimpse into the focus and spirit behind the community that surrounds it.
Buy local!
Moonhill Farmstand opened in late Spring of 2022. Close to Mansons Village, just passed TwigRoots and just before Cindy’s Baked Goods, the farmstand is housed in the old Highway shed along Sutil Road. Taking advantage of its convenient location and assortment of fresh greens straight from the garden bed, many
policies and protocols at Moonhill
Moonhill strives to stay abreast of Covid19 news and corresponding restrictions across BC. We also comply with Air BnB protocols and ask visitors to do the same. People coming to Moonhill are requested to bring their own masks, and the guesthouse provides items such as soaps, hand sanitiser and disinfectants.
Over a decade of growth
The start of the second decade of the ten-year plan feels like a good time for a retrospective. Somehow all of those ideas and all of that stuff got moved, dug, chopped. built or planted, and somehow it added up to something pretty fantastic. Over the years I’ve woven in
Cultivating plant community
Cover-cropping enhances soil health and is an important part of most no-till systems. Moonhill utilizes cover cropping methods throughout the year,
