December 2025 newsletter
The December 2025 issue of Seeders and Weeders wraps up the year with the winter social and ideas for the garden in winter.
Winter social
Members and guests held the club’s traditional winter social on December 2. There was a good turnout, and everyone enjoyed a potluck of savory and sweet dishes.
Garden jobs for a mild December
The warm December weather gave gardeners a second chance at fall chores:
- Rake up leaves and add them to the compost, or leave them as ground cover in the vegetable garden
- Clean and store your tools. Sharpen shovels and mower blades with a file, and change the mower oil once a year.
- Plan next year’s garden. Make a plant list, browse seed catalogs, and sketch your beds with crop rotation and companion planting in mind.
Grow something indoors
Sprouts and microgreens can stretch the growing season through winter. Try alfalfa, chickpeas, broccoli, or radish for sprouts. Try kale, sunflower, beets, or arugula for microgreens. Pea shoots are a favorite because you can trim them and they grow back for a second harvest.
Oregon grape
Winter planters in Kamloops used cuttings of Oregon grape instead of holly. This native shrub is evergreen and deer resistant, with yellow flowers in April and berries that make good jelly. It spreads by its roots, so it can take over a watered garden bed.
Coming up
The next meeting is February 3, 2026, at 6:30 pm at St. James Anglican Church Hall.
