With a lot of extra time on their hands, some people have been getting them dirty….in the garden. Lettuce, carrots, beets,” said Kelowna Garden Club president Marilyn Degraw about some of the things she is getting ready to plant.
Gardening is nothing new for Degraw. “I came from a farm in Ontario, I’ve been gardening as long as I can remember,” she said.
Degraw moved from Ontario to Kelowna five years ago. And while she is still relatively new to the Okanagan, she has been putting down roots in the community as the garden club’s new president.
But now because of COVID-19, Degraw is putting down root vegetables. “We bought a 10 pound bag of potatoes and we are planting it all around in the beds by the flowers.” Degraw planning to