Goodbye Robyn!

Today is Robyn Webb's last day as the DMSMCA Greening and Environment Coordinator. A big thank you to Robyn for all her hard work planning, building and organizing the community gardens! She has been instrumental in their success.

A part-time replacement will be hired in April to take over coordination of the gardens. In the meantime, questions about the gardens may be addressed to Kemlin at director(at)dmsmca.ca or in person at 823 Ellice Avenue.

TOMATO BLIGHT WARNING

From the CTV website:

Officials with the province have issued an advisory after the fungal disease called late blight was found on tomato seedlings at several retail locations in Winnipeg and Brandon.

The blight does not cause any human health issues, but poses a serious disease issue for vegetables in the nightshade family, including tomatoes and potatoes, said provincial officials.

Retail outlets have stopped selling the tomato plants.

The blight shows up as lesions and grey-green areas on leaves and can also show up as white mildew on the underside of leaves in high humidity, said officials.

Home gardeners should check their tomatoes and potatoes immediately, said officials. If late blight is present, destroying the affected plants by uprooting and bagging the infected ones is the best option to prevent further spread to healthy plants, said officials. More information and pictures of tomato plants with late blight can be found at:
www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/seasonalreports.html.