Cloverdale Remembrance Day Services 2012

At 10:15am on Sunday November 11, 2012, there will be a Remembrance Day service at the Cloverdale cenotaph. This is inbetween the Surrey Museum and Archives, 17710 - 56A Avenue.

Its best to arrive at least half an hour before the service to find a parking spot. All the streets in Cloverdale have free parking: 56A Avenue, 176A Street, 177B Street, etc. The museum has a parking lot but that will fill up quickly. There is a parking lot on 176A Street just north of 57th Avenue.

The museum has Remembrance Day events planned before and after the service. See this web page for more details: http://www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation/2388.aspx

If you're closer to the White Rock cenotaph, click here for more information on their Remembrance Day service from 9:15am to 11:45am http://www.whiterockcity.ca/EN/main/community/events/events/16338/22214.html

There will also be Remembrance Day service at the Port Kells cenotaph at 10:30am on November 11, 2012, located on the property of their community hall, 18918 - 88th Avenue.

Finally planted the raspberries

At the end of last summer Potter's nurseries was having a 50% off sale. We went and bought some everbearing raspberry plants that were regularly priced $13 - $15. I got 7 plants, I think 3 different varieties. I thought they were a little overpriced but at 50% off a bit more reasonable. Last spring I had stopped in to a wholesale nursery in Langley on 16th Avenue just past 224th Street and they were selling everbearing raspberries for $6 each but we weren't ready for them yet.

Actually we weren't ready for the raspberries we bought at Potter's either and they spent the winter in our back yard in the pots they came in.

However we finally have built a raised garden next to my rhubarb patch and planted the raspberries.

What really ticks me off is 2 days ago we were down at Port Kells Nurseries on 88th Avenue near 188th Street and I saw a lot of everbearing raspberry plants priced at $3.99. Too bad I didn't go there. This is a nice nursery we've gone to in the past when we lived in Dogwood Gardens and had planters on our sidewalk. Port Kells Nursery will take your planter boxes, fill them with bedding plants, and call you when they're ready. If you've ever been to White Rock during the summer and noticed the moss hanging baskets down Johnston Road, Port Kells Nursery does them, too.

They have a lot of fruit trees right now, going for around $30, or just under. I think we'll be returning for a plum tree to add to our small orchard because Kerry really likes plums.

If you haven't been to there nursery in awhile stop by one day when you're out for a drive. Our main reason for stopping in was to buy sod because we had to put down a small area of turf at a customer's house. They really offer a lot of different things from gift shop items to farm fresh eggs.