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SCOFF Video 4/8: Garfield & Pheobe White, Gardening
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SCOFF Video 4/8: Garfield & Pheobe White, Gardening

When Garfield’s father-in-law asked him to promise he’d keep the community garden green in Port Blandford, he picked the right man for the job. This video is full of very simple, but very effective tips for home gardening

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SCOFF Video 5/8: Marg Hancock: Planting Seed Potatoes
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SCOFF Video 5/8: Marg Hancock: Planting Seed Potatoes

Marg taught grade 6 before retiring. In this video she teaches us how easy it is to grow your own potato patch year to year without having to buy your own seed. She's kept her own garden patch since she moved to Gander in 1964

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SCOFF Video 6/8: Hope and Louis Rowsell, Preserving Berries
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SCOFF Video 6/8: Hope and Louis Rowsell, Preserving Berries

Unlike most of us, Hope & Lewis never have to run to the store for a bottle of jam, because they grow a bounty of berries in their backyard. In this video, Hope walks us through her technique for making freezer jam; an alternative to cooked jam.

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SCOFF Video 8/8: Marina Ploughman, Traditional Fish Stew
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SCOFF Video 8/8: Marina Ploughman, Traditional Fish Stew

“We were taught to cook fairly young,” Marina reminisces, “everybody in the house could cook fairly good. We had to take turns making special cakes for the weekend. [Our] vegetables came from the garden; fish would have come from Port-Aux-Choix, from the local fisherman.”

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