Community Gardening

I’ve made the decision to give up my community plot for the coming gardening season.  I contemplated it last year, but I didn’t want to give up…I felt that I learned something from the first season in the community garden, and I really liked the idea of being part of a community garden.  I...
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For the last week I have been in California, first to attend the BlogHer conference in San Francisco, and then to visit a friend who lives in Palo Alto. My friend Derek is a gardener, too, so he knows how much I enjoy visiting local gardens, especially community gardens. He took me around the block from...
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Lately garden blogging has been so interesting…although I am coveting the weather either on the west coast, England or further southern states, there are still gardeners who live north of me, which means they are pretty much in the tundra. All kidding aside, no matter where you live, or what your growing conditions...
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Yesterday I had some time to draw out my vegetable garden plans for 2008. Again, I will be gardening in the back yard and at the Bowmanville Community Organic (Ecology) Garden nearby. This year I will be sharing the community plot with a friend who recently moved into town. On both plans, I...
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Lately I’m all over my collection of gardening books, trying to absorb as many photos of greenery and lovely, orderly lines of growing vegetables and pots of herbs. Sigh. This is the time of year I really start to itch to get growing something. I’m totally jealous of gardeners who can...
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