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Weekend disasters.

As tempting as it is to deny mistakes, it wouldn’t be very fair or helpful if I only posted here about the progress of my garden – so I’m going to bare my failure-fearful soul to you all with a tale of two woes,… Continue Reading “Weekend disasters.”

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First harvest!

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Bee Mama!

Quite unexpectedly, I am about to become a bee mama! Last night, while I was working on preparations for a dinner party we’re having this evening, a phone call came to our house that Brian answered. It was a landscaper friend of ours who… Continue Reading “Bee Mama!”

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A sense of community, a sense of security

Community gardens offer food security and a focal point where neighbours can connect By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun April 22, 2010 George Pinch has been hoeing and weeding his plot in the East Boulevard community garden for 25 years, and you could say he… Continue Reading “A sense of community, a sense of security”

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Raw potential.

What are the chances, in a city as expensive as Vancouver, that a full two-block square of city owned land would just be left vacant for decades? And what would be the appropriate community response to such a space if its only use was… Continue Reading “Raw potential.”

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