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Category: Gardening

  • springtime at the community garden

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    Tammy Schmidt, Montreal.

  • my little green pals

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    ?á ?á I am a proud mama… not only to a cat, but to a vast number of tiny, green lives. This year I started my garden indoors. I was waiting to find out which plot I?áwas allocated?áin the Community Garden, so I?ácouldn’t plant outside. I took a couple of egg cartons, a small bag…

  • harvest day

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    Today’s the day… time for an early harvest of my?átiny sprouts! I know I could grow them for?átwo or three?ámore days, but I am anxious to give them a taste. Tonight they will find their cute little way into a mixed salad. I will immediately “plant” more in the jar. In a day or two…

  • sprouting experiment has begun!

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    As those of you who peeked at this website yesterday probably know, I am attempting to grow sprouts inside my living-space/studio for the first time.?áJust now I soaked, swirled, and now am re-soaking my seeds; the next thing to do is wait about 2-5 hours, then drain them. After that all I need to do…

  • sprouting experiment

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    I have wanted to try growing edible food inside my home for quite some time. I’ve not any sort of outdoor space attached to my home,?ábut have been craving my own little “kitchen garden“. A year ago, I had some basil in my bathroom, sandwiched in between my bath and a window (it’s a special…

  • happy easter

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    This Easter weekend we are taking it easy, reflecting on life and the new life that springs all around us. We take note that today is Earth Day, and a cause for another pause and reflection. If you are so fortunate as to have both some time off and a garden, this seems like a…

  • small-scale efforts

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    Billionaires, governments, large-scale industry and important people can make major moves in helping the planet.?á?áHowever, when it comes to making a significant impact for sustainable change, it is easy to overlook small efforts, micro traditions and tiny plots that also make a big impact in helping create change.?á?áHere is an example of the importance of…

  • Greg Howes – Finale

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    ?áGreg Howes continues his story of artistic evolution, the third in a three-part series. The first installment is here, and the second is here. The next stage in my artistic evolution came when I started to arrange objects in advance of a shot, and then rearrange them for each separate shot. I used various arrangements,…

  • Greg Howes – Part Two

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    ´?? Greg Howes continues?áthe story of his art, inspirations, innovations, and fearless creation. Please see yesterday’s post for the beginning of this story… I?ámoved to Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales in 1990, where fortunately I was able to continue my horticultural career. Shortly after that move I began to combine my love of plants and my passion…

  • Greg Howes – A History of Artistic Growth – Part one.

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    ?áThe first of a three-part story about an artist I’ve had the pleasure to get to know through the cyber-world. Greg Howes is a multi-talented artist, gardener, historian, writer, actor, and generally very?ácreative person. This is a bit of his story… When Natasha Henderson asked me to write about?áthe motivation behind my art work, I…

  • Ten Reasons to love Community-supported Agriculture!

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    Yesterday we picked up our vegetables from our very?áown?áfarm.?áWhat do I mean when I say “our own farm”? Our farm?áis located?ájust outside the?áCity.?áThe farmers from this farm come into town once every couple of weeks in the winter, and once a week in the summer?áto deliver?áquantities?áof foods?áproduced on the farm. Ok, so it’s not really…

  • Community Gardening With Tainted Plot: Becoming one of the Flower-People

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    by Natasha Henderson, Montreal Community Garden. Plot. Allotment. A piece of earth, a bit of land. One can tend plants, care for the soil and those plants, and?áharvest the spoils as they happen. For several years IÔÇÖve known people who have had these little bits of land to grow vegetables, fruits and herbs. Beets, peppers,…