update

What is happening right now.... I am waiting till June 9 for the community meeting. The board will vote on the garden and if they vote yes (which I was assured will happen) than we will get a letter for the city proposal that we need as a requirement. The city wants to be assured that the community wants the garden so they are asking for a form of proof.
The second thing that I am working on right now is trying to get volunteers also for the proposal for the city I need 10 names of volunteers that want to help with the garden.
So far there is 6 still.
bye for now.

Movining on

Looks like I am moving out of Riverbend. I have bought a house in Southwood.
So I am asking if anyone would like to take over organizing the community garden?
Let me know by email atrim880@hotmail.com otherwise this project may be on hold indefenatly.

HERE IS AN EMAIL I GOT FROM A NEIGHBOR INTERESTED IN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN IN RIVERBEND

We might not be able to get all this done for 2010 summer growing season.

In the meantime while all of this is being researched and comes together, time flies. So if you want to get started right now maybe

You should check this out. Last week I read a letter in the Herald that the community garden in front of the Midsun Community Center is being ignored.

The person who wrote the letter was asking for neighbors to get involved with this garden.

If they can’t get any interest from the people that live in Sundance and Midnapore then maybe people from other neighborhoods can join.

This is a good article about permaculture it is a really neat thing to look into I highly recommend any gardener check into permaculture.
Check out the websites published in the article for more information.

Volunteers

So the next step for the garden is to get more volunteers. We need at least 10 committed volunteers that want to help in the planning, building and maintaining of the project. So tell all you neighbors and friends and then either send me an email stating your interest or let me know on the blog. My email is atrim880@hotmail.com.

possible land sites for garden

Here are some possible sites for the garden. Please post your feedback as to which one you think will be best.

Some sites you may wish to review:

1,North of Holy Angels school> parking is good, irrigation on site, city owned

2 West end of Riverstone Park( as identified by Google)( at Riverstone Crescent SE).

3 Riverbend Drive at Riverbend Cres SE

All have pros and cons, things to consider:

Parking, Water, pathways, proximity to adjacent residents, land use at the present time

Sprouting

This is a sprouting pack that I bought
and I have been hooked on sprouting
ever since. It is a great way to have fresh greens in the winter as they don't need any sun. I have been experimenting with different seeds the best ones so far are mung beans, lentils and alfalfa. It is so easy to do all you have to remember to do is rinse I leave my jar by my kitchen sink then i rinse them with the dishes. I use the jar method because it is the easiest.