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.

Successful plants in Caglary

http://www.calhort.org/Facts_FAQs/default.aspx?id=742

Q: What are seed varieties that first time food gardeners will have success with in Calgary?
A: Use seeds that mature in under 65 days and are hardy varieties that grow compact plants suited to Calgary's climate such as:

Beans: Royal Burgundy (purple bean turns green when cooked), Beurre de rocquencourt (yellow)

Beans (Pole): Purple Peacock

Beets: Early Wonder, Cylindra, Chioggia (striped beet), Rodina, Mary's Beet Blend

Carrots: Little Fingers (baby carrot), Nantes, Napoli, Rome or Thumbelina (round carrot good for containers)

Chard: Bright Lights, Rhubarb

Green Onion: Red Baron

Kale: Dinosaur, Red Russian

Leaf Lettuce: All kinds! Favorites include Freckles Romaine, Black-Seeded Simpson, Deer Tongue

Peas: Super Sugar Snap, Green Arrow, Sugar Snap Sprint (edible pea pod)

Rutabagas: Marion Organic

Spinach: Oriental Giant (Japanese Spinach), Bloomsdale Savor Organic

Summer Squash: Sunburst, Papaya Pear

Sunflowers: Striped Seed Mammoth

Zucchini: Eight Ball, Black Beaut

Here is a picture of some community gardens in the city. I am not sure which one.

Raised beds

Introduction

So we had our first meeting on May 12 to see if there was anyone interested in starting a community garden in Riverbend and there was a couple people interested so I am forging ahead to the application with the City to get approval for the garden.

If you are interested in finding out about the application process I would welcome the help and support check it out on the city web page www.calgary.ca

Also there is a lot of information on the calgary horticulture page on how to go about starting a community garden

http://www.calhort.org/communitygardening/default.aspx


I am going to be talking with Guy Beavers the city liaison about finding a plot for the garden and then i will update the site to get feedback on the site and the site plan.