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Hansard Growing!

So after I got my community project rolling, I needed to do more! But on the limited budget that I was on (ahem, $0) I couldn’t do it alone. Which is when my googling took me to Neighbourhood Small Grants. The Vancouver Foundation actively funds small neighbourhood projects each year; all you need is an…

Creating Community

My garden produced more food than Jim (husband man), Cecilia (daughter person), and I could eat, even when sharing the bounty with the friends and family we were socializing with. I took care to harvest some food specifically for the freezer, I preserved food by pickling, canning, and dehydrating, and yet, I still had a…

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    Note to self; zucchini plant needs to be checked more than once a week! Lots of garden goodies up for grabs at the community table today! A wealth of tomatoes and some cukes! I am currently picking possibly the tastiest plums I have ever eaten. Oh my goodness, I've eaten 3 already! A tomato is ripening in the community plot! But you have to hunt to find it in the tomato forest!

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    Hansard Growing!

    Featured by Breanne Dodge, posted in Bea's Garden, Green Goings On, Intentions, Living it up

    So after I got my community project rolling, I needed to do more! But on the limited budget that I was on (ahem, $0) I couldn’t do it alone. Which is when my googling took me to Neighbourhood Small Grants. The Vancouver Foundation actively funds small neighbourhood projects each year; all you need is an idea and the ability to share it and see it through.

    Creating Community

    by Breanne Dodge, posted in Green Goings On, Intentions, Living it up

    My garden produced more food than Jim (husband man), Cecilia (daughter person), and I could eat, even when sharing the bounty with the friends and family we were socializing with. I took care to harvest some food specifically for the freezer, I preserved food by pickling, canning, and dehydrating, and yet, I still had a lot of food just be tossed into the compost.

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