north vancouver community garden ..

i love visiting other community gardens .. have for many years .. i find the diversity the most wonderfull element of any of the gardens i've had the pleasure of seeing .. that diversity is a bit of a micro/macro thing in my mind .. from the diversity of a single bed .. to the whole of the individual gardens .. to the community gardens one from another .. this, to me, is part of the beauty of many people .. working together ..

recently, i had an opportunity to visit a north vancouver community garden .. barb and i were staying in north vancouver with jennifer .. to attend matthew's wedding .. we had an open ended day between rehearsal and wedding day .. so, barb and i took a walk through the streets of north vancouver, wending our way to a community garden that she had only glimpsed on a previous visit .. well .. what fun to see this garden .. as if plunked in the midst of the metropolis around it .. full to overflowing with flowers and veggies .. and compost bins .. they even had a shed just like ours! .. what are the chances ..

this garden is composed of 42 beds .. varying in size from 25 square feet to 100 square feet .. approximately .. i believe it has been growing for fifteen years ..

i like the idea of the rain barrel at the corner .. maybe we could have one .. or two .. or four ..

anyway .. i thought i'd just like to share some of the photos on our digs blog .. we have such an amazing opportunity where we are .. but we are not alone .. there are many people out there making their own opportunities .. and we're all different .. (we'll see how my attempts at making a 'collage' go .. (first timer) ..)

as i "preview" i see i'm not being very successfullwith the collage, so will just put the pictures where they land ..

 i gather .. from this sign .. that there were a few garden invaders .. this is a relatively polite way of dealing with that sort of thing ..

when i was in the garden i wasn't necessarily aware of it being in the city .. and then i looked up ..

nestled among the flowers and veggies were a few artistic and more practical elements .. which can also be art .. and, well, it was close to hallowe'en .. so there was representation of that, as well ..

all in all, a delightfull experience .. i'd recommend a visit .. there is inspiration to be found in many places ..

Stormy November Day

Dear Garden Lovers,

Today in the garden we....



- planted one bed of garlic
- propagated day lilies and iris for next year's plant sale
- Little Diggers cleared their L-shaped bed for spring (to be top mulched)
- (they added worm castings)
- chopped up large compost items to break down faster
- pruned roses (and did not put aphids in compost piles!)
- had coffee and yakked. Oh! And we had fabulous peanut butter cookies; must get recipe from Lynn!
Thanks everyone.
Best, Jen

Saturday's the Day!

Attention Gardeners,
We will meet this Sat., Nov. 20 at the garden. This week we have to prune the
raspberries, mulch the asparagus, repot some strawberries and blueberries, trim
some blackberries and mulch the leaves. All are welcome.