Kitsilano Transition Village

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Comment by Ross Moster on April 16, 2011 at 6:55pm

Hi all,

The Permaculture PET (blitz) day (see events page) is at my place tomorrow. It looks like we have a pretty good crowd coming, but if anyone else wants to join us or just stop by to say hi, you're more than welcome to.

Comment by Ross Moster on March 27, 2011 at 12:55am

Movie night is being rescheduled to Monday evening. For the address, please RSVP on the event page.

Reminder: Dropin spaghetti night this Wednesday. Please RSVP, so Derek knows how much food to make.

Comment by Ross Moster on February 27, 2011 at 8:12pm

VV February Meetup tomorrow (Monday)!

Comment by Ross Moster on February 26, 2011 at 5:26pm

Our host Pia is getting over a cold, so we've decided to cancel Sunday's movie night and reschedule In Transition to the next movie night. (March 27).

Comment by Ross Moster on February 19, 2011 at 11:57am

Some specific Visioning thoughts from Sue Lang...

I am really trying to make year round gardening work. I would love to share practical ideas with people in the same boat. For example, last year was the first time I got a good crop of greens going in my garden for winter, only to have them all crushed by the early snow. Next year I plan to put support stakes all over my garden so i can throw a tarp or a blanket over the plants to pull them through. It's things like that i would like to talk about.

I am also looking for a top quality source of organic garden soil...I have seen two online- Got Dirt and Artisan Landscaping....if anyone has any experience with these or can recommend a good organic gardening soil free of weeds, I would love to hear from them!
sue

Comment by Ross Moster on February 19, 2011 at 7:37am

I've sent the address for Sunday's Visioning/potuck to everyone who's RSVPed so far. If for some reason you haven't received it, please let me know.

It's looking like a good turnout. (Still room for a few more!)

Cheers,

Ross

604.742.9881

ross@villagevancouver.ca

Comment by Ross Moster on February 17, 2011 at 4:03pm

By the way all,

In response to a question...

the potluck is towards the end of the visioning (and we're not going to kick anyone out at 6).

Comment by Ross Moster on February 17, 2011 at 3:46pm

Hey Pia,

Great re: gardening at the Billy and the bee idea. There seem to be at least a few people with either bees or at least an interest in them in Kits Village; hoping you/they can connect. You might also want to check the beekeeping group (Karen you also) - go to food groups and scroll down.

I think beekeeping will come up at the visioning session on Sunday...along with chickens, seed saving, collaborative gardening, straw deliveries, the Permaculture blitz in April/May, the soup freeze 'n share, and all the other good stuff we've been doing or talking about doing.

 

Comment by Karen Elaine Gilchrist on February 17, 2011 at 3:30pm

Love it! Need to set up both a compost & hive @ Heather Place's community garden!

Comment by Ross Moster on February 17, 2011 at 11:51am

Hey all!

Interested in helping plan future Kits Village activities and direction?

Good things are cooking  -- figuratively as well as  literally -- in our village! Currently activities include monthly potlucks/garden parties, movie nights, and dropin spaghetti nights.

Last year we gardened collaboratively at Kits House and this year we're looking to start a new garden at Billy Bishop Legion Hall -- and perhaps in other locations as well.

We just had our 1st Soup Freeze 'n Share earlier this week, with more in the works. And next up, of course, is our village Visioning session.

A Permaculture "blitz" day (transforming a property using Permaculture design methods) is being planned for late March or early April,  as well as more gardening workshops, and word has it that there's going to be a village garage sale in early summer.

There's also talk of starting a seed saving collective, and other ideas floating around include a bee keeping group and straw deliveries to the neighbourhood for gardeners and chicken keepers. And, of course, many of us are involved in the 20 or so block parties that take place in Kits every Car Free Day (June 19th).

If you're interested in joining with other villagers in planning new activities, planning our village's direction, and in building community, please reply here or contact me. (Or come to the visioning session on Sunday, where we'll be discussing a lot of this)

 

P.S. Several members are currently hosting or have hosted gatherings, and we're always looking for new places to get together. If you'd like to host something (a potluck, a spaghetti night, or ?) or know of free spaces that might be available, we'd love to hear from you!

 

 

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