Jane Broome's Page

I live in a small bungalow with my husband and young daughter. Last year we started growing vegetables, herbs and wild strawberries in our small backyard. And have been working on organizing a once lovely front garden that was left uncared for by the previous owners. Our little house was off to a good start when we moved in- with a rain water catchment barrel, radiant heat, and a compost bin. We have added attic insulation and replaced draughty windows which has almost halved our gas bills!

My daughter loves the Windsor Castle community flower garden across the street and we are excited about the Windsor castle community gardens planned along 37th Ave near our home. We encourage birds to visit our garden with our bird feeder. This year I am very much interested in adding beneficials to the garden and improving the biodiversity. I have a hoard of seeds to plant very soon. But sometimes I struggle to find the time to garden with a 1.5 year old daughter.

I work in international community education (I am an entrepreneur and run a program for local schools) and am very interested in social entrepreneurship, community development and food security on a local and global scale. I twitter at @janereitsma (my maiden name).