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"What we need to build is a new economy, Economy B, underneath the old one." 

http://greateconomictransition.blogspot.com/

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Thought I would post a pic of the harvested tomatoes.

Robust red tomato - Victoria (4 oz)

Purpley red - Black Prince (2.25 oz)

Golden yellow - Taxi (2 oz x 2)

Golden yellow pear shaped - Yellow Pear (didn't register on…

This year I decided to grow several varieties to check out how they would do on my patio and to determine if I wanted to grow them again. There are hundreds of kinds of tomatoes and I am growing 11 heritage varieties (12 in total), planted either in Ikea self-watering black plastic garden pots and/or my garden boxes (on wheels). With the self-watering pots I only need to water every other day, at least during the hot summer. This is what I have found out so far.…

With some of our Neighborhood Small Grants funding (thank you Vancouver Foundation), our seed saving collective has purchased three books:

(1) "Breed your own Vegetable Varieties" by Carol Depp

(2) "Seed to Seed" by Susan Ashworth, both of which are available to borrow.…

At around 8 a.m., after I had quickly consumed my breakfast fruit smoothie, I harvested pea seed from my dried vines. We didn't eat many peas this spring even though four varieties were planted in our patio garden boxes. One "Oregon Sugar" and "Green Arrow" came up, even though the same number of seed were planted in each row. Perhaps we planted too late since peas won't germinate if it's too warm.

The heritage…

Wild Yards facebook page live! Share Wild Yard photos, stories, tips, questions.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wild-Yards-Lawn-Alternative/125304904227657

FYI, here's what they do in Vilnius, Lithuania (to deal with illegally parked cars with a tank):



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-fWN0FmcIU&feature=player_embedded



While I'm not personally suggesting that City Hall follows Vinius' lead, there are plenty of issues with illegally parked cars in Vancouver.

Furthermore, the number of cyclists who 'get…

Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House is holding it's vegetable contest for the Neighbourhood on September 1st, 2011 at Clinton Park from 10-12:30 by the children's playground and the FHNH Community Experiential Garden

http://communityconnection.wordpress.com/

Games and fun for children

Contact Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House at 604.251.1225 for more information…

New Westminster Community Garden Project at 22nd St.Station!

We want to hear from you!

In partnership with Translink; BC Urban Community Garden Project seeks to create a community garden at 22nd St. Station with community members leading the way. We need participants,…

The Westside Food Security Collaborative and Kitsilano Neighbourhood House invite you to a vegetarian potluck (please bring a dish to share if you can) on August 3, 6-8 pm at the Neighbourhood House Hall, 2305 West 7th @ Vine. If you grow it, eat it, sell it, make it, serve it, throw it (or just plain love it) please join us. ...The evening will be an open space; come talk about what’s important to you about food on the…

I am a SF based photographer looking for backyard urban farmers for a project that I hope will turn into a book.  I'm especially interested in unique  or interesting approaches to your home farm. This project is about people growing their own food or raising animals, it's not really about community gardens or full time businesses. Thanks so much for your help.

Join us at the Folk Fest

Village members and friends are welcome to join us on our main stage tarps each day and evening at the folk fest. We'll post our location each day on the info board (usually located by the info booth, a couple hundred feet down the path on the south side of the main stage). Or you can look for the VV lawn sign during the day (comes…