First off, a big thanks to all who came out and ruffled up the beds, nicely turning the mulch into the soil and generally preparing the beds for future seeds. We also managed to build new beds, and erect the sign, as mentioned in the previous post. Again, thanks to the Arusha center for providing us with funds to do so, and to the city for providing us with soil. We had a little set-back last week because we didn't have water, thus we couldn't actually plop the little seeds into the dirt, but the city will have turned on the plumbing now, and so planting should be a go for this Thursday, 7pm. Hope to see you there.
As we're about to seed, I've been considering a lot about it means to garden. Often, because our season is so short, I run headlong into gardening without considering valuable aspects which are external to the planting itself. The seeds and the vegetables that come from them are certainly a massive part of gardening, but it's also about community and environment. As Sunnyside aims to move towards a more permaculture approach to gardening, our tactics for growing food will change drastically. Ultimately, the goal is not simply to provide food for the community, but to strike concord with the environment. As the natural environment becomes a sanctuary, hopefully the community, too, will grow into a supportive and self-managing ecology. Already we have an incredible group of people helping out with the garden, and so I'm truly excited to see what will develop from this. To try to complement my thoughts, I've added Mark Lakeman's video "The Chronology of City Repair" 1/14. To watch the whole lecture is about an hour, but that is the best spent hour of video watching I can imagine. As we come together to make Calgary a food sustainable city, let's keep the non-food aspects in mind because they are as central to our survival.
See ya soon,
kye
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