The Blog is Back, I couldn't Help it

I know.  I tried.  There's too much going on to not write before March.  I hope everyone has had as beautiful a winter as I have.  Unfortunately, with the lack of snow, gardening will be a bit of a challenge this year.  Living in Winnipeg hasn't made me soft and I know us gardeners will rise to the challenge.  While I was taking a break from blogging I did manage to do some research and found some very interesting, cool stuff that I want to share with you.  First, there's an apartment gardener in Winnipeg who lives on the 7th floor of her building and she still manages to grow some of her own veg, she is the proud owner of The Apartment Gardening Project.  The second really cool thing is an organization called A Rocha, an international Christian organization that encourages environmental stewardship.  Part of their program is related to community gardening.  One of the benefits to writing a Winnipeg based blog is that I'm learning more about what resources are available here, what kind of programs exist, and who's doing what.  I now know that this is not one of the only gardening blogs in town as I first believed.  Who knew there was more than Dorothy Dobbie?   People like me who dig in the dirt without gloves on,  people like me who want to inspire and coach others,  people like me who would rather die than never eat another fresh garden tomato, people like Winnipeg Community Garden Network and Slow Food Winnipeg.  Yes, death would be better.

The T and T seeds arrived about a month ago, the order was delayed because there were some new seed varieties that they were waiting on.  Now I'm just waiting for the potatoes, fruit trees and shrubs.  Like I said, the weather has been phenomenal and I had a chance to clean up the green house a bit, check it out and realign it on the deck.  It was in a North South orientation and that's not favourable to maximizing light exposure the way the shelves are laid out.  I've got it East West for now and probably will change it back around May.  The greenhouse is wider than it is long and so it interferes with the flow of the deck the way it is now.  With some luck the greenhouse should be warm enough in a week or so to start some lettuce, spinach, and radishes or some other cold tolerant seeds.

If you haven't checked it out yet, I have a facebook page for The Garden Coach, Winnipeg.  If I happen to find really good local information or garden ideas that I don't write about on the blog then you'll find it  on the facebook page.  There's also Twitter where you can follow me at @gardencoachwinn.  What I love about Twitter is that it's another way to get information related to gardening and food.  You use # in front of your search, say #gardening or #food, and you end up finding more information, resources, or links.  I try to tweet as much as I can about information that I know most of us can use. Love that Twitter.

I want to leave you with a quote from Frank Lloyd Wright that I read recently, "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature.  It will never fail you."

Happy gardening!