HANDS ON COMPOST WORKSHOP!! Mark your calendars for MAY 10 with Mike Dorion

 HANDS ON COMPOST WORKSHOP

click here to sign up for the Composting workshop

This compost is BYOC.

What's that you say? 
Bring....your own...COMPOST? no
COFFEE? it's up to you...
COOKIES? no you don't have to but yum, and please bring some to share
BRING YOUR OWN CONTAINER
if
YOU wish to purchase compost tea!  It is sold by the LITRE.

Remember you can purchase Mid-Sun-
homegrown tomatoes check them out here
a steal at $1.75!!

 

 

BEE friendly gardening...something to think about

by HannahRosengren found via dirtgirlworld\
for more lovely pieces, check out Hannahrosengren here

TOMATO MANIA--tomato seedlings for sale!

Tomato Mania

Tomato seedlings for sale

$1.75 cash

at the Mid Sun Community Garden

May 10, 12:30 - 2:00

·         Varieties available are proven in our challenging Calgary climate.

·         66 seedlings available for sale.

·         More than 32 varieties of early and mid-season tomatoes, most not available in local stores.

·         Many varieties of early heirlooms.

·         Plants have been grown by fellow Mid Sun gardeners.

·         For information on varieties go to  http://mid-suncommunitygarden.blogspot.ca/

 
 

SAVE THE DATE! REGISTER TODAY! Mason bee Workshop on April 26, 2014

MASON BEE WORKSHOP

 

*a learning and building workshop* 

with Nathalie Callede

Nathalie Callede is a LEED AP, an interior landscape designer, and a member of the Green Roof for Healthy Cities. She has a strong belief in building a better sustainable world for our children.-

Learn about mason bees - build a mason house to take home

April 26^th – Saturday from 1:00-3:00

at Mid-Sun Community Centre 50 Midpark Rise S.E.

Cost - $10.00 per person (cash only)

Register – midsungarden@gmail.com

Space is limited to 18; therefore, honour your registration to attend this workshop.

 

Mason Bees are native bees that can pollinate 100 times more than Honey Bees. Easy to raise in town gardens, Mason Bees are named from their habit of making compartments of mud in their nests, which are made in hollow reeds or holes in wood made by wood-boring insects. Unlike honey bees Mason Bees are solitary; every female is fertile and makes her own nest, and there are no worker bees for these species. Solitary bees produce neither honey nor beeswax. After 4 years of experience with the Native Mason Bee, Nathalie wants to share all the benefits and experiences she has learned from the Bees. Nathalie will show participants how to build native mason bee house and bring a cocoon to show.

 

There will be used garden books and magazines for purchase. 

Books are $1.50  Magazines - .25c

 

 

Not sure about bees? 
Learn more about Mason bees here

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                   

What new crop will YOU try this year?

to me

Gardeners,

 

Now is the time to be a pioneer! 

Start something new!

One of our intrepid gardeners sent this in...

and we hope for updates along the way.

 

IF you are trying something new, even if it's gardening itself, send in your stories with pictures and we're happy to share. 

 

Please send pictures to the garden email....we prefer pictures without faces since this is a public blog...thank you!

Growing Celery   Every year I try something new in the garden. This year I started celery the middle of March. Celery is frequently at the top of the DIRTY DOZEN list. I will grow it without the use of chemicals which may impact health. TALL UTAH is early, disease resistant and slow to bolt. It is said to be sweet, tasty and crunchy.