Tuesday, 19 March 2013

DATE CHANGE!!!! How to POTATO CONDO! Get Eagle Creek potatoes here!

How to Potato Condo
DATE CHANGE!!! Now on MAY 11
10-2 pm
during the garden spring launch!!
FREE!  Bring the kids!


Learn how to build your own potato condo! 
A great way to grow a big crop in a small space!
We hope to have seed potatoes for sale from Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes, Bowden, AB

some inspiration for the spring...

Saturday, 9 March 2013

Winter sowing workshop success

Thanks to all who came to our winter sowing workshop.

It was a resounding success, and we enjoyed meeting new faces.**

We hope you have great results from your milk jug "greenhouses".


**Please note that the handout with dates for future events should be confirmed against the blog information...we think there was an error for one of the dates... :)

Friday, 8 March 2013

This year in the garden...we want to shed the past

Gardeners...

it's been a long winter of keeping quiet...

but the time has come to tell you...

we get to shed the past.

HUH?

See this?  it's a shed...for....(hint scroll down)


the Mid-Sun Community Garden!

yes!  It's really true!

We have some fabulous friends who sponsored this project...and we'll formally thank them soon...
and we want you to do that too!

Come "meet" the shed...at our birthday celebration May 11

pretty cool eh?

Sunday, 3 March 2013

You're invited to our Garden Birthday! May 11

SAVE THE DATE!


Please come to our Garden Birthday!
Saturday, May 11, 2013     10:00 – 2:00


Come and celebrate with
·       Birthday cake and a garden tea party
·       Kids’ activities
·       plot sign up/registration
·       door prizes
·       and so much more!
Your presence is our present! Stay tuned for more exciting details!

Saturday, 16 February 2013

Winter Sowing workshop

Mid-Sun Community Garden
invites you to a
Winter sowing Workshop
Start growing seeds outside right now in milk jugs.  Experiencing some spring fever? Come join us to learn winter sowing.  Learn how to create a mini green house using milk jugs that will produce hardy seedlings.



Perks?  Inexpensive to purchase a package of seeds, repurposing milk jugs, no hardening off required, risk of disease in seedlings during winter sowing versus growing seeds indoors is much lower and best of all it is fun!
WINTER SOWING WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 9th 10am – 12 pm
Mid-Sun Community Centre – meeting room
Free

Continue to support your local community garden.  
Always available for sale during our exciting garden events:

·         Local photography winners entries made into a set of 6 notecards for $7.00
·         Tea cup bird feeders $15.00
·         Crocheted rosette pins $4.00/$2.00