Saturday, August 2, 2008

..and now I'm back,


..to let you know, I can really shake 'em down?

DO YOU LOVE ME,
DO YOU LOVE ME
NOW... THAT I... CAN DANCE??

Sorry I couldn't resist.

School is done, I have a (2nd!) diploma on my wall, and I've taken all my license exams and now I wait for an answer...

But so much has happened since I've been away, as the "green" movement has literally taken root in Toronto and it' now all the rage to grown your own, eat organic, have a farmers market. It's pretty exciting. I don't even know where to start!!

Here in Toronto a lass has taken up the mantle for gathering unwanted fruits, and I surely envy her in that I always was enamored with the American groups that also do gleaning. But now that Toronto has *enforced* the banned pesticide use bylaw with some pretty hefty fines , the time is shall we say, ripe- ha ha! They need lots of help this time of year, so if you can give her a hand, please do!

17 Farmers markets have sprung up in every neighborhood, so much that there weren't enough farmers to go around ( or can't participate- that's another story)

There's also a lady that has 3 chickens in her yard-illegally! That's right, in Toronto galliformes are classified as farmstock and as such are prohibited. But let me tell you- they're the pet that gives- and you don't have to pick up their poo. She's keeping her real identity under wraps, and I'm intrigued by the challenge to locate her on my own ( but I won't reveal it if I do!)

What's that you say? How's my balcony? Oh it's fine, I have lots to tell you, right after I come back from a very much needed week long vacation on a lake up north.

Talk soon,
TBF

Monday, March 10, 2008

Seedy Saturday- March 15!


Well, I don't know about you fine folk, but as soon as Feb hit I started to gaze longingly at my balcony.

I know, I'm supposed to be aligning priorities, but I just can't help having little fantasies about seedlings.

Snowboarding season is pretty much over, soo, *maybe* I can allow myself this distraction for now..

Well, while I ponder this, why don't you make plans to hook arms with a buddy and swing on over to Scaddington court ( Dundas west and Bathurst-southeast corner) from 10 till 3 this Sat, and wander blissfully around at what I think is the best Spring event in Toronto for seed nerds- Seedy Saturday!

Now, there's pros and cons to going early- early means more food and seed choices, you can attend seminars, later means less people but exhausted exhibitors, but then again you get to sleep in -! You decide..