Kim Keckes from Moondance Organic Gardens held a very successful full season gardening workshop for Transition Barrie at 121 Mary Street. Here is an outline of what the classes entailed. 1) March 28th 6:30 to 8:30: Planning your veggie garden (Site requirements, what to grow, ordering/purchasing seeds, basic garden tips and ideas) 2) April 18th [...]

This month’s topic was “Local Food”   Our presentation concentrated on where to buy local food and the advantages in “Eating Local Food”.  A panel of speakers joined us to enlighten the audience about why buying local is so important.  There was a representative from “The Good Food Box” which is run out of the Barrie Community Health Centre on Sophia [...]

Think you can’t garden because you’re in an apartment? Check out this very cool idea called “Window Farms” It started in New York with some innovative urban gardeners who were looking for a cost effective way to have greens all year long. The primary materials are: re-purposed 1 liter pop bottles, some tubing and a [...]