Comments for Big Creek News http://bigcreek.wordpress.com Community news in and around southwest Regina, Saskatchewan Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:25:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on About Me by John Fagan http://bigcreek.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-983 John Fagan Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:25:19 +0000 http://bigcreek.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-983 Mark You indicated that you might be getting a plot at the new Saskferco/Grow Regina Community Gardens. You can now book/reserve/rent a garden plot on line. We have decided to join the 21st. century. We have also decided to join the rest of the world and cater to those gardeners who do not want to farm a quarter section lot which is close to the norm for all Regina Gardens. We are offering plots from 100 to 600 sq. feet. This is a boon to the "senior" gardener who dosn't want or need all the space. If you want to add us to your links page, we would be happy. Thanks, John Fagan Flow gardens grow flowers Vegetable gardens grow vegetables Community gardens grow communities Mark

You indicated that you might be getting a plot at the new Saskferco/Grow Regina Community Gardens. You can now book/reserve/rent a garden plot on line. We have decided to join the 21st. century.

We have also decided to join the rest of the world and cater to those gardeners who do not want to farm a quarter section lot which is close to the norm for all Regina Gardens. We are offering plots from 100 to 600 sq. feet. This is a boon to the “senior” gardener who dosn’t want or need all the space.

If you want to add us to your links page, we would be happy.

Thanks, John Fagan

Flow gardens grow flowers
Vegetable gardens grow vegetables
Community gardens grow communities

]]> Comment on Community Gardens in Lakeview? by John Fagan http://bigcreek.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/more-community-gardens/#comment-458 John Fagan Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:45:19 +0000 http://bigcreek.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/more-community-gardens/#comment-458 Mark There will be a community garden in Lakeview but as of October 19, 2007, we have passed the one month mark since City Council approved and instructed the city administration to enter into an agreement with Grow Regina for the McLeod Park site. Way back in early September one of the city's legal staff told councilors, all they needed to do was pull an existing lease out of the file cabinet, change the names and date, add the already agreed on other items, and its a done deed. It ain't done yet. For some reason, this entire process has taken months and months, with one delay after another. There were a few concerns raised by some city staff, but these were all straightened out long before the council decision. We wasted months because someone in city hall thought we should build a roadway around the entire garden. Apparently, gardeners are too weak, too feeble to walk a few feet with a handful of vegetables. Until Grow Regina gets the signed lease, we can not go on the land to prepare the site. Right now (Oct 19) we may be a bit late in the season to slow down next year's growth of grasses and weeds. We still have time before freese up to get the tillage equipment in to at least break the soil and have it ready for a spring rototill. With a bit of help from the volunteers we should have some individual garden plots ready to go for the 2008 garden season. Flow gardens grow flowers, Vegetable gardens grow vegetables, Community gardens grow communities. Mark

There will be a community garden in Lakeview but as of October 19, 2007, we have passed the one month mark since City Council approved and instructed the city administration to enter into an agreement with Grow Regina for the McLeod Park site. Way back in early September one of the city’s legal staff told councilors, all they needed to do was pull an existing lease out of the file cabinet, change the names and date, add the already agreed on other items, and its a done deed. It ain’t done yet.

For some reason, this entire process has taken months and months, with one delay after another. There were a few concerns raised by some city staff, but these were all straightened out long before the council decision. We wasted months because someone in city hall thought we
should build a roadway around the entire garden. Apparently, gardeners are too weak, too feeble to walk a few feet with a handful of vegetables.

Until Grow Regina gets the signed lease, we can not go on the land to prepare the site. Right now (Oct 19) we may be a bit late in the season to slow down next year’s growth of grasses and weeds. We still have time before freese up to get the tillage equipment in to at least break the soil and have it ready for a spring rototill.

With a bit of help from the volunteers we should have some individual garden plots ready to go for the 2008 garden season.

Flow gardens grow flowers,
Vegetable gardens grow vegetables,
Community gardens grow communities.

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