Day One - The Compost

Today was our first family outing to the community garden. The boys were stoked to get out, jump around in the dirt, dig some holes and plant their flowers. While Angela entertained the kids I sat in on a composting workshop put on by the organizers of the community garden. There was some discussion over the type of paper we would be using in the compost and like good little Canadians we all debated in a polite fashion. I could see we had some true environmentalists amongst us as the man to my left was curious to know if the ink and chemicals from office paper would be counter to the organic initiative of the garden. He then wondered what would be worst - the chemicals from the paper breaking down into the compost versus the amount of energy it would take to actually recycle it. One thing is for sure, it's good to see people being concerned about our planet again and thinking about the impact that their actions have - it's about time. Good on you mate!

As for me, I'll be happy if no one swipes the thing.

Garden Lot 4

Here's a shot of our garden lot at the community gardens in our hood. It doesn't get any more urban than this. Located beside the Granville Street bridge, the site was the former home of lunch spot and sometimes drinking hole, Carlos and Buds. I think I've gotten drunk on this very spot which is to be the future home of our veggie and flower garden. Hopefully, we won't be cursed by the number 4 (four in Cantonese sounds the same as 'death' - so for us suspicious (and sometimes paranoid) Chinese minded, it's not a good thing). I think we need to get a Feng Shui master over here to get our Qi aligned. Damn Qi!