I've been gardening for over 40 years. 20 years ago I took Landscape Design and really understood what planning a garden is all about. It is creating for the future.
In 2017 I started sharing my garden on YouTube. Well to six people actually. But that grew and suddenly, there were over 10,000 views and even up to 100,000 views on some.
In April 2020, we created four raised beds here in the city (Toronto), and started growing food. Sharing our abundance during the pandemic built community.
Then in 2021, we began a food forest on a rural property. We have fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, 12 raised beds and countless other inground growing areas. This garden is a gift of the pandemic as it is a garden I share with my son and his wife. We put of energies here and grew together. Failures - a lot. Growth and community - top level. We share the food with the community there and back in the city.
Through this, we had to learn how to preserve food, store food, use the food and decide what we actually liked to grow and eat. Less zucchini, more tomatoes.
I have been recording the journey, but have been overwhelmed by the work of garden. But now we are ready to start sharing the story.
Come along and grow with us.