Buying The Farm

Yesterday I let slip that I’m planning my first actual garden. It occurred to me that I hadn’t explained how this came about!

In a fit of new year’s resolve, I spent the first week of January visiting dozens of gardening websites, one of which linked to Sharing Backyards – a North American take on the much bigger, much more entrenched Landshare program, which – though huge in Britain – hasn’t yet taken root in Canada. (I’m exhausting my gardening metaphors, here.)

Sharing Backyards offered more locations in Toronto than I expected, but was pretty woeful in the suburbs, where I live. Lo and behold, though, there was one listing not 10 minutes’ walk down the street from me, and the homeowner and I hit it off immediately. The backyard isn’t huge, but as first-time gardeners and first-time backyard lenders, we agreed it’d be more than enough for experimenting, and we’re both excited for Spring.

http://sharingbackyards.com/