But, in the meantime, I've started the Urban Agriculture/Horticulture Certificate through the University of Guelph. My freak-out was (as is usually the case) completely unnecessary. I'm enjoying doing the readings, and learning quite a lot in the process.
I've volunteered to be in charge of my co-op's community garden, and I'm looking forward to running some seminars this fall and winter. Some of the ideas I've come up with were 'what to do with your garden in the fall- what you can plant and how to prepare it for the spring', plus some general information ones like 'composting basics' and 'beneficial insects'. I was also thinking about doing a craft for building an Insect Hotel. It would need to be this fall before the snow hits the ground. We could do a nature walk to collect items. (I'm talking myself into this, now, and it's getting more and more exciting).
One other thing to pass along- this nifty list of 23 Smartphone Apps which will help you figure out everything from when to water your garden, to inventorying your food by best before dates, and finding what's in season in your area.
Hey folks... we made it into Fall. Time to start thinking about wool socks and cocooning with garden catalogs again.
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