The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society is still without meetings, but looking ahead with hope to when we can gather again!聽 Visit us at to find out what鈥檚 new!聽 We know that everyone is so looking forward to spring, and seeing fellow gardeners!聽 Let鈥檚 hope it won鈥檛 be too long till that is a possibility!
Going ahead to gardening season: the Community Peace Garden (located at the Yorkton Alliance Church) will have one or two available garden plots available for the coming gardening season.聽 If you鈥檙e looking for some gardening space, please call Warren at 306-782-3249 for full details.聽
I鈥檝e read a lot of articles about gardening in COVID times, and I鈥檓 sure you have, too.聽 Most amazing is the dramatic surge of a new interest (or renewed interest) in gardening.聽 Part of it came from the initial fear of what would happen next with food supply.聽 But even beyond that, there were a number of factors:聽 a chance to be outdoors; to connect with nature; to be doing something that is both creative and meaningful; to connect 鈥渉ands-on鈥� in a time where so many things are just on a screen; and to be rejuvenated by watching things grow.聽
聽Sales of seeds soared.聽 I read about one seed company that sold more seeds last March than at any time since the company began in 1876.聽 Amazing!聽 Gardeners were excited to get their seeds, ecstatic at the possibilities of 小蓝视频 outdoors and connecting with the earth.
Admittedly, for gardeners, last year had some issues.聽 Many fellow gardeners said that seeds were slow arriving because seed companies had fewer staff on duty.聽 We had little rain and a lot of drying wind.聽 And yet, and yet, wasn鈥檛 it a glorious year?聽 On the upside, local nurseries had wonderful plants available to us.聽 Who could resist those amazing purchases?聽 And why not?聽 With so many uncertain things facing us, our gardens were one thing that we could count on; they were one thing that we knew would not be affected by covid.聽 We would plant our seeds, weed our gardens, and wait for the plants to grow and bloom and produce what they were meant to produce.聽 And they did so, just like always.聽 Our gardens gave us joy and relief because they were a beautiful constant in a changing world.
聽This year promises to be no different.聽 Many of us ordered our seeds earlier, just in case.聽 And if you are one of those gardeners who wants to give gardening a try, or grow a little extra this year and you don鈥檛 have a spot, just give Warren a call about the community garden and see if you can be part of this whole wonderful gardening experience.
It鈥檚 great to grow our own produce.聽 There is a great old movie with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase, and in once scene, Goldie is complaining how rabbits are eating the corn in her garden. Her husband rolls his eyes and says 鈥淗oney, we could have gone to Europe for what it cost to grow those six corn plants!鈥澛� A humorous exaggeration, of course, but we know that even if we may spend a bit more sometimes than what we get back, there is something far more important about gardening, and it has no price tag.聽 It鈥檚 priceless.
Thank you to our friends at Yorkton This Week for their wonderful work; let鈥檚 pray for health and hope for all.聽 Have a great week!
