Hey all! This is great that Mark has created a list. Every day when I walk my dogs I am absolutely amazed at the number of people in our neighborhood who garden! There are NINE gardens on my street that I can think of right now! There are probably more that I'm not thinking of. There are different sizes, some are in back yards, some in the front, they're at different stages of growth - I love it! I love it so much, that I think I should share the love! I had this idea a while back, but especially since the tornado I think it'd be cool to have a garden tour for our neighborhood so we can bond around gardening. There are all types who garden and that is one thing that a lot of us have in common (another thing is that we all eat!). It could be cool to get out and meet more of each other and share our stories of gardening and how we do it. We could have the tour at the end of the summer (maybe right before school starts?) when the gardens are in full growth. It could be one day or a weekend, we could have it just for our neighborhood or invite outsiders, we could see if there's a way to involve Longview School since they have a garden, there are many things we could do with it. Is anyone else interested in this idea? We'd have to do a survey to see how many gardeners would be willing to participate, but I have a feeling there'll be a lot. If anyone is interested in making something like this happen, please email me (gdeason(a)gmail.com) and let's start planning! It doesn't have to be highly involved - or it can be! I just think it'd be fun and would like help doing it. Thanks! Ginger Deason 2319 Stevens -- Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money. ~ 19th century Cree saying Hasta que el último árbol sea cortado, hasta que el último río sea contaminado, hasta que el último pescado sea atrapado; solo entonces nos daremos cuenta que el dinero no se puede comer. ~ profecia Indios Cree _______________________________________________ Gardening mailing list Gardening(a)eastraleigh.org http://www.eastraleigh.org/mailman/listinfo/gardening