This afternoon I met Dominic and Ethan, two cool cyclers who stopped by the garden...unfortunately they were not able to cull much from the garden...Ethan found a couple of 'green' strawberries...sad - there have been quite a few people by for strawberries and so there are not many left...Ethan and I are pretty sure that Cameron and Spencer have been by and they are big strawberry pickers : D
Ethan did get a bit of mint and gave it to Dominic to 'smell'...cycle aroma therapy I say. So...Ethan lives in Lethbridge - Cameron told him about the Boulevarden and he brought Dominic...Dominic now lives in Red Deer - a city about the same size as Lethbridge. I asked if they had recommendations for planting next spring - any plants that they would like on the go.
Dominic said raspberries would be awesome - he was telling me about his grandma's which started out as a small plant and have multiplied like crazy - so we discussed the downside of raspberry bushes on the Boulevarden...Dominic also though that maybe carrots and onions (to which Ethan said, "onions?!...no way - you wouldn't eat onions as you were going by!" Dominic replied "yes I would...if there was salt!"). We discussed the idea of a condiment bar in the Boulevarden...this discussion evolved into the idea a full kitchen option in order to be able to cook things - as a cheese burger would also be good).
Ethan thought that peas, cukes, peppermint and honeysuckle would be good - he suggested a fence for the honeysuckle to grow up - he told me that 'you can take the flowers and suck the one end and get 'honey'".
...it was cool to meet them...
It was a nice visit...
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wonderful stories about these boys! You reminded me of a nice visit we had while we were camping in BC. We had stopped at a provincial campground overnight, and we walked to the dock to have a swim in the gorgeous lake. Three boys were on the dock fishing... they were so engaged and excited by it, with one rod, one little net, and one comic book between them, they said they like to stay all day. They told us about all the big fish(es) they almost caught... So wonderful to see kids doing natural, exploratory sorts of things that involve no media or directives. I should come by with Basil for you this weekend.
There is something so captivating and enjoyable about that isn't there? Even just when kids walk or bike by and say hi with a wave it makes me happy.
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