Bedding Plant Sale Day

BEDDING PLANT SALE SATURDAY MAY 22 IN ROSEISLE

Hello, good people of the Roseisle area and beyond-

Once upon a long time ago, when our world was young, preparations for the May Long Weekend involved packing up some mobile Baccanalian supplies, stuffing the Gremlin with friends, tents and the worst of intentions, and heading for "the Lake". Nowaways, we are of coarse so much wiser, sharping our shovels, tweaking our trowels, and brewing up a garbage can full of compost tea, preparing to welcome fresh new green things to our gardens.

SATURDAY, MAY 22 from 10:30 to 4:30 pm, look for us and our bedding plants outside the Roseisle Community Grocery Coop, where you would have found David Neufeld in years past. As you may have heard, Dave and Maggie of Room to Grow have decided to stay closer to their home near Boissevaine and the Westman Region. It is a decision Dave came to some time back, and when he met the members of our JUST Community Market Coop at the Small Farms Challenge in 2006, and found out that we had begun to turn our dreams of food security into action with a greenhouse in Starbuck producing heritage vegetables and herbs from local and organic seeds, he looked us up and offered to help mentor us in wonderful world of bedding plants.

Although we are new to bedding plants, for the past three years we have been selling our produce in Winnipeg at various places, including the Exchange District Market, the Osborne Village Market, organic grocers and various Winnipeg restaurants, bars, and cultural centres. Our goal is to offer good quality plants, grown with certified organic inputs from local, organic, heritage, and saved seeds. We are known for our tomatoes, peppers and herbs. To augment our selection, we are working with Prairie Flora, who specialize in native prairie flowers and grasses.

So if you are looking for sturdy and healthful plants that are grown chemical-free that won't add any bad stuff to your precious soil, please make a note on your calendar to drop by the Roseisle Coop on

Saturday May 22.

Most of the varieties in the catalogue will be available with the exception of Tomatillos and Grandpa Siberian Home Peppers. We have limited quantities of a few varieties of tomatoes, annual herbs and annual flowers. However, we'll have a good selection on May 22nd including 6-packs which we are only offering at our day sales. We're also supplementing our catalogue with native wildflowers and grasses from Prairie Flora in Teulon.

See you Saturday at the Roseisle store on the Long Weekend!

Liz Clayton, Member

JUST Community Market Coop

A catalog of plants, list of prices can be found at the store this week, and if you have specific questions please email the greenhouse: paulette@justcommunitymarket.com

Happy gardening!