Emplacement

Greenstorm, at one point you had a revelation about the interrelationship between "plant permaculture" (how to grow plants in a labour-space-etc efficient manner) and "cultural permaculture" where the behaviour of the people consuming the plants was important. You should not then be surprised when, in your personal life, your own culture and emplacement is as important to you as growing plants is. We are more than what we do, pay attention to that truism.

There are many aspects to the permaculture of your life. Gardening has always been the strongest and easiest to pin down, you have done it everywhere, it's easy to say you 'do' gardening. You also 'do' social relationships, sexual relationships, love relationships, relationships with the land around you and its seasons and soil and weather and changing features. To be a whole person you cannot simply follow one and ignore the rest, however convenient it may be. You need many kinds of stimulation and contact. It's as reductionist to think that you'll be okay "doing" what you want as it is to think that someone is what they do (though of course there are people who try very hard to put themselves into a box that small).

You live in Vancouver. You just do. You're a gardener. You just are. See it. Acknowledge it. Accept it. Now do your thing.

Green Thumbs and Elbow Grease

Self-explanatory, this is me. If you know someone who might be interested, please pass on the info..

Summer is almost here. Is your garden ready? If not, let me give you a hand.

You need someone to prune your hedges, turn your vegetable bed before it's too late for tomatoes, do some skilled and knowledgeable weeding without pulling out your new seedlings, get those dandelions out of the lawn, put in some new plantings, top up the mulch, deadhead that clematis, set up that trellis, move some piles from here to there, or do general tidying up.

I've been gardening since I was five as both a hobbyist and a professional. I'm looking to get outdoors and make a little bit of money on the side before the end of June. I'm friendly, hardworking, and unintimidating. My rates are reasonable.

Contact me at gardener@greenstorm.ca if you're interested, or call Erin at 604-767-7534