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    Start Using Halifax Landshare

1) Click on the map image above to gain access to the full Landshare map

2) Look for people in your neighbourhood who are either

 

  •   Sharing land (indicated by a tree icon) or

 

  •   Looking for land (indicated by a binocular icon).  

 

3) If there's someone you'd like to partner with, send them a message by clicking on their icon and typing in the box that pops up.

4) If you'd like to post a new listing, use the button in the upper right hand corner of the map.

 

       What Is Halifax Landshare?

Halifax Landshare is an online mapping system that connects growers in search of land to those with land to share. This project is a collaboration between the Ecology Action Centre and Lifecycles.  Halifax Landshare runs on Sharing Backyards mapping technology.

 

                         News     

                   

        Summertime, and the garden is busy!

'Tis the season for veggies, berries and fruit! Summer fruiting plants are all getting ready to do so, so spend alot of your time keeping them weed-free, supported, and fertilized!

Pour on liquid fertilizers and make sure the 'extra' and shrivelling branches and stems and leaves are removed from plants to allow their energy to be focused on fruiting.  

Continue to build up your compost heaps and/or make liquid manure brews from grass clippings or other plant matter as well as kitchen compost.

Weather watch:  the blocks of hot weather this year have encouraged many plants to be ready early! Our garlic is ready, and raspberries in gardens and wild areas around HRM seem to have had a head start.

Have you noticed anything else that is a couple of weeks ahead of time in bloom or fruit? Share your observations and insight and let us know!

                 

Halifax Landshare will now be working co-operatively with the Urban Garden Project.   We will soon be mounting a map of HRM on the outside wall of the Ecology Action Centre. This map will indicate the locations of shared backyards and urban gardens! If you would like your listing to be included on the map, contact  landshare@ecologyaction.ca

If you would like to see the Landshare backyard garden in south-end Halifax, or have any other questions or queries contact Jackie at landshare@ecologyaction.ca

 

 

More Information

 

Food Action Committee

Phone: (902) 442–1077
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We meet at the EAC on the third Monday of every month at 5:30. We need new members committed to a vision of sustainability. And there is lots to do: research, education, organizing, lobbying. Get involved today!