Why are we growing trees? Ottawa needs more genetically diverse, locally-sourced trees that will feed people and mend our planet. Successful trees will be shared, you keep 1/3 and the remainder goes back …to HHO for community plantings.

Hidden Harvest will provide free seed stock and pot if needed, but otherwise it will be a community-supported project: an online community of sapling sprouters will share knowledge and questions.”

http://ottawa.hiddenharvest.ca/

http://ottawa.hiddenharvest.ca/featured/seeking-tree-lovers-to-raise-saplings/

I have applied and been approved as a seedling starter, I will be getting cherry, plum, nut trees, I am super excited to get to be active in this program, I look at it as a blessing in terms of learning and working skills, Sharing in the bounty as I am allowed to keep up to 1/3rd of the seedlings, (the nut tree’s will all be given back), but I am interested in the   cherries and Canadian plums.

There is a facebook group and we will share knowledge and skills, we can also swap tree’s, among our 1/3rds, so if I am successful on the nut tree’s and someone wants them, we can barter between the seedling growers.

So far there are around 15 of us that have signed up and we will working to grow 350 new fruit or nut bearing tree’s, but if you are local to Ottawa and interested in this program, do send them a note, we are only half way there at the moment.

Come on out and support a great cause, and work to create future food for generation to come in our local food shed..