Hey Gardeners!

By Brad Pass

It”'s NOT too early to start thinking about Garden fresh tomatoes, herbs and squash. It only seems so if you look outside. So – crank up your imagination and conjure mental pictures of spading warm loam, planting and tending the food and flowers for 2013.

Gardening News:

• The East Phillips Community 17^th Ave. Garden (2428 17^th Ave. S.) usually has a few openings for garden plots every spring. If you are an East Phillips resident and are interested, Contact Brad Pass at bpass@usinternet.com to get on the Wait List. For immediate attention, add “GARDEN” in caps to the subject line.
• The Community Garden Spring Resource Fair is just around the corner! Join Gardening Matters and gardeners from across the Twin Cities Saturday March 9, 2013 from 12-5pm at Metro State University in St. Paul. A special keynote presentation by LaDonna Redmond of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy on “Reconstructing Our Relationship with Land” will kick off the day, with a local panel to follow. Be a part of the Good Food Movement conversation and get connected to the resources that will make this year”'s growing season a success at the 9th Annual Community Garden Spring Resource Fair!

Visit Lake Street USA Coupon Book: BuyOneGetOne

By Carstens Smith

Chocolate is a wonderful Valentine”'s gift, but the Lake Street Council is giving visitors to the street a host of other great options. The Visit Lake Street USA Coupon Book contains more than 80 coupons for dining, shopping, and entertainment along the six-mile-corridor.

Most of these coupons are “Buy One, Get One Free” (BOGO) You can catch up with a friend over coffee (your treat) at Blue Moon or Peace Coffee or, on a more romantic note, have a glass of house wine at Gandhi Mahal and your date need not know that his or her glass was free. The Nuevo Rodeo Restaurante lets you bring a date for free to their dance club but if it”'s tranquility you are seeking, Moksha Yoga will give you a pass for five free classes when you purchase a five-class pass. Of course, you do have the option of keeping the pass for yourself, too. But think of the good karma you can accrue by sharing it.

A chance to learn something new is always a gift. Learn to make stained glass with the one you love at Glass Endeavors. Or make kransekake (crown cake) together at Ingebretsen”'s with their coupon for “Purchase a Class, Bring a Friend for Free!”… Read the rest “Visit Lake Street USA Coupon Book: BuyOneGetOne”