Some websites are thick with videos, showing how how to plant a tomato or build a bean tepee. Other websites offer articles on rose pruning, tips about composting, charts detailing what to plantand when — along the Front Range.
Not many websites, though, invite people to detach themselves from the computer screen and learn about gardening with real people.
Transition Colorado () is all about community.
Want to attend a lecture about permaculture? The website will alert you. Interested in meeting like-minded gardeners in your area for a potluck? Join the site (it’s free), and soon you’ll probably find yourself in someone’s backyard, munching on rhubarb pie and trading tips about garlic cultivation with other garlic enthusiasts.
The idea behind it: Help people learn how to become less reliant upon buying stuff, and more savvy about growing things, making things and figuring out how to do things. One goal is self-sufficiency, but another is community. They might seem mutually exclusive, but the Transition Colorado people think they are yoked at the hip. Douglas Brown, The Denver Post
