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As January is often a time to reflect on new beginnings and setting goals for the new year, this month we'll be getting our journals out and planning for the next growing season. Everyone should come with a topic they are excited to explore in 2026, and other gardeners can share their wisdom and experience.
Looking for some inspiration? Try these titles:
Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America by Peter Wohlleben
Journeys To the Nearby: A Gardener Discovers the Gentle Art of Untravelling by Elspeth Bradbury
The Insect Crisis: The Fall Of the Tiny Empires That Run the World by Oliver Milman
Rebugging the Planet: The Remarkable Things that Insects (and Other Invertebrates) Do - And Why We Need to Love Them More by Vicki Hird
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle : A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
An Immense World : How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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I agree that citizen input is important for many issues decided by council. The question is how to gather this input. I wonder if individual councilpersons could at times schedule their own town hall sessions. Is there anything prohibiting this? 2 or more councilpersons could even team up to accomplish this. I
Plan? Plan? We don't need no stinken plan. Kiss your tax dollars good by...
Citizens have the opportunity to provide input by attending Council meetings, emailing, calling, etc. I'm not sure why special additional meetings would be needed when there are already many avenues to do so.