It didn’t take Sheila Klimchuk long to create a stand-out front yard in her community of the Willows.
Moving to Cochrane from Canmore in May, Klimchuk quickly got to work on creating a food-bearing front yard that would render her lawnmower useless and allow her to connect with her rural Manitoban roots.
“Urban life doesn’t have to mean a life of dependency. This is one way to make the world a little more resilient.”
Noting how “you pay so much for your land” Klimchuk said it’s time for people to start realizing the value of the space they have and utilizing it more sustainably.
Her back-to-basics approach is centered on a desire to be self-sufficient. She extends her bounty into the winter months by canning and freezing as much food as she is able to.
