By DCist Contributor Vanessa Schipani

So it’s February and the snowpocalyses of weeks past are still staring us in the face. It is not spring yet, as much as we’d like it to be. But that doesn’t mean we can’t plan for it and start thinking about those delicious vegetables we’d like to grow right in our own backyards — those of us who have backyards, anyway. The Rooting DC 2010 Gardening Forum held yesterday near Mt. Vernon Square had a springtime solution even for apartment dwellers: sharing and community.

DC’s Field to Fork Network, the America the Beautiful Fund, dozens of local community organizations, and members of DC’s urban gardening community all got together this weekend to teach this city how to eat healthy and grow its own food. I’ve never heard the word “community” repeated so many times in five hours and by so many people. If you don’t have the space for a garden, Sharing Backyards can connect you with people that live close and have backyards to share.