Here's a network of gardens actually in Bosnia, started by the American Friends Service Committee, used by Serbs, Bosniaks, and several other groups who are still recovering from the war... (I had the honor of meeting Davor, the 'engine' behind it, at the ACGA general meeting in Boston...)http://www.afsc.org/bosnia/ht/display/ContentDetails/i/17665/pid/14190 > > From: Raja, Samina <[email protected]> > Subject: [Community_garden] question on refugee gardens > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 1:16 PM > > > Dear Friends- > > A non-profit group in Buffalo, NY is planning to start a community > garden for use by the refugee community.? We were wondering if there are > other examples nationally of gardens used by refugees.? We know of two, > one in Utica, NY, and one in Boise, Idaho.? Do you know of other cities > where such community gardens exist? Any information would be greatly > appreciated. > > Best, > > Samina Raja > Buffalo, New York > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communi > tygarden.org/attachments/20090326/3440568d/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and > to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list:? > [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription:? > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.c > ommunitygarden.org > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communi > tygarden.org/attachments/20090326/519beae4/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and > to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: > [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.c > ommunitygarden.org > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:01:51 -0500 > From: James Godsil <[email protected]> > Subject: [Community_garden] 40 Acre Wisconsin Farm Ready For Mondragon > Type Community Builders > To: Community Gardens USA <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello Fellow Community Builders, > > The farm talked about here is on a ridgetop that lays out in 3 parcels of > 40 acres each all adjoining in an east to west direction. The farm land > is about 65 acres tillable with most of the fields having about the same > amount of north facing vs south facing slope. The current building layout > is with the house and barns and other buildings in about the center of the > center parcel. There are about 30 acres of woods along the north border > on steeper sloped ground. The rest is pasture and building land. The > ground has been organic for 12 years and is fertile enough with great > potential to be even more so with more intensive management. Nearby > sawmills and plowdown practices can dramatically increase organic carbon > and mineral levels. Right now the seven horses generate collectable > winter manure/compost to build fertility in substantial garden space every > year. > > This year we are working on riding/driving trails around the fields. > There is a riding/training arena and a round pen for horse work and/or > horse related kids activity. Horses can be great babysitters for older > kids! > > Most of the last 12 years have been dedicated to retiring debt and > restoring infrastructure. In fact, it was paid off once! There is a 400 > amp electrical service to the farm with a pole top disconnect and a plug > in for on farm power generation. No generator yet. The roadways and > buildings have been restored such that drainage is good and even the > heaviest rains have not caused flooding or major washouts. The well is > new a few years ago, and the water is quite good and clean. Most of the > buildings have water and electricity. The top of the ridge has its > advantages for great solar collection, and most of the buildings can be > retrofitted with various solar systems. And there are a number of > additional good south facing building sites. A cabin has been started in > the woods, and there are several other remote locations for additional > cabins to provide secluded living space or retreat space for community > members or cabins for campers that are separated enough from each other > that night raids with water balloons can be carried out without being > caught immediately! > > The plan for community building is to give the land to the community and > hold the land with some sort of entity whose responsibilities are for > stewardship and preservation without burdening it with financing the lives > and businesses of those who live on the land. In this way those who live > there would not have the burden to retire the debt but would forego the > possession of the land and instead have use rights that would be lifetime > but not transfer by blood to the next generation. In this way one can > hope for the establishment of a larger "holding of community land" similar > to the vision of responsibility to the land and belonging to the land as > practised by native and aboriginal peoples all over the planet. One can > hope for and work toward the contributions of others with their lands and > buildings etc. that become a larger community asset that gets paid off and > then NEVER put back into the hands of bankers or back onto "the market" > such that more and more people are able to live without the burden of a > mortgage and without the endless cycle of debt/payoff/sell > debt/payoff....that can only return land held in common back to individual > ownership and all the anxiety, insecurity, and waste that system creates. > This particular farm is a good starting place but really is already > looking for partners and practitioners of this philosophy by way of some > who are here farming and others who are interested, have visited, and are > thinking about it. Several have expressed interest to build infrastructure > for healing center and kids camp and many other visions all of which seem > compatible. I have also been in conversation with Native American People > and others within Christian and Muslim church groups and others inviting > the dialog about religious and spiritual groups working in a collaborative > way to share or even join holdings in the ways presented here so that > people of limited financial means can participate and become true members > of communal life that does not use capital as a distributor of power. > > Send an e-mail to mondra...@milwaukeerenaissance if this interests you > And I will put you in contact with the owner, who wrote letter. > > Godsil > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090327/17040cc0/attachment.html> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:06:28 +0900 > From: Keith Addison <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Community_garden] growing with LED > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <a06240802c5f3368e4...@[192.168.3.5]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > Hello Lisa > > This might be of interest: > > <http://www.Sunshine-Systems.com>www.Sunshine-Systems.com > > You can select each product and read the descripton and tech specs > and the prices. > > If you have any questions, contact Brad Buttrick of Sunshine Systems: > <[email protected]> > > I don't have an interest to declare, Mr Buttrick wrote to me about > his systems, I'm simply passing it on. > > From his email: > >> If you ever need a resource for Led Grow Lighting please let me >>know. We are finding that commercial greenhouse owners looking to >>cut costs are looking towards leds as an intelligent option. 85% >>more efficient than HPS and MH. Typical lifespan over 50,000 hours. >>Extremely safe....no issues with burning plants or exploding bulbs. > > LEDs certainly work, with much lower power consumption than the metal > halides and so on. There doesn't seem to be a downside. > > HTH - all best > > Keith Addison > Journey to Forever > KYOTO Pref., Japan > http://journeytoforever.org/ > > >>I'm sorry if this has been covered before, but I just discovered a >>really nice system for starting plants called the culinary Herbie >>and it used LED (light emitting diode) lights (various colors). It >>was the only one I've seen using soil as opposed to hydroponic so it >>interested me for my students who have a community garden, but I've >>never seen LED grow lights. I can't think why it wouldn't work, but >>wondered if anyone had thoughts? >> >>Lisa Dufresne > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out > how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > > End of Community_garden Digest, Vol 705, Issue 1 > ************************************************ _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! 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