Yes, all very true. But that's also assuming that one has access to the proper
soil mixes and materials to make hoop houses. I am normally very quick to warn
others away from using tires, but I think that the warnings have already been
given - and with extreme clarity, I might add. When we a
There are times when you need to choose your battles. Are you in a low-income
area where little funding is available for garden improvements? Do you have
limited space, which might necessitate growing upward, not outward? Are you in
an area where you need to gather as much solar heat as poss
Danny,
I wish I could say the following to you in private, but you have removed that
option and I will respect your wishes. Really, though, this is not the kind of
message I would normally send to hundreds of strangers.
Please try to project the peace, love and happiness that your signature st
o sit down and listen.”
- Winston Churchill
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--- On Fri, 12/26/08, Mike McGrath wrote:
From: Mike McGrath
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Rendering Suet
To: "DAN-TAMMY BOWDEN" ,
community_garden@list.communitygarden.org
Date: Friday, De
Dorene,
I think I would experiment with mixing the bird fats, four-legged fats, flour,
and birdseed. The two types of fat should mix well when hot, then when mixed
into flour & seeds it would make a cake that should hold together well. And
flour is relatively inexpensive, although I don't kno
As was mentioned, you can define community as any group of people who share
something in common, even if that "thing in common" is simply the building in
which they reside.
I think rooftop gardens have more to offer than veggies, herbs, and green
space. They can also be models for others to
The barriers mentioned in this discussion so far include: possible cultivation
of invasives to meet new market demands (!!!???); competition with food acreage
(with many possible ramifications); and "chemistry" - which translates roughly
to "research & development".
We would not want to have fo
Here in my area (Southern Oregon) there have been efforts to find uses for
invasive plants so that an economy could be developed based on them. As an
example, one such effort was exploring ways to make paper from star thistle.
If communities across the continent could work together in these an
Sending this to the CGA listserv, not to John Doe's email account...
John Doe - If you are getting this message then you need to unsubscribe from
the list. Otherwise each and every email sent out to the listserv will indeed
go to your personal inbox. I doubt that the CGA listserv has any way t
Don,
Great perspective! You are right that there is a middle ground somewhere
between the "saved" and the "unsaved" when it comes to tillage. Thanks for
this well thought out email.
I have been using a rototiller for the last few years because we started with
pure granite soil with zero orga
Having root crops in localized areas won't necessarily harm the soil. The
affects of once-annual digging that occurs with most root crops can be off-set
by keeping the surrounding soil healthy and vibrant so that the disturbed area
is quickly repopulated with beneficial organisms. Likewise it
I have heard - not personal experience - that when you cut down a tree you can
apply vinegar to the top of the stump and wrap it in plastic to kill the roots.
I use vinegar to kill crab grass and other weeds, so it makes sense that it
would have other herbicidal applications as well.
Best of l
I highly encourage the use of shade structures to create a more varied garden
experience.
I'm brand new to the CG experience, but my own personal experience with
gardening involves a site on my land with varied sun exposure due to the
surrounding oak and pine forest. One corner of my garden
I have used California Bay leaves with success on regular house ants, so I
assume that it would also work on carpenter ants. I have used the dried leaves
to create a burning "smudge" to smoke them out, and I have also soaked the
leaves in vegetable oil for several months and then used the oil t
Hello all,
I'm looking for info on any gardens that are owned and operated by private
companies, for their employees' use. We're about to submit a proposal to my
employer that they develop a garden as a sort of "employee perk". It would
also include gardening for charity, either by percentage
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