We have a "volunteer" role. These people don't pay dues but sign a liability
form and are allowed to help out (such as weed) under the direction of a paying
member. In some cases volunteers are allowed to harvest, particularly when our
members have taken all they want of a specific crop.
Sent
I don't know what side you are on in this friendly debate but I personally
would nix the market as just far too much labor for volunteer staff.
Jama Crawford
Durango Co
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 10:22 AM, Connie Bergstrand wrote:
>
> Would like any info and/or input fro
unless your entry is open to the public in which case the anonymous victim
makes thievery even easier for a passers-by.
Best wishes and my heartfelt compassion for having to deal with this.
Jama Crawford
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 27, 2015, at 1:05 PM, Diana Johnson wrote:
>
> G
ts grow.
4. Assume that all conflicts can be successfully resolved, and in doing so
will make the garden better and stronger.
I hope this is another point of view you may find helpful as you move
forward.
Jama Crawford
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "Claudia Pine&qu
isitors. But human
and rodent conflicts have been around since the beginning of time, and the
quiet removal of a pest by whatever means will be greatly appreciated by all
of your garden members.
Jama Crawford
Durango Colorado
___
The American Comm
natural state, and
may not grasp the community aspects of the garden regarding harvesting equal
shares.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Garden, Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "Lisa (Poser) Valdivia"
To:
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 1:04 PM
Subject: [Community_gard
Greenhouses our size have often produced $20,000 in winter income and
$15,000 or more in summer.
HOpe this helps
jama crawford
Durango
- Original Message -
From: "Gary Dent"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 7:58 PM
Subject: [Community_garden] Does a greenhouse overwhelm
If you plan to heat the tunnel the double layer plastic is advised as it will
reduce heating expenses. A tunnel heated just above freezing can grow a much
wider variety in winter than without.
But if you dont plan to heat then the second layer is not very beneficial. The
two layers reduce ligh
Hi John.
Our winter garden is a 30x72 single plastic layer unheated no lights high
tunnel. It does not involve a foundation - you plant directly into the soil.
You can purchase kits from many suppliers. The kit price often omits
significant materials but for a total investment of $10K your str
armer and the horse owner about the
downstream effect of herbicides when manure is disposed of.
Hope this helps. We've been thru the contamination problem and had to
scrape out and remove 8" of rich top soil. The problem will persist
for 6 or more years without soil removal.
Jam
We love Survey Monkey as a way to come up with a group decision.
We send out a survey every fall to find out what worked well, what didn't,
and what people want changed in the coming season. We've also used it when
deciding to make a major purchase (such as a $10K high tunnel). The tool has
be
heir careers.
Best wishes!
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Garden
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "Lauren Whitaker"
To:
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 10:23 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] looking for info on organic vs IPM in
communitygardens
Our communit
This has been an interesting thread, and I'm sympathetic to those who
believe that not all theft is motivated by need. We don't have much of a
theft problem because our garden is on rural private property. It has
happened - but it is a rare occurence. But we do have a practice to harvest
some e
Colorado State University reported a few benefits of gardening that would
apply to community gardens. In terms of life satisfaction, "accessibility to
nature" was scored second only to a "good marriage." The most frequent
benefit reported by gardeners was "stress reduction."
__ Infor
appropriate in a small garden either. Finally, there are dog clubs that
specialize in urban rodent defense. None of these sound better than a live
trap to me.
Hope this helps. Best wishes for your wildlife management.
Jama Crawford
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "Lynn G
ou offer to return
their annual dues. Don't just automatically send it. Give them a chance to
say "Yes, return my dues." This way they feel they got something out of the
departure negotiations too.
Good luck!
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Garden
Durango CO
- Original Message --
ow to stay healthy and fit in
the garden. We do see people get strains especially in the spring when their
bodies aren't used to the physical labor.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Garden
- Original Message -
From: Fred Conrad
To: Jama Crawford
Cc: ACGA Li
e to support, for example, electrical or water service to the site.
I hope your prospect won't be scared off by the shadowy fears of litigation.
Best wishes, John!
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Garden
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "John Sigurjonsson&qu
is a community
garden, but it would not meet some of the suggested criteria.
Sustainable urban food production does need to test a lot of models so I
admire your tolerance of different approaches.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Garden
- Original Message -
From: "Mar
Thank you everyone. These are exciting models of outreach.
On the one hand, I hate to add work to our operation by supporting other
efforts.
On the other hand, this year we bought a lot of seed in bulk and sold some
of the surplus at cost to backyard gardens. It amazed us all when someone
wa
ion within our garden
fenceline!
Jama Crawford
Durango CO
___
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, pl
onfirm the identified plots
were actually in food production.
This thread also addressed a problem that many community gardens don't raise
food at all.
If someone could point me back to that research I would be grateful. The
subject has come up on another list.
Jama Craw
.
Best wishes
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Garden
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "John Hintz"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 10:08 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] good Garden Construction Book wanted
Hello,
We are looking to build a working garden a
you should legally
do, even though you may hear helpful stories about what others did. This is
a case where you must do your own homework, tailored to your own region,
customers, and business plan.
Jama Crawford
- Original Message -
From:
To: ;
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 5:16
oy the benefits in the other 3 seasons, when we start plants in
the spring and can hold them deeper into the fall, and then raise winter
greens.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Garden
Durango CO
___
The American Community Gardening Associati
be eaten. A flooded crop is too contaminated for consumption.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "John Hintz"
To:
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 11:25 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] flooded community garden soil test
Greetings,
I live in
Scotts is owned by Monsanto and is the commercial vendor of Roundup.
Monsanto also owns a lot of old-favorite seed varieties from a 2005
acquisition of a major U.S. backyard gardener's seed company. For a list of
seed varieities now owned by Monsanto please go to
http://us.seminis.com/products
Well if you consumed the equivalent as the poor Snail (and some do try) then
some is harm done. Must say one of the nice things about our community garden
is we do sometimes imbibe. We might work slower but we stay longer.
-Original Message-
From: Guy Serbin
Sender: community_garden-boun
ginal Message -
From: Robyn Harvey
To: Diann Dirks
Cc: Kim Delaneyoganic farmer ; Jama Crawford ;
community_garden@list.communitygarden.org
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] high altitude seed varieties
Hi Diann and Jama,
I heard a talk b
will receive a list of seeds other gardens
with similar circumstance found favorable. The list also contains as
assemblage of seed vendor recommendations for high altitude gardens.
If interested, please respond off list. You must have Excel to participate.
Thanks,
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Comm
This is very low tech, but it is our best and most durable label yet. Paint
one end of a 4-foot wooden stake white. When it dries, use a wide point
black permanent marker to print the information you need. This stake stands
up above the foliage all season long and is visible from a good distance
r rapid
communication, a quick deposit sheet, and an accumulation of valuable data
we use to communicate our project to others each year.
Best wishes for a successful data management effort!
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Garden
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "
Again, thank you.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Garden
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "Diann Dirks"
To: "Richard Menn" ; "Jama Crawford"
Cc:
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] cost of hoop house
Mor
frugal group of gardeners has come up with a good hoop house for less. The
house must shed snow, of course, so I'm especially interested in the
experiences of gardeners from northern latitudes who must also deal with a lot
of winter snow.
Thanks for your input!!
Jama Crawford
Shared H
to offer a more hopeful picture of bee life, and the
potential role of community gardens to support it.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Garden
Durango Colorado
- Original Message -
From:
To:
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:45 PM
Subject: [Community_garden] Bees Dying
The number of people it takes to raise a garden depends on various factors
such as these:
1. the garden area
2. the technology and infrastructure available
3. the diversity of crops raised
4. the diligence and experience of the gardeners
5. the soil condition
6. the gardeners' years of experienc
t get
an attachment, please contact me off the list serv and I will send it to you
privately.
I entered our own garden's local values in the yellow boxes as an example.
You should replace those values with your own.
Extreme heat and drying winds would naturally affect the results.
Jam
the U.S. rather
than to abroad, but perhaps they would agree this is a global issue and
engage good minds in distant places.
Best wishes and here's hope new generations will solve more problems than
create problems.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest
Duran
this helps.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Communtiy Garden
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "Mary Reilly-Kliss"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:58 PM
Subject: [Community_garden] Distance Gardens
All-
Am working with someone who has an idea to start a community
he garden is cohesive and productive and reliable, then people step up
to keep it running. No one wants it to fail. My 2-cents!!!
Good luck
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "Gina Faber"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 4:01 AM
Sub
ising and
sharing such a fine crop. That's why it takes years to get to this point of
intrinsic motivation - teams have to experience that harvest/praise reward a
few times before they are really hooked.
- Original Message -
From: "Kasey Henneman"
To: "Jama Craw
a computer newer than XP, then you might enjoy watching and
hearing how we organize our communal garden. It is a 10 minute flick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuJvp1y_WJY
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest, Durango CO
___
The American Community Garden
just one person, but the
entire community's interests. And our members are curious about each other
and like to know what other people do.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest, Durango CO
-
- Original Message -
From: "Karen Hunsberger"
To: ;
Sent: Tuesday,
s discussion of soil condition. If we
amend the soil, we need to do it before planting. I did read an overly
nitrogen rich soil is part of the problem, but I hope a nitrogen starved
soil is not the aphid solution.
I welcome your expert opinions.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Communit
ing, which is a pretty big commitment from the
garden.
http://www.wwoof.org
This is a fun site to poke around on ... and this video is very informative
about what makes for a good internship.
http://www.youtube.com/paulwheaton12#p/u/2/_a8b9ekHSaA
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Gard
y we feel very
committed to the longevity of our garden. No lease. No liability release
forms. No corporation. No profit. No tax forms. Just good friends getting
together to grow food for families and favorite charities.
Tell your friend he can get in touch with us!
Jama Crawford
Shared
combining them,
etc. and sending them to University of Massachussetts for analysis. They
are very thorough and reasonable cost.
:-D
Jess
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Jama Crawford wrote:
Jessica and others
There is a fascinating field of research called phytoremediation. While
it
isn't somet
lysis lab. Each toxin you test has its own charge, so
you should inquire about the prices first. Also I was able to borrow a
geiger counter from the county health department since we suspected uranium
(and were correct). I found the state and county health departments to be
great allies in the c
Hi Taylar
I tried to undertake something similar - trying to find out whether our
communally-operated community garden was "large" for its type. I soon found
that figure is very hard to get, since it depends a lot on how you measure.
You can count the number of people served.
You can count th
two other neighborhood gardens in
this community.
We charge $70 a year, but use the income to collectively purchase seed,
bedding plants, materials, tools, and supplies. The garden doesn't generate
a profit. It may help your members make a commitment if they have to pay
something.
Jama Crawford
http://www.hps.org/hpspublications/articles/powerlines.html
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvet
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "K. Rashid Nuri"
To: "Diann Dirks" ; "W Ontiveros"
;
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Ter
count mental health as an additional benefit at 3 hours x $100 x
28 weekly mental health sessions = $8,400, then you are thousands of dollars
ahead
-- Jama Crawford ... just messing around again
___
The American Community Gardening Association list
00 in sales per acre, and that,
for now, is our productivity goal.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Garden
Durango, Colorado
- Original Message -
From: "K. Rashid Nuri"
To: "Pattie Baker" ; "Fosselius, Kati"
;
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:02
th a clear
distribution plan, then make deviations when the plan is not adequate to
deal with the excess. If there are a lot of competing ideas, you can even
decide to alternate among them over the years.
Best wishes on building your community!
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Ga
intrinsic reward here is the beautiful organic food. So try to use the
reward of "more food" to train your gardeners.
My two cents! Best wishes for a happy weed-free end of season!
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest
Durango Colorado
- Original Message -
From: "Donna Wende&q
get. People relax in this setting.
Third, a farm garden tends to attract commuters - people who live in
suburban areas or who are driving by the farm to and from work. Most of our
urban resident gardeners live on this side of the town.
That's my input! Best wishes!
Jam
t definitely works on our primary problem: aphids.
Best to all, and thanks.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Garden
Durango CO
- Original Message -
From: "Lisa Duchene"
To: ;
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] garden rules for childr
, assumes the shell is another moth who beat her to that
particular plant, and moves on to a less crowded spot to lay her eggs. For
whatever reason the cabbage moth is not a problem here.
Jama Crawford
Shared Harvest Community Garden
Durango Colorado
On 26-Jul-10, at 7:09 AM, Michele Israel
58 matches
Mail list logo
