[cg] Re: Making a living at community gardening

the poverty line. Beats working at McDonald's, though. Shade and Sweet Water, Jeneva Storme = Greening West Broadway Coordinator Neighbourhood Solutions for Community Change West Broadway Development Corporation 640 Broadway, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0X3 phone: 774-3534 fax: 779-2203 website: http

[cg] Re: Information Please Thank You

Connie; That's one of the great things about gardening, it's fairly non-competitive. Cooperation leads to better gardening experiences and opportunities, so there's an incentive to share whatever knowledge we have in the hopes that others will share theirs with us. I'm glad to see people

[cg] Spirit Park

so they don't have to cross a busy street. The city has agreed to lease the lots for one dollar. The site will be formally known as Spirit Park. Jeneva Storme, greening coordinator for West Broadway, said the lot on Langside will be developed as a tot lot with playground equipment. The three

[cg] Gardening Enteprise and Rehabilitation

Regarding the recent requests for information about both garden microenterprises by youth and garden rehabilitation by prisoners, I recommend the book A Patch of Eden: America's Inner-City Gardeners by H. Patricia Hynes. It's an excellent description of various community gardening efforts around

[cg] Aw, gee whiz, Pat...

we're going with a recycled plastic timber instead. I can't wait to be able to post before, during and AFTER pictures of this project on our community development website. I'll be sure to post the link here when I do. Thanks for the kudos, Pat. Shade and Sweet Water, Jeneva Storme

[cg] Paradise Parking Playgrounds...

and Sweet Water, Jeneva Storme = Greening West Broadway Coordinator Neighbourhood Solutions for Community Change West Broadway Development Corporation 640 Broadway, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0X3 phone: 774-3534 fax: 779-2203 website: http://www.westbroadway.mb.ca

[cg] Cats in the garden

Greetings; I need advice on how to prevent cats from digging and defecating in my planting beds. Lately they've become very attracted to a particular flowerbed, but they are a problem in general, as we have a very high feral cat population in my area. I don't dare plant anything edible in my

[cg] Bad for potlucks, folks?

Unfortunately, the Health Authority in Spokane has a history of cracking down on public consumption of home-cooked food in any context. I remember when they banned home-prepared food, even sandwiches, from being provided to youth at Crosswalk, a centre to help street kids. The reason given was

[cg] Re: Storing Rainbarrels

Thanks, Lenny and Daniel. I think I've decided to try storing them inside to protect them from both the elements and the local vandals, as well as wayward snow removal vehicles, etc. I'm hoping to find enough basement space and permission from the apartment block across the street, where most of

[cg] Storing Rainbarrels

Greetings; Thanks to everyone who provided input regarding storing and overwintering homeless perennials. I have another question for all of you experienced community gardeners out there, particularly those in areas with cold, icy winters. What do you do with your rain barrels in the winter?

[cg] Re: storing perennials

Thanks, Lisa, for your input. I'm seriously doubting at this point that the space will be ready to replant anything before winter sets in. Can any of the things you mentioned be stored indoors over the winter, either living in a pot or as dormant yet viable roots? Shade and Sweet Water, Jeneva

[cg] Re: How dangerous is tobacco?

tobacco in the worm bins, though they don't go into any more detail than that: http://www.can-o-worms-alaska.net/vermcompfacts.html http://www.state.me.us/spo/wmr/pdf/wormfctsht.PDF http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infowast/vermi.html Hope that helps. Shade and Sweet Water, Jeneva Storme

[cg] Smoking

and ashes. So, it's not only the health of the gardeners that is at stake here, but the health of the garden itself. Just a thought, good luck with your campaign. Shade and Sweet Water, Jeneva Storme = Greening West Broadway Coordinator Neighbourhood Solutions for Community Change West Broadway

[cg] Re: Fruit Tree Questions

Greetings; Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Regarding espaliering (is that a word?), one of the purposes for placing the trees where they are intended is to provide an attractive screen between the garden and the house next door. The fence on that side will probably be a 4-foot chain

[cg] Fruit Tree Questions

Greetings; The design for the inner city community garden and park that I am working on includes a small (VERY small) fruit orchard. We're trying to figure out how to get a good amount of fruit out of a small space -- six trees in the design at the moment. I would personally like to use native

RE: [cg] Fruit Tree Questions

Adam; Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, our garden is way too tiny and surrounded by houses, children and vandals to harbour a beehive, though that would be great in a larger, more secure garden. Come to think of it, we had an apple out at my mother's farm that produced fruit, with no other

[cg] Re: Transplanting Lilacs

Greetings all; Thanks for all the great advice about transplanting lilacs, it's good to have the benefit of others' experience, seeing as I've never done this myself. I'm copying all of the information I get for future reference, so if anyone else has details to add that might be helpful, they

[cg] Transplanting Lilacs

heavy machinery to get them out. There are a number of younger shoots, though, which might be successfully transplanted if we know what we're doing. Any suggestions along these lines would be most helpful. Thanks, Jeneva Storme = Greening West Broadway Coordinator Neighbourhood Solutions