This past Saturday, I spent the morning hours at the first Havana Community Garden workday. In the course of four hours, we ran 100 yards of "hog" fence along the highway to provide enclosure for the garden property; set posts and fenced the garden plot area to keep out rabbits, painted a white-picket fence, built a compost holder, erected the beautiful sign, and had a laughing good time.I spent...
Whew, what a couple days in Atlanta! And, who knew such incredible Community Gardening and Urban Agriculture work was going on here in Metro Atlanta?! I remain impressed.Here are the gardens, farms, folks, and programs that I visited in the past 48 hours (in chronological order). Links route to the garden/farm website, listing on the American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) website, or...
Wind, ice, chance of snow, and I'm headed north. Brrr.This coming week, I'll be making a run to Atlanta in my little-truck-that-could for a community garden educational trip.* While in Atlanta, I plant to a) visit metro-area community gardens, b) attend a "Train the Trainer" workshop co-hosted by the American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) and the Atlanta Community Food Bank(ACFB), and,...
Revive the Victory GardenIn 1943, Americans planted over 20 million Victory Gardens, and the harvest accounted for nearly a third of all the vegetables consumed in the country that year. Emphasis was placed on making gardening a family or community effort -- not a drudgery, but a pastime...History of Food Gardening at the Whitehouse
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Orange Ave Apts community members, supported by Damayan volunteers, installed a 500sq.ft. raised-bed, community garden in their neighborhood. The beds are framed with recycled concrete and filled with mushroom compost. Damayanbrought in a few benches. Children and volunteers planted blueberry bushes and a tangerine. Already, the garden in creating a new sense of welcome to a forgotten space in...