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Community Gardening Gathering of the Big Bend

Community, School, Church and "Give-Away" Gardener GatheringPot luck, 12-2pm, April 10th@ the FAMU Community Garden on Orange Ave between Adams and Wahnish WayIt is time we joined to support one another and to chat about community gardens’ contribution to healthy,  affordable food in the Big Bend.Come hear the history of the FAMU garden; learn and share with fellow community gardeners, garden...

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"Food Gardening Expert: Man in Overalls" -- Alley Sprouts Zine

April 2010"This semester one of the goals of Alley Sprouts was to create a raised vegetable garden.  Local Tallahassee Food Gardener, Nathan Ballentine also known as the Man in Overalls met with us in the alley to give a few pointers on how to create a successful food garden...." For the rest, click here.Or, to find out more about the Alley Spouts and their Get Green initiative, visit their blog....

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Community Garden Growing Gang-busters

Driving by, I peeked through the fence to look at a community garden that I set up a month and a half ago.  Take a look.  Warmth and sunshine does wonders for a newly planted garden.  Wow: Notice the shallots, kale, collards, spinach, cabbage and lettuces.  The tomatoes were recently planted in the back and have not yet popped up into view.  Here's another angle: And folks worry about the aethetic...

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Birthday Party!

Well, today's my birthday. I turned 25 years old. For the first nine months of my life, I didn't have a name. My parents were waiting for me to "tell them what my name should be." I was known as "Mr. Baby." For most of the next 23-24 years of my life, folks referred to me as Nathan. Though my aunt did call me Brian up until I was about 15 because she named me ahead of my parents and thought it...

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Roadside Birthday Party Thursday, 4:30-6pm in New Leaf Parking Lot under the old Ross sign

If you're free on Thursday 4:30-6, stop by, make a sign and roadside with me to encourage other folks to food garden in Tallahassee. Bring a pitch fork or shovel if you've got one and a few dollars for the food bank. Or you could donate here. It's my birthday; hope you can make it.For the first person that cuts a check to Second Harvest of the Big Bendin front of me for $250, I'll install a 4x10...

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