Last week, I put together this raised bed for Andreas, Sandra and Ted. It's made of cedar construction treated with linseed-oil. Take a look. Also note the micro-irrigation tubing sticking out in preparation for filling with soil and compost
The bed is 8x4x2.5ft. If you multiply that out you get 32ft x 2.5ft or 80 cubic feet. My truck bed holds a cubic yard, i.e., 27 cubic feet, so you could...
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...
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....
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...
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...