Difference between revisions of "Community Garden"

Revision as of 20:42, 24 March 2010

Overview

We are planning to put a community garden up on the premises around the shop for members to grow plants.

Calendar

• 3/27/10, 9am: Gardening w/ AliiCat.

Status

• 3/23/10
  • AliiCat had the property utility lines marked. Will be getting board approval to start the garden.
  • Cherryblossom mentioned the lasagna gardening method (a.k.a. sheet composting).
  • AliiCat and Spacefelix discussed what to plant. Decided on a variation of the Three Sisters using maize (popcorn!), climbing beans, tomatoes, squash, and cucumbers. Will also add plants and habitats that attract beneficial bugs (pollinators and pest predators) and a compost pile. If we produce enough from the garden, we can function as a CSA unit.
• 3/3/10
  • Have determined property lines that we must be within - Within the sidewalks of Brown Street (East Border) and Hall Avenue (South Border), from the North-South tree line to the Southwest of the shop to the western wall of the shop (West Border) and the northern wall of the shop (North Border).
  • Have decided to grow cucumbers.
    • How about some popcorn?

Future Actions/To Dos

• Look into permaculture development of the garden.
• Need to figure out where to plant.
  • Living Walls might be a possibility to fit a garden within our limited space
• Need to figure out how to keep off unwanted pickers.
• Preparation Steps

1. Till the area. I would like to do this Saturday March 20th (Does anyone have access to a tiller?)
   1. We need to borrow or rent a tiller.
2. Prepare the ground
   1. We need to fertilize the ground somehow, it has been suggested we till some dog food into it.
3. Plant
4. Weed

Materials

• Need seeds, materials and tools.

Who wants to be involved?

• Alii
• benalene
• cherryblossom
• Gregabyte
• Spacefelix
• Jimshoe

Links

• Permaculture Info:
  • permaculture.com