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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_wall Living Walls] might be a possibility to fit a garden within our limited space | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_wall Living Walls] might be a possibility to fit a garden within our limited space | ||
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[hide]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
- Till the area. I would like to do this Saturday March 20th (Does anyone have access to a tiller?)
- We need to borrow or rent a tiller.
- Prepare the ground
- We need to fertilize the ground somehow, it has been suggested we till some dog food into it.
- Plant
- Weed
Materials
- Need seeds, materials and tools.
Who wants to be involved?
- Alii
- benalene
- cherryblossom
- Gregabyte
- Spacefelix
- Jimshoe
Links
- Permaculture Info:
