Re: community Garden
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  • Subject: Re: community Garden
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:37:54 -0500
LOL - Jim you crack me up!

On 9/9/10, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Like that.
>
> B
> ETN Zone 7
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2010 2:01:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] community Garden
>
> I know! I know! 96 percent of their DNA.
> (I made that up, but it's probably close.)
>
>
> On Sep 9, 2010, at 7:38 AM, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
>
> > That is really great! I love stories like that, but, sadly, they
> > are not the norm. I just have to ask, though, what guinea pigs have
> > in common with chickens? :o)
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "betsy" <bkelson@ix.netcom.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 9:03 AM
> > Subject: [CHAT] community Garden
> >
> >
> >> Hi Cyndi,
> >> I love our community garden. And I do not even mind staying and
> >> hour or two past my normal work day to tend it.
> >> Last Year, the garden center I work for was not selling as many
> >> trees as
> >> in past years. The 5 acres that face the main street was to be
> >> empty and
> >> in my estimation, a prime spot for a huge weed patch. During a staff
> >> meeting, a call went up for suggestions about what to do with the
> >> spot,
> >> and I suggested a community garden, since many townhomes exist in the
> >> immediate area. So it began with 80 10x10 plots.
> >>
> >> The first year only had about 20 gardeners, but word got around and
> >> this
> >> year we had 70 plots adpoted. Some folks only had one plot, one
> >> gardener
> >> has 5. I try and maintain 3 of them. I was hoping to have more of
> >> my co
> >> workers around to help, but only one of them is up there regularly.
> >>
> >> Most of the folks grow vegetables...for themselves, neighbors,
> >> friends,
> >> and chickens and guinea pigs. One gardener ran out of room at home
> >> for
> >> her florist business and is growing unusal flowers(amaranth, for
> >> instance) and crazy gourds for some of her arrangements. She even
> >> collected carrot umbel from an unadopted plot.
> >>
> >>
> >> betsy
> >>
> >> .
> >>>
> >>> How do you like having a plot at the community garden? Are there a
> >>> lot of people there, do they grow mostly vegetables?
> >>>
> >>> Cyndi
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
> >>> On Behalf Of betsy
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 6:28 AM
> >>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> Subject: [CHAT] What is up with this weather
> >>>
> >>> Greetings from the Fire and Ice state of Colorado.
> >>>
> >>> I am so bummed. Yesterday morning(Tuesday) it was a cold 30
> >>> degrees at
> >>> 6am and fortunately I had wrapped my tomatoes for protection at the
> >>> house. But when I went out to the community garden where my other
> >>> tomatoes and cucumbers were growing, and a good 2000 feet lower in
> >>> elevation, all the tops were wilted and black. What gives??? They
> >>> only
> >>> issued a freeze warning for the northern part of the state on the
> >>> plains. I HATE THIS PART of living in Colorado!GRRR
> >>>
> >>> Oh, by the way, it was 50 degrees at the house this morning.
> >>>
> >>> Have a great day everyone and may the frost be late for you all.
> >>>
> >>> betsy
> >>>
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> Inland Jim
> Willamette Valley
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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