Dolphin's Barn Community Garden
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Friday April 29, 2005 19:01
by Paul Baynes
Thursday April 29th
We had another successful evening at the Dolphin's Barn community garden.
For the first time, there was an equal gender balance - 4 fellas and 4 women. We did a little bit of watering. Then we cleared more area of grass and stones and began work on another row. We planted a section of the row with sunflower and pumpkin seeds, I think it was. It was a fine, dry day, and as I looked around the garden, I thought of that first night there, and how radically the place has changed since then. We've had a big impact on the space already, and things are going to get better and better.
Lara brought along some carrot cake that we made, and we shared it out, and then went on our way, until the next time...
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kids doing an indymedia workshop in the community garden WIFI space
youngsters IMC workshop in community garden
echo park in south central LA:
Gentrification - What it is and how we can fight it!
"Beyond the South Central Farmers provision of healthy, fresh-grown and culturally appropriate fruit and vegetables is the "more profitable" use that can be made of such "wasted" land. "
http://www.mediadissent.com/scaf/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=135&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
they have been gardening a 14 acre plot for 13 years, perhaps we could start to make contacts with them.
you can hear a long and informative audio file about the garden here
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/indymedia_on_air_garden_33_naomi_022805.mp3
from
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/3951.php
their website:
http://www.saveourgarden.com/
echo park
south central farmer LA
theres also
Homeless Garden Project santa cruz, california
http://www.homelessgardenproject.org/history.html
they have nice muralismo too
http://www.lighthousedogs.com/murals.html
homeless garden project, santa cruz
Hello out there,
does your community garden have a compost bin/ heap? Do you know of any community compost scheme in existence inside or outside this island? If so please drop me a line. I'm trying to research this most interesting subject but have thus far encountered very little!
Many thanks,
Luke
hi luke
theres the start of a compost bin in the garden but we are having a big work play day on sat 25th june, sat week, so come down and show us, make your dream with the others down there
see
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69689&condense_comments=false#comment110825
for plans for the big day
dunk
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