Green Urban Initiative

04/27/2021

Garden is planted....plumb the water tanks together and she's ready.

04/24/2021

Spinach....couple different lettuce... and sugar snap peas planted. The rest of the garden this week and next weekend! Thanks Lina and Paul

03/30/2021

This Saturday at the 3rd st garden, we will be tilling......

03/11/2021

Hi everyone, Just want to update you on what's going on. I am waiting to meet with the developer to discuss specifics for the garden. Once we have agreed, I will share that plan with everyone.
Items we are discussing:
- contract that entitles us to garden on the property. What terms can we agree on?
- define a schedule - are there plans
-Layout - water tank next to the 3 story apartment building on 4th st?
-electronic copy of property plans for our records and also to use as a plot plan
- items to be purchased for the new garden
-geo-fabric as a buffer to cover 16x240 ft space
-chicken wire, 3 ft high, buried half in the ground for ground hog barrier approx 520 ft
-post to support the chicken wire (@ 8 ft = 64 posts, 3ft high
-gates for the chicken wire (we can make something)
-soil (leaf mulch) to fill the boxes and lot, approximately 1 ft deep over the geofabric.(this would be about 150 yds) We have about 60 yds in the existing gardens
- another storage shed or 2
- wood chips to place between boxes (we have about 20+ boxes) I was thinking there may be a lot of wood chips from the trees being cut down. If they could be saved, that would be great.
-Cherry tree; there is a cheery tree on 3rd st that we would like to move to the new garden.
-Funds to help build a new garden

If anyone has any other items they want to add, please email me at [email protected]

02/06/2021

We're moving.....
The land that marion st and 3rd st gardens were located on has been sold to developers. I spoke with the developers of the 3rd st garden and they have provided us with a permanent home as part of their plan. The gardens will be located behind the current 3rd st gardens between Logan and 4th. It's roughly 16 x 240 ft.
It will be a combination of individual plots and a large community garden.
If anyone is interested in planning the gardens......please let me know. We plan on starting the first week of March.
Thank you universe!

07/05/2020

05/02/2020

Bee hives are active.......

04/04/2020

Straw delivered and spread out in the garden....thanks smokey...

02/22/2020

Compost bins are almost done.....a few supports here and there.
Thanks gnarls....smokey...Serina and everyone else who helped.....

11/22/2019

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11/21/2019

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