Tompkins Solidarity Gardens

09/13/2021

Registration Required:

Our next and final Grow Along class will be held TOMORROW, September 14 at 6pm and THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF ROOM!!!

We will be meeting up at my home at 108 5th St. My neighbor, Chinche Guan, has graciously offered a tour of his amazing garden featuring many crops from Southeast Asia and some traditional growing techniques adapted for the urban environment. We will also assist my summer youth employee Say Nay Paw on some fall garden tasks and garden construction projects. Finally, as time allows I will cover some basics on how to protect and nurture your soil before winter. As space is limited we will be capping this class at 20 students so please RSVP here:

https://forms.gle/e13Jj4vosd1EViLK6

08/05/2021

This summer has been a whirlwind! Since the beginning of 2021, thanks to your donation to Quarter Acre for the People’s A Community Thrives fundraiser, we’ve been able to connect 16 families and 24 individuals of color with opportunities to grow food and build community around food and farming. We’ve even had one participant land a job at a local farm, two people started their own plots at a BIPOC community garden, and two participants have organized farm and garden youth activities in food insecure communities.

Would you be willing to donate again this year to keep up this program's momentum? We have ambitious goals this coming year to secure land for multicultural, cooperatively-owned farming communities and the building of small eco-housing for upcoming BIPOC farms. To receive the same grant again this year, we need to raise $3000 by August 13th. We are trying to get as many small donations as possible. Here is the link to donate:

https://acommunitythrives.mightycause.com/story/Quarteracreforthepeople

Thank you for all you continue to do for this community and your support of this program!

All my best wishes,

Christa Nuñez

Quarter Acre for the People

07/05/2021

Hello all, The July Grow Along class will be held IN-PERSON @ 6pm at the Ithaca Community Gardens at Carpenter Circle of off 3rd St. behind B&W Supply and across from Aldi. Find out more about ICG here http://ithacacommunitygardens.org/

We will be visiting with Margarette Ball and exploring her plot 114 located highway side of ICG. Here's what she had to say:

"I've grown veg for over 10 years (working for/with others) 3rd season gardening all by myself and 1st season at ICG in particular. I have there currently tomatoes, peppers, kale/chard/parsley, a bunch of perennial herbs, leeks, by then will also have direct seed pole beans and cukes and carrots and some flowers."

This free class is open to all and will cover:

tomato pruning and the "Florida Weave" method of trellising
direct seeding summer crops
identifying and using culinary herbs
harvesting and processing garlic
tour of the community gardens

If you haven't already joined the grow along community, we are conducting a citizen science field trial of common garden vegetables. You can sign up here https://forms.gle/MG5jy8yniZsSGFFQ9 and current participants are encouraged to provide July updates ASAP.

To sign up for the Grow Along class series and/or supportive garden trial with Solidarity Garden (CCE-Tompkins) please fill out Section 1 of the form.

07/04/2021

TCIKH co-directors Jose Soto, Maya Soto, and Alexas Esposito with volunteers Mario and Rigoberto after a long and rainy morning spent handing out free CSA boxes at a regional food pantry. (CSA shares subsidized by TCIKH and Healthy Food For All, CSA boxes from Fort Baptist Farm in Ithaca, NY).