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I got a community garden plot for 2010!! Now what... 1 Reply
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Comment by Bonnie on May 2, 2009 at 12:34pm - I fight aphids with a little dish soap. Mix a couple drops with water in a spray bottle and douse the leaves every couple of days until the bugs go away. Also watch for ants. They always seem to come in pairs with aphids in my area. If you know any smokers, you can also soak cigarette butts in some water and spray with that--the nicotine will poison them. My dad always does that in his garden and it works pretty well. Hope this helps!
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Comment by tifanie chaney on May 2, 2009 at 12:21pm - thanks!
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Comment by tifanie chaney on May 2, 2009 at 12:21pm
- ok. i really need to get one of those ladybug houses. ;)
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Comment by Heather Christensen-Branson on May 2, 2009 at 12:11pm - You could try ladybugs to combat the aphids. I know a lot of strawberry farmers who use them
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Comment by tifanie chaney on May 2, 2009 at 12:05pm
- Hi, I am growing everything in containers as well. The tomatoes and the pumpkins always seem to do well, but aphids attack many of the other things I plant, even mint. Sigh. I've started a globe artichoke as well, but know very little about them, so I'm not really sure what to look for. Also, asparagus, but that seems to be getting attacked by three or four different bugs. Also, does anyone know anything about kiwis? I'm trying to grow them and they seem very slow so far. Fingers crossed though!
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Comment by Stephanie on May 2, 2009 at 10:47am - So I am starting a different kind of garden this. year. For the first time in many years I have no yard. So everything is in pots. I have just started to harden my tomato, basil, and chive plants grown from seed on my kitchen window sill. Just planted the globe artichoke after the same. Next step will be a small planting box - I'm building it and a potato box. If anyone out there has any helpful hints or suggestions, bring it in! Photos soon. YAY!
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Comment by Cornelia on March 27, 2009 at 11:08am -
A guest blog post on The Slow Cook today:
"Nat West, of Portland, Oregon, got tired of waiting for a community garden plot. So he went to Google's satellite map, located a vacant lot near his home and turned it into his own CSA urban farm." ...continued
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Comment by Cornelia on February 17, 2009 at 5:07pm
- An incredible downloadable Guide to Setting Up Your Own Edible Rooftop Garden
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Comment by Cornelia on February 10, 2009 at 3:34pm
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Jackpot for wanna be urban growers who don't have any land. The American Community Gardening Association has a database of all community gardens - search by zip code and then zoom in. There's even contact information for applying!
http://acga.localharvest.org/
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Comment by Kerrick on December 18, 2008 at 10:18pm - Hey, folks! SF Bay Area here? I started a group.
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Farmer Veterans
Today is Veterans Day and Farm Aid thanks all the veterans who have served our country. In honor of their service, I want to introduce you to a group of veterans who are beginning new careers as farmers and growers of the Good Food Movement. 
Not long after the Farm Aid concert in early October, we received an email from Michael O'Gorman, project director of the Farmer-Veteran Coalition (FVC). The FVC brought a group of veterans to St. Louis and mounted an excellent exhibit in our HOMEGROWN Village at the show. Reflecting on the experience, Michael wrote, "Our group...included twenty two veterans—twenty of them post-9/11, fifteen who served in Iraq or Afghanistan or both, and fifteen of whom are pursuing careers in farming or the good food movement. It was a very powerful experience for these men and women to meet each other—some for the first time—and to feel part of a very unique group that shares such profound experience in common. Farm Aid was a wonderful experience for them to see young farmers treated as heroes—something they are both searching for and deserving of. And of course they all went absolutely berserk when Willie came on stage with our hat!!"
Willie and Farm Aid are proud to have hosted the Farmer-Veteran Coalition in St. Louis and honored to include the FVC as a member of our Farmer Resource Network. The FVC is a California-based non-profit organization whose long-term goal is creating 10,000 new farmers from the ranks of some two million returning post-9/11 veterans. This goal is not merely a pipe dream: rural Americans disproportionately over-populate the ranks of the military, representing roughly 65% of all service members. Fully committed to growing the good food movement and to the notion that nourishing the land helps nourish the soul, the FVC's mission is "to mobilize our food and farming community to create healthy and viable futures for America's veterans by enlisting their help in 1) building our green economy, 2) rebuilding our rural communities, and 3) securing a safe and healthy food supply".The FVC, which is explicitly non-political, welcomes all returning vets and connects them with help in employment, training, and replenishing their lives on America's farms. In addition to working with veterans groups all over the country, the FVC is currently expanding its connections to new farmer training programs, building its mentoring program among established farmers and food industry professionals, and gathering resources to help veterans find financing for land or further education.
Click here to read more about the Farmer Veterans Coalition's visit to Farm Aid.
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