  Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 431 Registered: 08-2007 |
Hows the garden holding up? not my fault this time with the rain. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 556 Registered: 02-2007 |
Cool G. Reddog its doing great. Out weeding and planting more flowers today. Two new flower beds and a new and improved one. I will have some pics tomorrow. Believe it or not, the garden actually looked like it could use some water.LOL | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 433 Registered: 08-2007 |
I,ll look for them pix, Messin in the garden on Wed,i said "i might have to water" | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 13306 Registered: 12-2003 |
Heh, and you said this time the rain WASN'T your fault, Reddog?! You just as well could've done a rain dance...sometimes even mere under-breath utterances are taken as prayer, yanno! Cub, did you get confirmations from all the Greening people, or should I attempt a subtle prompting?! | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 557 Registered: 02-2007 |
you can attempt a prompting. I have no idea who will be coming. I found out Tuesday that one of the ladies is engaged. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 558 Registered: 02-2007 |
I received a nice donation in the mail today from California. I cannot remember who told me they were in Cali and used to live in Oak Park (I apologize from the bottom of my heart). But Thank You so very much. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 561 Registered: 02-2007 |
Tire Bed Two of These  (Message edited by cub on July 05, 2008) | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 562 Registered: 02-2007 |
 improved bed | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 563 Registered: 02-2007 |
 Two of these small raised beds | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 572 Registered: 02-2007 |
Don't forget. Greening of Detroit BBQ at The Georgia St. Community Garden on Saturday July 12 2008. It's a potluck so you can bring a dish to pass if you can. 4:00 to 6:00. | ||
Thames Member Username: Thames Post Number: 178 Registered: 02-2007 |
Bump | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 1243 Registered: 10-2003 |
Cub, bring the mortar and water and Ill finish the stacks. | ||
Rocknrollscientist Member Username: Rocknrollscientist Post Number: 151 Registered: 05-2005 |
Some of you might already know about this, but there was an article about urban farming, specifically in Detroit on the BBC's site today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ame ricas/7495717.stm | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 13372 Registered: 12-2003 |
We made international news with this already? Whoa. Has anyone else even HEARD of this 'Urban Farming' group before this article, though? The Greening of Detroit folk probably wish they had as efficient a PR firm...they've been doing this way longer than merely three years. Heck, I know we've been talking about it for over five...I was getting shit from some of y'all for wanting to move Detroit backward, when gasoline was merely two bucks a gallon. In your face, critics, when we're the only city in the nation that is able to feed at least SOME of our people when things get even worse. Lowell, can I get a witness on this? Gotta get those archives available for offline searching, I'm beginning to just hate Google's infusion here and the old function doesn't work very well any longer. | ||
Rocknrollscientist Member Username: Rocknrollscientist Post Number: 152 Registered: 05-2005 |
Their website (Urban Farming) is kind of interesting...although I don't quite understand what stake Atlantic Records has in it... http://www.urbanfarming.org/ | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 576 Registered: 02-2007 |
Taja Seville (I loved her song Love is Contagious) was on there label. thats why they have such good PR. All Urban Farming is about is publicity. They wouldn't help me because (directly from her mouth) the city wont sell her land to have her compost local so she is not helping any new gardens in Detroit. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 577 Registered: 02-2007 |
I have it Django. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 13376 Registered: 12-2003 |
Thanks for that info, Cub. It all gets back to that schmuck in the city planning department...he needs his vision improved a bit. His near-sightedness is hurting our cause...although there are SO many compost heaps popping up all over town that he will WISH he made space for a few centralized facilities that they could actually tax as businesses! (amazing how stupid some people in power can truly be...) So...she gets all this publicity, a story in the BBC for around the world...and is NOT investing in our city any longer. While our resident workers for good land use and helping people...like the Capuchins and the Greening folk and the other visionaries who have been sweating this out for three to four times longer than her, struggle in relative obscurity. Oh well, whatever keeps the world spinning...can't wait for Saturday. My new adorable friend I met at CityFest who is way interested in organic farming cannot make it, though, she's got to work late Saturday. We just might take a tour out your way on Sunday, Cub, but I'll talk with you about that at the picnic. Cheers | ||
Mashugruskie Member Username: Mashugruskie Post Number: 15 Registered: 09-2006 |
What is the name of the person in charge at City Planning? Is this the correct department that would be in charge of buying land and/or using it for compost? If the rules for growing a garden on empty land state that the land can be bought, why can't Taja buy the land? Is the City afraid of pests? What's the problem? | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 695 Registered: 02-2005 |
Cub- Your garden is looking the best ever! Im impressed! | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 580 Registered: 02-2007 |
Thanks Pgn. Gannon, you can come by the garden anytime you want. You dont need my permission. Does she have a friend lol. No seriously.... | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 13389 Registered: 12-2003 |
Cub, I will never be selfish, especially with the really decent, solid, and good cityloving people I know...like yourself. Lately have been quite amazed by the frequency of new acquaintances...not boasting, just commenting. Mashugruskie, welcome. I cannot remember his name, but he's a Kwhyme appointee, as far as I know, and has rebuffed repeated efforts from a Macomb county firm from opening up a facility, because of the perceived increase in smell to an area. As IF we only have rosy smelling neighborhoods everywhere...heh. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 581 Registered: 02-2007 |
His name is Diggs I believe Charles Diggs. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 586 Registered: 02-2007 |
Don't forget. Greening of Detroit BBQ at The Georgia St. Community Garden on Saturday July 12 2008. It's a potluck so you can bring a dish to pass if you can. 4:00 to 6:00. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 588 Registered: 02-2007 |
Bump | ||
Sumas Member Username: Sumas Post Number: 173 Registered: 01-2008 |
Sorry to say I forget where the garden is located. Provide directions please. We will try to be there. I have some plants to donate, mostly perennial herbs. For the last few years I have sold plants at the West Park Market and have a few (10-15) plants left. I enjoy reading about the garden. Keep up the good work. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 589 Registered: 02-2007 |
Its off of Gratiot and Harper and I94. Georgia St. runs right into the Better Made Potato Chip factory. The Garden is at the corner of Vinton and Georgia. Here is a link to a map. http://maps.google.com/maps?so urceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz= 1T4SUNA_enUS267US267&q=9352+ge orgia+st.+detroit,+mi+48213&um =1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resn um=1&ct=title (Message edited by cub on July 11, 2008) | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 449 Registered: 08-2007 |
Lucky for the BBQ, I got stuff i gotta get done, so hopefully it will be rain free. Have Fun. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 591 Registered: 02-2007 |
Lol! The radar looks as if it is diminishing. I am hoping for the best. | ||
Plymouthres Member Username: Plymouthres Post Number: 669 Registered: 02-2007 |
Try to make this very worthy party for Cub's garden if you can. It is a clear example of what one man can do when you dream BIG! Remember, if you go, that these were empty lots devoid of life and left abandoned for years. Imagine what it looked like before vs. now, and you will see how it illustrates the growth that can occur if you just get off your ass and do something, like Cub did. |
