[Community_garden] random - question re: UU/church cgs - Gardenrant plug
Don Boekelheide
dboekelheide at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 12 10:37:46 EST 2008
Message:
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Date:
Mon,
11
Feb
2008
15:47:32
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Fred, your posts are worth waiting for... besides, I have a teenager, so we thrive on random here in my household.
Do you think maybe that semi-truck was an Act of God, sent to your urban garden to bring justice and closure to that old sick oak, the way Zeus used to open the woods and punish the wicked with thunderbolts? I remember that spot, I think, from the ACGA training at your Food Bank - you sure did need more sun there.
Congratulations on your garden show award, that's very cool!
You say you got the neighbors to stop shooting? Shooting up, or really shooting, with firearms?
Now - other topics:
Does anyone on this list work with a community garden/community ecology/urban ag project co-sponsored by a Unitarian-Universalist church (possibly through their "Green Sanctuary" program), or any church/community of faith sponsored community garden project? Just curious to find examples and see how it is working. Doreen?
Plug: Someday soon, I hope to have a guest blog entry up on http://www.gardenrant.com about community gardening (with the homeless, in my case). Even if not, that blog has become one of my favorite garden stops. MMcG is one of their friends. I think I'll even visit that blog when the weather turns nice (happening fast here - daffies are popping).
Another stop will remain this listserv - I'm following with interest the discussion of gardens on landfills (reminds me of the community gardens on brownfields discussions of a decade ago - consensus then was they make better basketball courts etc, and I still lean that way).
Also, you never know when you'll hear about a list member - at Farmers' Market this past Saturday, someone was praising a community greenhouse, saying how we needed one in Charlotte. Where was it? In Connecticut, one of Jack Hale's Knox Park Foundation, projects. Inspiring examples come from ACGA members.
I'll start watching for "Southern Semi Community-Based Tree Removal Service".
Don
http://urbanministrygarden.wordpress.com
From:
"Fred
Conrad"
<fred.conrad at acfb.org>
Subject:
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>snipped<
Then
all
of
the
sudden
a
giant
tractor
trailer
comes
along
and
BOOM
!!!
No
more
tree!
And
now
their
insurance
company
is
going
to
buy
me
a
nice
new
replacement
for
that
old
sick
half
dead
bug
infested
mess!
Then,
later,
without
really
trying
I
won
"best
in
show"
at
the
Atlanta
Garden
and
Patio
Show
for
an
exhibit
I
did.
since
at
the
time
I
thought
it
was
not
eligible
for
the
judged
competition,
I
didn't
put
all
that
much
effort
into
it,
so
it
was
an
easy
win,
which
is
nice.
P.S.
Also
totally
random,
the
other
day
I
had
some
disabled
kids
coming
to
visit
a
garden
and
I
had
to
go
over
to
the
house
next
door
and
ask
them
to
please
stop
shooting
while
the
kids
were
there.
They
were
really
nice
about
it,
I
think
they
are
used
to
me
bringing
kids
to
the
garden.
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Date:
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Feb
2008
12:05:10
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From:
"Alliums"
<garlicgrower at green-logic.com>
Subject:
Re:
[Community_garden]
Community
gardens
on
landfills
To:
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Hi,
Folks!
I
can't
imagine
that
this
is
a
good
idea.
If
you're
putting
on
the
clay
cap,
I
would
think
this
would
be
better
suited
as
a
ball
field
than
a
garden.
Maybe
you
could
get
away
with
re-creating
a
native
ecosystem/bird
sanctuary
(this
was
done
here
in
Phoenixville
on
a
coal
silt
basin),
but
growing
food
for
humans
--
especially
children?
I'd
take
a
pass.
Dorene
Dorene
Pasekoff,
Coordinator
St.
John's
United
Church
of
Christ
Organic
Community
Garden
and
Labyrinth
A
mission
of
St.
John's
United
Church
of
Christ,
315
Gay
Street,
Phoenixville,
PA
19460
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[mailto:community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org]
On
Behalf
Of
Janet
Parker
Sent:
Monday,
February
11,
2008
11:56
AM
To:
community_garden at list.communitygarden.org
Subject:
[Community_garden]
Community
gardens
on
landfills
Hi
again
ACGA
members,
A
group
in
Madison,
Wisconsin
is
considering
starting
a
new
community
garden
over
an
old
capped
landfill.
Our
city
engineering
department
and
DNR
are
taking
soil
samples
now.
The
possibilities
being
discussed
include
bringing
in
4
feet
of
clean
topsoil
to
build
up
from
the
clay
cap.
Does
anyone
have
experience
with
gardening
over
landfills?
Any
resources
that
you
can
recommend
we
read?
Places
where
gardens
have
been
successful
on
the
top
of
old
landfills?
Many
thanks,
Janet
Parker
Community
Gardens
-
CAC
Food
&
Gardens
1717
N.
Stoughton
Road
Madison,
WI
53704
janetp at cacscw.org
608-246-4730
ext.
218
www.cacscw.org/gardens
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2008
11:24:34
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From:
"Daniel
Dermitzel,
KCCUA"
<daniel at kccua.org>
Subject:
Re:
[Community_garden]
Community
gardens
on
landfills
To:
"Janet
Parker"
<jparker at cacscw.org>,
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
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Janet,
I
don't
have
the
answer
you're
seeking
but
I
have
a
question
for
you:
Could
you
tell
me
what
kinds
of
chemicals
the
city
engineers
are
testing
for
and
what
levels
/
if
any
they
might
consider
acceptable?
I'm
interested
in
developing
guidelines
for
urban
growers
on
assessing
risks
from
contaminants.
If
anyone
else
on
this
group
has
developed
some
sort
of
"protocol"
to
evaluate
potentially
contaminated
soil
for
food
production,
I'd
like
to
hear
about
it.
Thank
you
very
much!
Daniel
Dermitzel
Associate
Director,
Farmer
Kansas
City
Center
for
Urban
Agriculture
www.kccua.org
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Message
-----
From:
"Janet
Parker"
<jparker at cacscw.org>
To:
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent:
Monday,
February
11,
2008
10:55
AM
Subject:
[Community_garden]
Community
gardens
on
landfills
>
Hi
again
ACGA
members,
>
>
>
>
A
group
in
Madison,
Wisconsin
is
considering
starting
a
new
community
>
garden
over
an
old
capped
landfill.
Our
city
engineering
department
and
>
DNR
are
taking
soil
samples
now.
The
possibilities
being
discussed
>
include
bringing
in
4
feet
of
clean
topsoil
to
build
up
from
the
clay
>
cap.
>
>
>
>
Does
anyone
have
experience
with
gardening
over
landfills?
Any
>
resources
that
you
can
recommend
we
read?
Places
where
gardens
have
>
been
successful
on
the
top
of
old
landfills?
>
>
>
>
Many
thanks,
>
>
>
>
Janet
Parker
>
>
Community
Gardens
-
CAC
Food
&
Gardens
>
>
1717
N.
Stoughton
Road
>
>
Madison,
WI
53704
>
>
janetp at cacscw.org
>
>
608-246-4730
ext.
218
>
>
www.cacscw.org/gardens
>
>
>
>
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Feb
2008
13:09:08
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From:
"Mike
McGrath"
<MikeMcG at PTD.net>
Subject:
[Community_garden]
The
gift
horse
has
no
teeth
To:
"Alliums"
<garlicgrower at green-logic.com>,
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
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I
agree
with
Doreen;
this
may
even
be
an
attempt
by
the
authorities
to
make
the
site
look
a
lot
safer
than
it
can
ever
be
made.
---Mike
McG
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From:
"Alliums"
<garlicgrower at green-logic.com>
To:
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent:
Monday,
February
11,
2008
12:05
PM
Subject:
Re:
[Community_garden]
Community
gardens
on
landfills
>
Hi,
Folks!
>
>
I
can't
imagine
that
this
is
a
good
idea.
If
you're
putting
on
the
clay
>
cap,
I
would
think
this
would
be
better
suited
as
a
ball
field
than
a
>
garden.
>
>
Maybe
you
could
get
away
with
re-creating
a
native
ecosystem/bird
>
sanctuary
>
(this
was
done
here
in
Phoenixville
on
a
coal
silt
basin),
but
growing
>
food
>
for
humans
--
especially
children?
I'd
take
a
pass.
>
>
Dorene
>
>
Dorene
Pasekoff,
Coordinator
>
St.
John's
United
Church
of
Christ
Organic
Community
Garden
and
Labyrinth
>
>
A
mission
of
>
St.
John's
United
Church
of
Christ,
315
Gay
Street,
Phoenixville,
PA
>
19460
>
>
>
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>
From:
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>
[mailto:community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org]
On
Behalf
Of
>
Janet
Parker
>
Sent:
Monday,
February
11,
2008
11:56
AM
>
To:
community_garden at list.communitygarden.org
>
Subject:
[Community_garden]
Community
gardens
on
landfills
>
>
Hi
again
ACGA
members,
>
>
>
>
A
group
in
Madison,
Wisconsin
is
considering
starting
a
new
community
>
garden
over
an
old
capped
landfill.
Our
city
engineering
department
and
>
DNR
are
taking
soil
samples
now.
The
possibilities
being
discussed
>
include
bringing
in
4
feet
of
clean
topsoil
to
build
up
from
the
clay
>
cap.
>
>
>
>
Does
anyone
have
experience
with
gardening
over
landfills?
Any
>
resources
that
you
can
recommend
we
read?
Places
where
gardens
have
>
been
successful
on
the
top
of
old
landfills?
>
>
>
>
Many
thanks,
>
>
>
>
Janet
Parker
>
>
Community
Gardens
-
CAC
Food
&
Gardens
>
>
1717
N.
Stoughton
Road
>
>
Madison,
WI
53704
>
>
janetp at cacscw.org
>
>
608-246-4730
ext.
218
>
>
www.cacscw.org/gardens
>
>
>
>
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Date:
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11
Feb
2008
15:47:32
-0500
From:
"Fred
Conrad"
<fred.conrad at acfb.org>
Subject:
[Community_garden]
random
To:
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Say,
did
you
ever
have
one
of
those
days
when
everything
seemed
to
work
out
right?
I
was
just
going
to
have
to
deal
with
this
half
dead
oak
tree
at
the
edge
of
this
garden
closest
to
the
parking
lot,
it's
covered
with
some
kind
of
scale
insects
and
that's
only
the
beginning
of
what's
wrong
with
it.
Then
all
of
the
sudden
a
giant
tractor
trailer
comes
along
and
BOOM
!!!
No
more
tree!
And
now
their
insurance
company
is
going
to
buy
me
a
nice
new
replacement
for
that
old
sick
half
dead
bug
infested
mess!
Only
hopefully
nobody
at
the
trucking
company
is
on
this
list.
I
think
I'm
going
to
alter
part
of
my
signature
to
cover
my
tracks.
And
if
you
are
reading,
it
wasn't
completely
dead,
it
was
only
mostly
dead
and
that
means
partly
alive
and
still
would
have
been
there
if
you
hadn't
hit
it
so
I
think
you
still
owe
me
a
new
tree
and
that's
final.
Then,
later,
without
really
trying
I
won
"best
in
show"
at
the
Atlanta
Garden
and
Patio
Show
for
an
exhibit
I
did.
since
at
the
time
I
thought
it
was
not
eligible
for
the
judged
competition,
I
didn't
put
all
that
much
effort
into
it,
so
it
was
an
easy
win,
which
is
nice.
Un-named
Community
Garden
Coordinator
Somewhere
in
North
America
With
an
unlisted
phone
And
no
email
And
no
website
And
no
mission.
P.S.
Also
totally
random,
the
other
day
I
had
some
disabled
kids
coming
to
visit
a
garden
and
I
had
to
go
over
to
the
house
next
door
and
ask
them
to
please
stop
shooting
while
the
kids
were
there.
They
were
really
nice
about
it,
I
think
they
are
used
to
me
bringing
kids
to
the
garden.
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Date:
Mon,
11
Feb
2008
15:51:10
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From:
"Mike
McGrath"
<MikeMcG at PTD.net>
Subject:
Re:
[Community_garden]
random
To:
"Fred
Conrad"
<fred.conrad at acfb.org>,
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
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were
the
kids
in
season?
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From:
"Fred
Conrad"
<fred.conrad at acfb.org>
To:
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent:
Monday,
February
11,
2008
3:47
PM
Subject:
[Community_garden]
random
>
Say,
did
you
ever
have
one
of
those
days
when
everything
seemed
to
work
>
out
right?
I
was
just
going
to
have
to
deal
with
this
half
dead
oak
>
tree
at
the
edge
of
this
garden
closest
to
the
parking
lot,
it's
covered
>
with
some
kind
of
scale
insects
and
that's
only
the
beginning
of
what's
>
wrong
with
it.
>
>
Then
all
of
the
sudden
a
giant
tractor
trailer
comes
along
and
BOOM
!!!
>
No
more
tree!
And
now
their
insurance
company
is
going
to
buy
me
a
nice
>
new
replacement
for
that
old
sick
half
dead
bug
infested
mess!
>
>
Only
hopefully
nobody
at
the
trucking
company
is
on
this
list.
I
think
>
I'm
going
to
alter
part
of
my
signature
to
cover
my
tracks.
And
if
you
>
are
reading,
it
wasn't
completely
dead,
it
was
only
mostly
dead
and
that
>
means
partly
alive
and
still
would
have
been
there
if
you
hadn't
hit
it
>
so
I
think
you
still
owe
me
a
new
tree
and
that's
final.
>
>
Then,
later,
without
really
trying
I
won
"best
in
show"
at
the
Atlanta
>
Garden
and
Patio
Show
for
an
exhibit
I
did.
since
at
the
time
I
thought
>
it
was
not
eligible
for
the
judged
competition,
I
didn't
put
all
that
>
much
effort
into
it,
so
it
was
an
easy
win,
which
is
nice.
>
>
Un-named
Community
Garden
Coordinator
>
Somewhere
in
North
America
>
With
an
unlisted
phone
>
And
no
email
>
And
no
website
>
And
no
mission.
>
>
P.S.
Also
totally
random,
the
other
day
I
had
some
disabled
kids
coming
>
to
visit
a
garden
and
I
had
to
go
over
to
the
house
next
door
and
ask
>
them
to
please
stop
shooting
while
the
kids
were
there.
They
were
>
really
nice
about
it,
I
think
they
are
used
to
me
bringing
kids
to
the
>
garden.
>
>
>
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Message:
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Date:
Mon,
11
Feb
2008
16:01:00
EST
From:
GivenTrees at aol.com
Subject:
Re:
[Community_garden]
random
half
dead
oak
To:
fred.conrad at acfb.org,
community_garden at list.communitygarden.org
Message-ID:
<d09.2aaa34da.34e2118c at aol.com>
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Being
a
transplant
from
the
mid
west,
now
living
at
too
high
of
an
altitude,
we
have
no
indigenous
hardwoods
up
here
at
all.
I'd
rather
nurture
a
half
dead
oak
than
no
oak
at
all.
And
if
my
nurturing
wasn't
good
enough
I'd
sure
relish
burning
it
on
this
cold
winter's
day.
(So
whose
to
say
it's
not
worth
something?)
Thanks
for
the
grins,
>From
Too
high
and
sick
of
winter!
Kellogg
**************The
year's
hottest
artists
on
the
red
carpet
at
the
Grammy
Awards.
Go
to
AOL
Music.
(http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)
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7
Date:
Mon,
11
Feb
2008
21:18:59
-0500
From:
"Vicki
Garrett"
<vickigarrett at columbus.rr.com>
Subject:
[Community_garden]
Call
for
nominations
To:
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Do
you
have
special
young
people
working
in
your
garden?
The
Barron
Prize
for
Young
Heroes
is
awarded
each
year
to
10
young
people
between
8
and
18
who
make
a
difference.
Half
of
the
prizes
go
to
those
working
for
people
and
community
issues,
half
to
those
working
in
environmental
sustainability
(I
think
community
gardening
is
both).
Deadline
is
April
30.
Visit
the
following
website
for
more
information:
http://www.barronprize.org
Vicki
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Message:
8
Date:
Tue,
12
Feb
2008
08:00:17
-0500
From:
<cordalie.benoit at aya.yale.edu>
Subject:
Re:
[Community_garden]
Another
look
at
the
landfill
garden
To:
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
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reply-type=original
I
heard
a
speaker
when
I
was
at
Yale
School
of
Forestry
and
Environmental
Studies
who
was
working
on
reclaiming
capped
land
fills
and
these
sites
are
not
always
as
scary
as
they
seem.
There
had
always
been
a
fear
of
planting
trees
because
of
the
danger
of
roots
disturbing
the
caps.
But
it
was
determined
that
trees
are
not
such
a
big
danger.
The
speaker
was
connected
with
plans
to
close
the
Fishkills,
Staten
Island
landfill.
What
was
discussed
was
what
is
the
best
practice
and
what
uses
could
this
highest
point
in
New
York
City
be
put
too
after
it
was
capped
and
closed.
(This
landfills
closure
was
postponed
because
of
the
debris
from
9/11.)
Of
course
the
issues
are
specific
to
you
site.
When
was
it
closed?
How
well
was
it
capped?
What
is
there
now.
Is
ground
water
leaching
a
problem?
The
CT
Community
Gardening
Association
is
working
on
setting
a
protocol
which
would
be
used
to
establish
and
maintain
safe
gardens.
Maybe
when
we
get
it
together
it
can
be
applied
in
a
situation
like
this
one,
probably
the
most
extreme
location.
Be
cautious,
but
don't
rule
it
out.
Best,
Cordalie
PS
To
the
question,
"What
are
they
testing
for?"
In
this
case
it
had
better
be,
if
you
can
name
it,
it
could
be
there
and
it
should
be
tested
for.
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From:
"Mike
McGrath"
<MikeMcG at PTD.net>
To:
"Alliums"
<garlicgrower at green-logic.com>;
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent:
Monday,
February
11,
2008
1:09
PM
Subject:
[Community_garden]
The
gift
horse
has
no
teeth
>I
agree
with
Doreen;
this
may
even
be
an
attempt
by
the
authorities
to
make
>
the
site
look
a
lot
safer
than
it
can
ever
be
made.
>
---Mike
McG
>
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>
From:
"Alliums"
<garlicgrower at green-logic.com>
>
To:
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
>
Sent:
Monday,
February
11,
2008
12:05
PM
>
Subject:
Re:
[Community_garden]
Community
gardens
on
landfills
>
>
>>
Hi,
Folks!
>>
>>
I
can't
imagine
that
this
is
a
good
idea.
If
you're
putting
on
the
clay
>>
cap,
I
would
think
this
would
be
better
suited
as
a
ball
field
than
a
>>
garden.
>>
>>
Maybe
you
could
get
away
with
re-creating
a
native
ecosystem/bird
>>
sanctuary
>>
(this
was
done
here
in
Phoenixville
on
a
coal
silt
basin),
but
growing
>>
food
>>
for
humans
--
especially
children?
I'd
take
a
pass.
>>
>>
Dorene
>>
>>
Dorene
Pasekoff,
Coordinator
>>
St.
John's
United
Church
of
Christ
Organic
Community
Garden
and
Labyrinth
>>
>>
A
mission
of
>>
St.
John's
United
Church
of
Christ,
315
Gay
Street,
Phoenixville,
PA
>>
19460
>>
>>
>>
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Message-----
>>
From:
community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org
>>
[mailto:community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org]
On
Behalf
Of
>>
Janet
Parker
>>
Sent:
Monday,
February
11,
2008
11:56
AM
>>
To:
community_garden at list.communitygarden.org
>>
Subject:
[Community_garden]
Community
gardens
on
landfills
>>
>>
Hi
again
ACGA
members,
>>
>>
>>
>>
A
group
in
Madison,
Wisconsin
is
considering
starting
a
new
community
>>
garden
over
an
old
capped
landfill.
Our
city
engineering
department
and
>>
DNR
are
taking
soil
samples
now.
The
possibilities
being
discussed
>>
include
bringing
in
4
feet
of
clean
topsoil
to
build
up
from
the
clay
>>
cap.
>>
>>
>>
>>
Does
anyone
have
experience
with
gardening
over
landfills?
Any
>>
resources
that
you
can
recommend
we
read?
Places
where
gardens
have
>>
been
successful
on
the
top
of
old
landfills?
>>
>>
>>
>>
Many
thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>>
Janet
Parker
>>
>>
Community
Gardens
-
CAC
Food
&
Gardens
>>
>>
1717
N.
Stoughton
Road
>>
>>
Madison,
WI
53704
>>
>>
janetp at cacscw.org
>>
>>
608-246-4730
ext.
218
>>
>>
www.cacscw.org/gardens
>>
>>
>>
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