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2004-12-29 Thread Mike McGrath
Rodney--I got a device to test last year (Water Watch) that actually keeps a running tab on the amount of water used from a single spigot (in gallons, up to 90). Its small, simple and cheap, and with a notebook, would give you a fairly exact estimate.

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2004-12-29 Thread Pohl-Kosbau, Leslie
Rodney, the variables are so great that you really have to put a submeter on the water line where it branches off to the garden to have an accurate measure. Leslie Pohl-Kosbau Portland Community Gardens -Original Message- From: Rodney Bender [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday,

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2004-07-18 Thread Jim Call
Shane, Last year, I posted a picture of some of the Tokyo Cross Turnips we harvested. I had many positive comments on the photo so I created a special page on my website concerning the planting. We will be planting more turnips of this type this year because of its taste, both with the root and

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2004-01-30 Thread Adam36055
Rose: Here how it works in NYC, a town that has a wealth of community gardeners and working artists - in fact the two groups often overlap, which makes life interesting in terms of the sparks that fly from passionate individuals and the stunning things that happen when a trained eye meets the

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2003-08-26 Thread Adam36055
Shane: 1) As an ACGA board member, you should be familiar with the St. Louis Whitmire Study out of Gwenne Hayes Stewart's Gateway Greening outfit and a nearby University: A HREF=http://stlouis.missouri.org/gatewaygreening/WhitmireStudy.htm;Whitmire Study/A . The Whitmire is an amazingly

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2003-04-29 Thread Adam36055
Dear Mr. Orsorio, Please start at the American Community Gardening Association website: A HREF=http://www.communitygarden.org/;American Community Gardening Association/A and then go to the archives of this listserve. http://www.hort.net/lists/community_garden/. When you've found a few

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2003-04-24 Thread Deborah Mills
:36 PM Subject: Re: [cg] (no subject) Kevin - It sounds illegally opportunistic to me that a non-profit - or any kind of organization thinks it owns your writing - unless you signed something that explicity states that as part of your gardening deal you agree that profits from writing about

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2003-04-24 Thread Jim Call
Keven, I'm not versed in the legal world of writing a book, article or anything else as it relates to you as a gardener working in a CG. Many articles have been written about our CG in recent years and the non-profit, CASA that oversees its operations has not asked for any monies earned through

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2003-03-02 Thread PapagenoNY
Dear Paul and fellow/sister Gardeners Regardless of one's politics, I think Paul's idea is a great one; who can be opposed to a Peace Garden. I just completed some updates for the Garden Plan for the Guilderland Community Garden in Guilderland, New York on a 8 1/2 inch by 14 inch sheet of

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2003-01-21 Thread Honigman, Adam
Iris, For starters, you should make yourself a pot of tea tonight and start reading through the American Community Gardening Association website and its links - http://www.communitygarden.org http://www.communitygarden.org . There are wonderful phrases, like building community from the ground

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2003-01-21 Thread Jim Call
Iris, I agree with Adam in reference to visiting the ACGA website. To get an overall view of CGs, I believe you definitely need to make an effort to visit the Links page (http://www.communitygarden.org/links/index.html). This page is very useful not only for CG links but also CG/Gardening

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2002-11-04 Thread Jack Hale
Hi- Start with the ACGA website (www.communitygarden.org). It has links to Detroit programs, which should get you started. I know there are plenty of community garden folks in Ann Arbor, and ACGA worked with a project in Battle Creek some years ago. That's all I have in my head. Let me know if

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2002-11-04 Thread Pat_Elazar
You can try: Jason Fligger http://www.clintoncommunitygarden.org Jason Fligger Urban Agriculture Coordinator Hunger Action Coalition of Michigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jason organises gardens on the grounds of the beautiful Capuchin monastery on Mt Elliot in Detroit's bombed-out east side. The

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2002-11-04 Thread Pat_Elazar
PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [cg] (no subject) Pat, Thanks for the plug, but the Clinton Community Garden site does not have a link to the Detroit Community Gardens. If there's a link to Jason Fligger's project, I'd love to see it - it sounds absolutely extraordinary. Best wishes, Adam Honigman

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2002-11-04 Thread Timberland RCD
in Grand Rapids but since it's incomplete I'm going to respond off-list. Cynthia Price -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 3:52 PM To: Honigman, Adam Cc: Margaret Schott; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [cg