Friday, June 11, 2010

Organic Matter in the Soil


Lavender and Poppies



Corn


Lorraine, a PhD candidate at a local university has been taking soil samples from our garden for her research.

Her research is ongoing, but today, she sent me this info:

"What I can tell you is that the soil seems to be lacking in organic matter (the soil outside your garden has more organic matter than that in your plots) so you should work in more compost and mulch, and that all of the soils have a neutral pH. Neutral is best for plant uptake of minerals."

Great information. If you want more organic matter, make sure to work in lots of compost.

See you all at the meeting on June 12th at 10am.


Monday, March 29, 2010

Garden Update

Spring in the garden: Lavender and Poppies in bloom.



If you missed the last meeting, we discussed keeping the garden clean and gave out plots. At this point, we have given out all of the plots available.

PLOT BORDERS: All of the plots have borders and should not be expanded.

One of our new gardeners has brought some worm casings for everyone to use. They are in the blue bins next to the shed. Help yourself. Please note though, the casings have been supplimented with bagged soil.

Enjoy this beautiful weather and we look forward to seeing you at the next meeting, Sunday April 11th at 10 am.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Next Meeting, March 14th

Hi everyone,

Our meeting will be on Sunday March 14th at 10am. NOT Saturday.
Please let any other gardeners you see, know.

회의는 10am에 일요일 3월 14일에 일 것이다. 토요일 아닙니다. 어떤 다른 정원사든지 알게 하십시오. 당신을 감사하십시오!

La reunión estará el domingo 14 de marzo en 10am. NO sábado. Deje por favor a cualquier otro jardinero saber. ¡Gracias!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Next Meeting, March 14th

We have plots to give out at our next meeting! Hope you can join us!

10am at the garden.

Looking forward to seeing you there.


***** Some pictures from the garden, Feb. ******

Some beautiful kale.



New Zealand Spinach is very popular in our garden, and delicious!

Saturday, January 30, 2010

'LACGC Yard Sale At Solano Canyon CG' TODAY

TODAY, Feb. 13th, 2010 from 8:30am

Solano Canyon Community Garden 545 Solano Ave Los Angeles, CA 90012

Plants, gardening supplies, and general household items at reasonable prices! All proceeds will go to our general fund.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Feb. Meeting

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The next meeting of the Crenshaw Community Garden will be Feb. 13th at 10am. If you are a member, please make sure to attend. If you are interested in a plot, there are some available and we would love to have you join us!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Winter in the Garden

Hello all!

Just wanted to share a few pictures of winter in the garden. After all of the recent rain, our soil is completely saturated and most of the plants seem to be doing well.

One of our gardeners has a papaya tree is loaded with fruit and everyone's lettuce is growing well.

Please remember our next meeting is the second Saturday of the month at 10am. See you there!


Lettuce



Papaya

Friday, August 21, 2009

This Brandywine tomato that was grown at the Crenshaw Community Garden weighed more than 3lbs! The gardener who nurtured it said "it was the sweetest and juiciest tomato I had ever tasted in my life. It was more like a fruit. It is sweeter than those grape cherry tomatoes. I thought my Cherokee Purple was already sweet but this 3 pounder surpasssed them."
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Friday, January 2, 2009

Tree Pruning Seminar

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Solano Canyon CG will again host the Annual Tree Pruning seminar with Don Hodell of UCCE of Los Angeles. It will be the 4th Saturday of this month, January, 8am to approx 1pm. Reservations are required and there is a limited (24) number of spaces available. If you are interested, please leave a comment here and I will send you information on how to register.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Meeting Recap

Sorry we missed you at the last meeting of the Crenshaw Community Garden!

The next meeting is on January 10th at 10am. This meeting is mandatory if you want to continue gardening in 2009.

The January meeting will begin with the election of new officers. We will be distributing new plots (there seem to be about four) and collecting contracts and dues from gardeners.

All gardeners must come with their signed contract, a $35 check made out to The Crenshaw Community Garden and $5 cash for new keys.

The 2009 contract includes info on our new policies on structures (no structure may be taller than 4 feet.) and meeting attendance (all gardeners must attend at least 6 meetings in a calendar year.)

Thank you all and I look forward to seeing you then!

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Meeting Today~

I hope you will all attend the last meeting of 2008, today at 10am.

See you there!

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Garden Photos







Some pictures from November in the garden...






Friday, October 17, 2008

Gathering of Community Gardens

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Gathering of Community Gardens at the North Hollywood High School garden, Saturday, October 25, from 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

All participants should be affiliated with a community garden. The objective for this event is to build stronger relationships among gardeners.

The picnic is FREE, kid-friendly, with opportunities for you to mingle and talk shop with other gardeners; fun, informative and casual, a county wide picnic of gardeners from all over L.A.

It will also be a "low waste" event, so you are asked to bring your own plate, utensils and tote-bag to carry away waste. The gathering will be limited to 200 persons, so you must register at LACGC's web site: www.lagardencouncil.org. You must also register each person coming with you. Please email Rachael (freshrachael at gmail dot com) for the registration password.

Directions to North Hollywood High School Community Garden are posted on the web site.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Meeting Recap

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We are sorry to have missed you at the Crenshaw Community Garden monthly meeting.

At the October meeting we discussed general clean-up. Please come to the next meeting prepared for a work day. We will be clearing out the back-fence area.

It was also decided that come January, all structures over 4 feet tall that shade other plots, are unsafe or are obstructing gardens will have to be re-built.

It was decided unanimously that come January all gardeners will be required to attend a minimum of six meetings annually. If you are unable to attend due to work commitments, you are excused. Otherwise, in July of 2009 if a gardener has not attended three meetings they will be notified and will lose gardening privileges in 2010.

Thank you to everyone who did attend (9 of 32 gardeners). We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Meeting Today~

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The Crenshaw Community Garden monthly meeting takes place today at 10 am in the garden. All gardeners should attend.

Thanks and see you there!

Monday, October 6, 2008

2nd Annual Gathering of Community Gardens

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On Oct 25, 2008 the LA Community Garden Council is hosting the "2nd Annual Gathering of Community Gardens", a county wide picnic of gardeners from all over LA, and I hope that you can attend.

This is a "low waste" event, so you are asked to bring your own plate, utensils and a "brown" bag to carry away the waste.

Our objective for this event is to build relationship amoung gardeners. So the picnic is FREE, kids friendly and we will have lots of opportunities for you to mingle and talk shop with other gardeners.

Due to limited space you must register at www.lagardencouncil.org. You must also register each person coming with you. Your code word for registration is "Solano".

Friday, October 3, 2008

Garden Swap

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Cultivating Sustainable Communities (CSC) is launching its newest project. GardenSwap is an opportunity to pair up urban gardeners with their neighbors who have yard space in order to grow and share in the profits of urban food gardens.

Urban gardens are not only fun; they support low-carbon food production, create economic development, inspire healthful eating, build community, create opporunities for education, address watershed health concerns, create productive green open space, and beautify communities.

CSC is currently taking requests for participation in this program. If you'd like to participate either as a gardener or a land owner who is willing to share yard space (and some garden profits!) with a neighbor (we'll help you find a neighbor), please contact me at gabriela@cscommunities.org.

Please forward this info to Los Angeles residents who may be interested in participating.

Gabriela Worrel, Executive Director
Cultivating Sustainable Communities
117 Bimini Pl. #110 Los Angeles, Ca 90004
(310) 452-5356

gabriela@cscommunities.org

Friday, September 26, 2008

Late September in the Garden

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This corn was planted 6 weeks ago!


September is good in the garden...

Friday, September 19, 2008

Meeting Recap

GARDENERS:


We are sorry to have missed you at our September meeting.

We hope to see you at our next meeting. The meeting is always on the second Saturday of the month. Please make a note of it as we would love to see you and hear from you!

At our last meeting, after much discussion, it was decided by unanimous vote that after four written warnings about her plot, one of our gardeners has lost her garden privileges.

She has been asked to return her keys as soon as possible. We are not certain she will comply, and if not, the lock will be changed and new keys will be issued. We hope it does not come to this, as this is a major expense.

Also:

The city of Los Angeles is currently enforcing water regulations and you are notified that you are NOT permitted to water your plot between the hours of nine in the morning and four at night. There is a penalty for each infraction and we would hate to see any of our gardeners ticketed.

Please water wisely.

And please review your copy of the garden rules. We do not want to have to take any more plots away.

We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on October 11th at 10 am.

Rachael N.
Crenshaw Community Garden Manager




정원사:

우리는 9월 우리의 회의에서 당신을 놓치게 유감스럽다.

우리는 우리의 다음 회의에서 당신을 보는 것을 희망한다. 회의는 달의 두번째 토요일에 항상 이다.

빨리 김은 그녀의 정원 privledges를 잃었다 우리의 마지막 회의에서, 다량 면담이 만장일치 투표에 의해 그것 결정된 후에. 김 Ms는 그녀의 열쇠를 가능한 빨리 돌려보내도록 요청받았다. 확신은 확신하지 않 그녀 따를 것이다, 만약에 아닙니다, 자물쇠는 바꾸어지고 새로운 열쇠는 발행될 것이다. 우리는 이것이 중요한 경비이다 것과 같이 그것이 이것에 오지 않는다는 것을 희망한다.

또한:

나성시는 지금 물 규칙을 실시하고 있다 그리고 아침에 9의 시간과 밤에 5 사이 당신의 작의를 급수하는 것이 당신이 허용되지 않는다는 것을 당신은 통지된다. 첫번째 위반을 위한 $200 형벌이 있고 우리는 표를 산 우리의 정원사의 무엇이든을 보는 것을 미워할 것입니다.

현명하게 급수하십시오.

그리고 정원 규칙의 당신의 사본을 검토하십시오. 우리는 더 이상 작의를 옮겨야 하고 싶지 않다.

우리는 10 AM를 10월 11일에 우리의 다음 회의에서 당신을 보기 기대할 것이다.

Rachael N.
Crenshaw 공동체 정원 매니저

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Day of Service

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The South Los Angeles Day of Service (a day of community service) will be taking place on September 20th from noon to two pm. Please join volunteers at 8am at Crenshaw High School as we build a garden!

Visit http://www.dayofservicela.org/dayofservice.html for more info and we look forward to seeing you there!

Cheers,
Rachael