Monday, November 3, 2008

Hello from San Francisco

a city full of greenies, bikes, cars, fog, and me.

i've come across some cool things here i wanted to share with the kumquat. i've been volunteering at the deomonstration victory garden at the civic center. it was put up for slow food nation and has donated all its produce to the food bank. it will be disassembled this month and the soil will be used for new neighborhood garden projects: (http://www.sfvictorygardens.org/about.html#). tourists come by, there's night security, its organic: (http://slowfoodnation.org/events/the-main-event/victory-garden/)


Some youngins like us started a business of installing permaculture gardens in backyards. They get paid to maintain the garden and provide a CSA basket to participants: (myfarmsf.com)
(http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/grow-your-own/?scp=4&sq=%22my%20farm%22&st=cse)

meanwhile, my roommates and i have tested our backyard soil (pure sand), turned the pumpkin guts into the compost, ordered cover crop seed, and begun digging up the nasty crabgrass. surely, by spring, there will be some pictures to share.

btw, (OregonTilth.org) has for all sorts of organic farming resources and links.

love to you all, the vegetable beds, and autumn.
kacie erin smith

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