community garden presentation
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I shared this presentation with a garden club in Macomb, IL on 2/25/2013TRANSCRIPT
Opening day for the Macomb Community Garden
June 2010 – site #1 - new recreational complex on East University Dr.
Container gardens were also established at Eisenhower Towers (Macomb) and Fitch Manor (Bushnell) in June 2010.
Many crops grow very well in wading pools filled with yard waste compost
Crops can also be grown in compost piled on asphalt
Growing Power garden in Chicago
Macomb Community Garden Site #2 East Wheeler St, East of Prairie View Housing Project
Spring 2011 – present
About 40 families had individual plots in 2012
We also had community plantings of Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet corn,
onions, melons, carrots, pumpkins and a few other crops
Purple sweet potato cookies
End of season picnic – Fall 2012
My two favorite heirloom tomatoes are Amana Gold and Cherokee Purple
These were picked green due to an
imminent frost but nearly all ripened
over about a month