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water! water! Root-Riot Madison cistern filled!
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You Root-Riot folks are amazing! GREAT effort these past several weeks at the garden. The place looks great for spring! Happy Growing
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Second 2012 Getting Started Meeting: When: Thursday, April 26, 7:00PM
Host: Root Riot Urban Network Location: Village Hall, Room 101123 Madison StOak Park, IL 60302 US When: Thursday, April 26, 7:00PM Root-Riot Regulars.Welcome! Welcome! You are invited to the second group meeting of the Root-Riot Regulars. We have two meetings set-up at Oak Park Village Hall… we will use…
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Root-Riot Starting for Spring of 2012
All, Clearly by the number of emails and phone call that have come in over the last week or so, we are itching to get going in the Root-Riot gardens! We are tracking down a large meeting room, for one meeting this month, and one meeting next month. Very similar to what we did last…
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Composting. Please help us.
The single most conversational issue in the garden at Root-Riot Madison has been the Compost bins. If you have been to the Root-Riot Madison Garden you know that big green tumbler is our well loved “bin”. While we have this entirely welcoming and engaging group of people contributing to composting by adding material, it seems like the…
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Root-Riot: Madison Street: June 2011
Root-Riot Urban Garden Network Madison Street 2011 Growing Season is Growing, Growing, Growing June, 2011 Things have really taken off this year! For “Charter” members, they will remember that by this time last year most of us only had their plants in the ground for a few weeks and we were wondering if they were…
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What’s on Your Plate?
A screening of the film “What’s on Your Plate” will be shown at the Austin Town Hall Auditorium, 5610 W. Lake St., Chicago, at 12pm on June 18th, 2011. Here’s a link to the trailer, http://www.whatsonyourplateproject.org/about/watch. This event is open to anyone, but is especially a great opportunity for parents and their children. It is…
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The Hosta Happening; A Heifer Foundation Event
The Hosta Happening Rich’s Foxwillow Pines 11618 McConnell Rd., Woodstock, IL 60098 815-338-7442 or coniflora@aol.com Saturday, June 11, 2011 9:00 am to 4:00 pm The Hosta Happening has hundreds of varieties of hostas for sale to benefit Heifer Foundation. All hostas one gallon or smaller are $5.00! Heifer International (HI) is a non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated…
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Spring Clean-Up; Austin Community
Spring Clean-Up Austin Community Saturday, May 14, 2011 10am – 5pm Community Activist Roman Morrow is organizing this effort to clean vacant lots and alleys in the Austin neighborhood. To volunteer or for more information please contact Roman Morrow at 312-618-5664 or RomanMorrow@yahoo.com.
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Health Check-up on Lake Michigan
Health Check-up on Lake Michigan Are Asian Carp in Lake Michigan? Will Alberta Tar Sands Refining impact the Lake? Come Hear the Head of Lake Michigan EPA speak at Oak Park Main Library May 4 at 7pm Judy Beck has managed the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Lake Michigan Team since October 1995. In this…