Root-Riot Urban Garden Network

  • Will Allen, Growing Power: June 24th @7:00 pm

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    Will Allen, Growing Power, and the Chicago Avenue Urban Farm Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m. Original article posted at: http://chicagopublicradio.org/Event_Detail.aspx?eventID=2038 Fourth Presbyterian Church invites you to hear Will Allen, nationally recognized founder of Growing Power, leader in the development of urban agriculture, and winner of a MacArthur Fellowship, talk about the importance of…

  • What A Little Gem the cucumber Is!

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      1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc. 2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are…

  • Root Riot: Madison Update 6/6/10

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    Update 6.6.10 Well, well. If you saw the place a month ago, you would hardly recognize it now. How different it looks now. Love the way each of the beds are developing their own character and identity! With all the rain, the plants are thriving.  More and more folks are stopping by just to see…

  • RootRoot-Riot: Harambee 6/4 update

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    Update 6.4.10 I am sorry it has been a little while since my last update.   We are definitely up and running as a garden and there are many exciting things that are coming.Fantastic Amount of work last weekend. Great Thanks to Dean and Kristine Nickerson for organizing it and to everyone who came out on…

  • First time Gardners session was a success!

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    Many thanks to Julie Samuels of Openlands, for the first Root-Riot:Harambee ‘New Gardeners’ education session. Among other things she covered a rang of topics including: Water the soil, not the plants The plants take the water from the soil. Soaker hoses, drip irrigation, and watering plants at the roots help the plants grow stronger.  Water…

  • Education program is taking off!

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      The education and learning program is taking off. Louise and Sandra have already organized a class for this Sunday, May 23 starting at 4:00 at the Root-Riot: Harambee site.  More>…

  • Austin: Harambee: Good Workday, May 18 and May 23rd work days

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    Lawn is mowed, beds are marked out, Everyone is out and about looking at all the progress we have made on the lot. Thanks to all who pitched in today to make is successful. We still have a busy few weeks ahead of us but we are moving forward! _________________ Our Community Garden Open House…