[OccupyCU] community garden

[Karen Medina]

Hi Sean,

There is a Peace Garden next to the Mennonite Church on Springfield
Avenue and Lincoln that might be great for this.

I looked up their webpage and found this: "Peace Garden Volunteers are
needed for planting, weeding and transporting the produce to the local
women's shelter. Contact the church office at:office at fmc-cu.org if you
wish to serve on this vibrant team!"

-karen medina

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Sean Seckler <seanseckler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi OccupyCU,
>
> I don't use the list much, so when I do, I hope you will take a minute to
> read it.
>
> I would like to start a shared garden with anyone in the occupyCU community
> who is interested and has either land or labor to contribute.
>
> I think we can pool our collective land and labor resources into a community
> garden that will bring a variety of benefits:
> 1) We can feed ourselves and our community with fresh, organic produce.
> 2) We can sell any excess and use the revenue to reinvest or for anything
> pressing in the community.
> 3) We can use our time farming together as part of our community
> discourse...imagine 3 hours of talking while planting onions instead of 3
> hours of talking while shifting around uncomfortably in a chair, waiting for
> your turn to speak.
>
> At first I was thinking we could use the Meadowbrook Park organic plots for
> this, but for a few reasons I think we are better off looking to ourselves:
> 1) We've missed the last info meeting for this year, which is a "required"
> meeting before they let you get a plot
> 2) It costs money (granted, not much and they provide water)
> 3) Among our group and affiliated community, we must have a lot of land that
> we are not using to produce food. Even a space as small as 3ft. x 10ft.,
> with adequate sun, can be used to grow food effectively.
>
> If you have any interest in this, let the word spread.
>
> All we need are land, seeds, a few simple hand tools, and a bit of time. I
> know we have all of those. So, let's do this.
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
>
>
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-- karen medina
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