tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57635572316770516732024-02-28T18:43:26.758-05:00Grow Your Own: Suburban GardeningA Teaching Garden: Community STEAM Education Project (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math)
We are Life Long Learners who have taken to guerilla gardening in order to fight obesity, malnutrition, illness and disease in our Community.plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763557231677051673.post-21267490206317559832023-07-02T14:31:00.000-04:002023-07-02T14:31:05.136-04:00Gross Negligence or Stupidity?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAWav-rngZG2-_2X34wh9HtWIX2NM7f_4H8d26cJpgUY8ffxtpnHnSuDw82BbhSud_7yS0NtCnpG9PjPPKLpySmDBSL035h5SLCb9LjzhmM7sBUL19zS0VVHQ0fATgXpCG1CXRSAeJD97TD42L7xq81FJfszU9yAI4N0Rf3Tip7wE2ENFRsR3gLUnoWU5/s1600/IMG_0061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAWav-rngZG2-_2X34wh9HtWIX2NM7f_4H8d26cJpgUY8ffxtpnHnSuDw82BbhSud_7yS0NtCnpG9PjPPKLpySmDBSL035h5SLCb9LjzhmM7sBUL19zS0VVHQ0fATgXpCG1CXRSAeJD97TD42L7xq81FJfszU9yAI4N0Rf3Tip7wE2ENFRsR3gLUnoWU5/w563-h379/IMG_0061.jpg" width="563" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://weather.com/weather/weekend/l/Newark+NJ?canonicalCityId=dcc47129e3f7932fd4c2ff0b8867a6be19844cda91c6918b41b3363e60f1fe26">Northern New Jersey</a> is under possible severe weather warnings for this weekend. So why is it that this much protested against worksite has been left like this over the Holiday weekend? Why is this massive crane perched over Englewood and not over the worksite? Why was it not secured? Why was it left over the Holiday? </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Is anyone watching what is going on over there?</b> Is anyone listening to the Residents in the area who have been complaining about construction on this site since before the work even started? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I would not like this thing hanging about anywhere near my home</b>. As it is, another 4th Ward Resident sent me this photo because he is concerned about his property, his family and neighbors who live in the area?<br /><br /><b>Is anyone keeping tabs on this work? </b>Is this okay with the powers that be? Who will be held responsible for any property damage or injuries that could occur as a result of this obvious negligence?</span></p>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763557231677051673.post-12507679652691133982020-10-05T23:28:00.003-04:002020-10-05T23:28:53.341-04:00Great Bell Peppers, Finally<p>The first really hard frost is due to hit the Englewood area October 29, 2020. The Summer was so very hot that it seemed the Bell Peppers were cooking on the vines. I thought I was not going to get any worthwhile fruit this season. Then it cooled off and I saw the produce in the photos below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UGAi8LA6wBA/X3vhs-3jGJI/AAAAAAAAPu8/H5SIkq5y5kc8DetPysQFrNTn5-6A90npQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/119475569_3615060588518773_4209715336970073856_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UGAi8LA6wBA/X3vhs-3jGJI/AAAAAAAAPu8/H5SIkq5y5kc8DetPysQFrNTn5-6A90npQCLcBGAsYHQ/w228-h180/119475569_3615060588518773_4209715336970073856_o.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><p></p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OjFEO597v3M/X3vh8mTlw5I/AAAAAAAAPvE/OcybknzWZmEd_oNT5sB7OxmU3w6UgWehwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/119219967_3615060508518781_1464532389561883599_o%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OjFEO597v3M/X3vh8mTlw5I/AAAAAAAAPvE/OcybknzWZmEd_oNT5sB7OxmU3w6UgWehwCLcBGAsYHQ/w220-h180/119219967_3615060508518781_1464532389561883599_o%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="220" /></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Today, I decided that it was time to harvest. Some of them were beginning to show signs of wear. Alas, they were never going to turn red or yellow before turning brown with rot. All in all, I think I got quite a nice harvest after watching my fruit basically seem to cook on the vine all Summer. I know that sounds crazy, but hey, there it is. 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"...We create opportunities for kids to learn and grow through gardening, engaging their natural curiosity and wonder. KidsGardening has been a leader in the school gardening movement since 1982. We envision happier, healthier kids learning in the garden and connecting to nature. This improves nutritional attitudes and educational outcomes, enhances social and emotional learning, and gives rise to environmental stewardship in youth across the country. <span style="background-color: white; color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">We inspire, support, and connect educators and families by providing garden grants and curriculum, and by cultivating a community of practice. We hope you will join us..." </span><span style="color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://kidsgardening.org/what-we-do/">https://kidsgardening.org/what-we-do/</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<b><a href="https://kidsgardening.org/garden-how-to-hydroponics/" target="_blank">Hydroponics</a></b> - "...<span style="background-color: white; color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hydroponics, in its simplest form, is growing plants by supplying all necessary nutrients in the plants’ water supply rather than through the soil. Growing plants hydroponically helps gardeners and farmers grow more food more rapidly in smaller areas (greenhouses, living rooms, classrooms, and rooftops, for instance) and to produce food in parts of the world where space, good soil, and/or water are limited..."</span><br />
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<a href="https://kidsgardening.org/garden-how-to-why-leaves-change-colors/" target="_blank"><b>Why Leaves Change Colors</b> </a>- "...<span style="background-color: white; color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Chlorophyll isn’t the only pigment contained in plant foliage, but it dominates. Other pigments, such as the yellow and orange carotenoids, are masked in most plants by the strong presence of chlorophyll. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">However, come autumn, as the growing season winds down, chlorophyll’s dominance wanes. The shortening days (or, more accurately, the lengthening hours of darkness) trigger plants to begin entering dormancy. One manifestation of this process is that chlorophyll begins to break down and the plant reabsorbs some of the elements it contains, such as nitrogen. No longer dominating the scene, the scarcity of chlorophyll allows the yellow and orange carotenoid pigments to take center stage and show their “true colors.”..."</span><br />
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<a href="https://kidsgardening.org/garden-how-to-mycorrhizae/" target="_blank"><b>Mycorrhizae & Plants</b></a> - "...<span style="background-color: white; color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">One of the most fascinating group of fungi — and most important to gardeners — are the root fungi, also known as mycorrhizae (</span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5a5d60; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">my-co-RISE-ee</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, a term derived from the Greek words for fungus and root). Many species never show themselves above the soil surface, yet they are incredibly important to the soil ecosystem and the plant life it supports..."</span><br />
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<a href="https://kidsgardening.org/gardening-basics-potato-world-history/" target="_blank"><b>How the Potato Changed World History</b> </a>- "...<span style="background-color: white; color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This genetic uniformity set the stage for an epidemic of disastrous proportions, as the potato varieties grown showed no resistance to the blight, and entire fields were wiped out in a matter of days. The suffering that ensued was horrific, especially in Ireland, which endured one of the deadliest famines in history in terms of the percentage of the population affected. More than one million Irish died, and around twice that number emigrated, many of them settling in the U.S..."</span></div>
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<b><a href="https://kidsgardening.org/garden-how-to-school-farmers-market/" target="_blank">Starting a School Farmers' Market</a> </b>- "...<span style="background-color: white; color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In schools and communities across the country, students are using their campus gardens and local farm produce as fodder for business ventures. As they plant, plan, calculate, design, and promote their produce, they grow socially, academically, and personally. Their communities, too, reap rewards..."</span></div>
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<a href="https://kidsgardening.org/gardening-basics-plant-a-tree/" target="_blank"><b>How to Plant a Tree</b> </a>- "...<span style="background-color: white; color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">If you pull back some of the soil at the base of the tree, you'll see the tops of the main order roots spreading out at this point. You want to plant your own tree so that the base of the trunk flare (also known as the root collar) is right at the surface of the soil (or slightly above in heavy soil). The flare of the trunk on a sapling is not as noticeable as it is on a mature tree, but if you look closely, you'll see it -- that is, if it's not buried..."</span></div>
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<a href="https://kidsgardening.org/gardening-basics-six-easy-to-grow-herbs/" target="_blank"><b>Six Easy-to-Grow Herbs</b> </a>- "...<span style="background-color: white; color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Herbs have many historical ties and have been used for centuries for healing, personal care, and dye making, as well as to season foods. There is a lot for students to explore about the history, use, and sensory attributes of the herbs they grow..."</span></div>
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<a href="https://kidsgardening.org/gardening-basics-companion-planting/" target="_blank"><b>Companion Planting</b> </a>- "...<span style="background-color: white; color: #5a5d60; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Scattering flower plants throughout the garden and/or planting a border of flowers around your vegetable garden perimeter is a great way to provide food and shelter for beneficials. Try to have something in bloom from spring planting time to fall frost. The flowers of many herbs, such as dill, caraway, and coriander, are excellent attractors, as are the flowers of vegetables like broccoli and radishes, if you let a few plants go to seed..."</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">a. </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">How many days to you have from planting to harvest?</span></div>
b. Is there enough time for the plants to produce before frost?c. How tall will the plant grow? <br />d. How much space will each plant require?e. Is it too late in the season to plant cold crop vegetables like lettuce, spinach, broccoli, etc.? <span data-offset-key="9k61k-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">According to the <a href="https://www.almanac.com/gardening/frostdates/zipcode/07631" target="_blank">Farmer's Almanac</a>, this planting season has 201 days. </span><span data-offset-key="9k61k-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The season started April 10, 2019 and frost is expected October 29, 2019. </span><span data-offset-key="9k61k-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The Almanac is generally on target with the frost dates.
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Do remove any weeds growing outside of your box.
Do participate in helping to spread the wood chips and mulch throughout the garden.
Do use the garbage receptacles provided in the garden. The blue is for recyclables, not plant refuse.
Do pick up and discard any garbage dropped by passersby and put in the recycling bin.
Do help us keep the entire area clean and groomed.
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<b>Do remember that when the gray cans are filled, they must be placed on the curb in the 50 feet of space where motorists are not allowed to park near the stop sign on the corner of Lafayette Place and Genesee Ave.<br /><br />DPW will pick up the Garden debris on Fridays unless they are called for "Special Pickup". DPW Workers will not enter the Garden to remove the garbage bins.</b><br />
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The one calendar that man has no control over is the one that governs gardening.<br />
The <a href="https://www.almanac.com/gardening/frostdates/zipcode/07631" target="_blank">Old Farmer's Almanac predicts</a> that in the 07631 growing area we gardeners have<br />
201 days in the growing season.<br />
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The last Spring Frost has been predicted as April 9, 2018 and the first Fall Frost is predicted<br />
on October 29, 2018. That gives us 201 days of growing time if we are lucky. It does seem<br />
that there will be little time to grow cold crop in this region as we will surely have a very short spring.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>Garden Tasks by the Month: 2018 Growing Season</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.almanac.com/gardening/tips/zipcode/07631/04" target="_blank">April </a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.almanac.com/gardening/tips/zipcode/07631/05" target="_blank">May</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.almanac.com/gardening/tips/zipcode/07631/06" target="_blank">June</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.almanac.com/gardening/tips/zipcode/07631/07" target="_blank">July</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.almanac.com/gardening/tips/zipcode/07631/08" target="_blank">August</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.almanac.com/gardening/tips/zipcode/07631/09" target="_blank">September</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.almanac.com/gardening/tips/zipcode/07631/10" target="_blank">October</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.almanac.com/gardening/tips/zipcode/07631/11" target="_blank">November</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.almanac.com/gardening/tips/zipcode/07631/12" target="_blank">December</a></span><br />
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Community Garden Members: Please remember that your bed must be cleared, turned and planted by June 15, 2018.<br />
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We are looking for volunteers to help maintain the "Teaching Garden".<br />
We also need Volunteers to help during Outdoor Classroom Activities.<br />
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plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763557231677051673.post-38667208536779687612016-02-17T15:15:00.054-05:002023-04-20T23:53:44.282-04:00"The Holy Land is everywhere." Black Elk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face=""helvetica" , "sans-serif"" style="color: #141823; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The Louie Bacoat Historic Community Garden has been in existence as a "Garden" longer than anyone alive can remember.</b> According to "the Old Timers",
including Mr. Bacoat's own family, 206 Lafayette Place in Englewood has always
been a garden. According to the 1942 "Old Man's draft registration
records, Louie Bacoat was already in Englewood, New Jersey. According to his
family, he was a farmer in his native Darlington, South Carolina and was
already<span class="apple-converted-space"> continuing to </span><span class="textexposedshow">farm in Englewood, NJ.</span></div></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica" , "sans-serif"" style="color: #141823; font-size: large;">Mr. Norman Gainey joined Mr. George Owens and his brother Kenny
in the garden in the early 1970s. Mr. Owens and his brother ceased to farm the land in 2012. The land lay fallow in 2013, because of the damage done by the bulldozer and subsequent flooding. The Garden could not be planted in 2013. The County and the Bergen County Parks Department answered our pleas for help in 2014. They brought in heavy farm machinery that tills deeply. They donated 3 tandem truckloads of topsoil and shared the services of some of the County Park's employees. These men were invaluable in the restoration and transformation of the Garden into what it is today. <a href="http://growyourownproduce.blogspot.com/2015/01/paying-it-forward.html" target="_blank">In 2014, Mr. Gainey helped us transform the traditional row garden into a Community Raised Bed garden before moving his family back to his native South Carolina. </a>He helped us all embrace the concepts of water conservation with his signs that demanded we not water his beans. His ideas paid off when his beans were ready to harvest in 35 days without faucet water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica" , "sans-serif"" style="color: #141823; font-size: large;">We decided to name the garden after Mr. Bacoat since he is the
earliest of the caretakers that anyone remembers. It is evident that the Garden would have had a totally different future if Mr. Bacoat had not chosen to farm the land at 206 Lafayette Place in addition to the land where the current Third Street Community Garden exists. Dozens of residents born and
raised in Englewood in Mr. Baciat's time have been interviewed about the garden. Everyone remembers
Mr. Bacoat and his horse drawn wagon, the collard greens, knife and lawn mower
sharpening and the lands that he maintained in the 4th Ward. Coach Evans remembers riding on the back of the wagon, as a child and helping out in return for collard greens delivered to his Mother as payment.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif">It is now a
Community Garden on City Land that is overseen by the DPW and ran by the Life
Long Learners of the Louie Bacoat Historic Community Garden Membership. We are a learning institution and embrace all who share our love of the land. We are also asking that the site be designated a Historic site and preserved as such in </span><i><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">perpetuity</span></b></i><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif"> by
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cityofenglewood.org/filestorage/9306/1441/1760/2267/1405/1953/7572/7576/12-15-2015_Minutes.pdf" target="_blank">On December 15, 2015, the City Council (Resolution (#254-12-15-15, page 7 of 9)</a> resolved to place the Louie Bacoat Historic Community Garden </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #141823;">on
the Recreation and <a href="https://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/dep/greenacres/facproc.pl" target="_blank">Open Space Inventory </a>(ROSI) for a period of 5 years. This is a database
maintained by the Green Acres Program of the State of New Jersey. This database
includes municipal, county and nonprofit parkland encumbered by the<a href="http://www.state.nj.us/dep/greenacres/index.html" target="_blank"> NJ Green AcresProgram</a>. It is our goal to have </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141823;">the site officially recognized as a place of Historical
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The African American Advisory Committee will recognize the site
as Hallowed Ground on February 18, 2016 as part of the Black History Month
Celebration. Join us in accepting this honor. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #141823;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Place: One Bergen Plaza , </span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #141823;">5th Floor - </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #141823;">Hackensack, NJ</span></span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #141823; font-size: large;">The Garden is definitely a site
filled with African American Memories. We agree with the concepts made immortal
by the Indigenous people of the Americas, “all ground is Hallowed” and should be
treated as such by humans. The Earth and the Sea are the Source of all life and
must be revered and nurtured as such. There is only one PLANET. We must all
nurture and care for it, because there is no Planet B.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Members of the Community have come together in support of the garden. 3,514 people from all over New Jersey have given their support by signing a Change.org petition. This petition asks that the City of Englewood designate the Louie Bacoat Historic Community Garden an <a href="http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/3preserve/hpcdirectory99.pdf" target="_blank">historic site</a>. We all fear that if this is not done the bulldozers will return and the garden will become an "impound parking lot" as was the plan.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Update: The Louie Bacoat Historic Community Garden was on the December 15, 2015 agenda. Gardeners were officially given permission to Garden there as is documented in the minutes from that meeting.<br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.cityofenglewood.org/filestorage/9306/1441/1760/2267/1405/1953/7572/7576/12-15-2015_Minutes.pdf" style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="866" height="292" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3dpIg4CdfLA/YMmHJaIdv5I/AAAAAAAAP2M/U1mAyFg22IIg8BTfdjRZ5UjSKkBndZJxACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h292/Resolution%2Bregarding%2BBacoat%2BCommunity%2BGarden.png" width="480" /></a></span></div>
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Last year, this time we had collard greens that looked like the one in this photo. We donated to the Annual Thanksgiving Dinner at 111 West Street. We will not be able to do the same this year because our cold crop growing season was seriously shortened by, shall we say, <a href="http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/" target="_blank">climate change</a>. Regardless of how one feels about the issue, down here on the ground where things are growing or not growing, we witness the difference. As a result of the seriously hot and dry weather as compared to the cold crop season of 2014, our growing season was shortened. There will not be any giant collard greens to donate this year. The large greens in the Louie Bacoat Historic Community Garden were planted early summer and somehow survived the hot summer months. The few families that have these greens will no doubt use them in their own Holiday meals.</div>
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It was a long, very hot and very dry summer. Weather researchers say that it was one of the hottest and driest summers in 90 years. We purchased 2 flats of collard greens. My friend planted hers right away. I did not. It was clear that the plants were being attacked by cabbage worms and it was too hot to plant them out in the open garden. I kept them in partial shade and hand picked the worms off. I used a safe homemade insecticide. I pampered them until the prolonged hot spell was forecast as coming to an inevitable end. The greens in the photos below can be eaten, but it would mean picking before their time. They are barely infants with the small number of leaves.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">For the first time in a long time<br />Parents, Community Members<br />and Teachers have been<br />treated with dignity.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Under Howard Haughton's leadership, the conversation<br />has changed to include education.<br /></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">We like the change in landscape.</span></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Englewood New Jersey Residents.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">This Tuesday November 3, 2015 </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Election Day</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Vote columns 2, 3, and 4</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">to open the door</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">of opportunity for our children.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">3 varieties of hot peppers, onions, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">marigold, 2 types of tomatoes,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">egg plant, amaranth (callaloo), </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">coriander, bok choy, okra,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">cantaloupe, oregano, beets,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">Companion planted in a</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">Square Foot Garden</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Given the choice of what the plant, the 6 year old chose <br />sunflowers again.</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">It is hoped that we will harvest <br />some worthwhile seeds from these<br />before the birds get to them.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">This is his Mother's first visit to the<br />Community Garden where she is <br />shown all the wonderful things her <br />2 small children<br />have participated in growing.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Her 6 year old son ran from his bus carrying<br />this Lima Bean that was sprouted<br />in his Kindergarten class at Quarles.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">This healthy pole bean has </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">wrapped itself around the</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://txcc.sedl.org/resources/strategies/ayp/RocksRiversandWetBabies13/AndHowAretheChildren.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"...And how are the children...?"</span></b></a></div>
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plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763557231677051673.post-20220909762620396832015-08-05T21:44:00.000-04:002015-11-04T17:57:21.184-05:00Watermelon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">We may just get to share some watermelon this season. It has been a team effort to keep these magnificent little one thriving.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">They are made even more special to us because they were planted by one of our youngest gardens and her older sister.</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">She talked with them about why peat moss should </span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The boys marked out the square feet. They were<br />taught to use the hammer safely.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I think he wants his x-box. He kept asking me <br />how many hours did gardening require.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our Missionary Sisters arrived promptly at <br />9 am ready to work. They did their 2 hours,<br />collected the hugs and moved on.<br />Thank you again, Sisters.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>They helped me turn over the soil in my bed to <br />add peat moss. I taught them to get down deep. <br />I was thankful for the help. It was great<br />to see them loosen up and have some fun.<br />2 are leaving for another location in a<br />few days.</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Mom waits as her sons become acquainted with <br />my grandchildren in the dirt pile. It will never be <br />too soon to have that soil spread throughout <br />the garden.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">This is not true Square foot<br />Gardening because we<br />do not have<br />Vermiculite.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">After all of the nails were<br />hammered in they tied string<br />across the box making<br />12" squares.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The soil has been amended<br />with manure and peat moss.<br />The soil is ready for planting.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers<br />and watermelon were planted.<br />We later moved the watermelon<br />to a bed alone. I explained<br />how watermelon grows<br />and the large amount of space<br />that is needed. Gardeners<br />must keep their crops<br />within the confines of the<br />box. That is a challenge for<br />the future.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Xavier is in Mrs. Rosensweig's class at Quarles.<br />He proudly added the Pole Lima Beans that he <br />sprouted on a napkin in class to the <br />Pre K- Kindergarten bed. We placed it<br />in the center and he gently wound the<br />running vine up the dry branch<br />and onto the metal stake that<br />his Mom donated.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">It is a very healthy plant. We<br />will make a trip to water it <br />every day until the roots catch <br />on to the soil in its new home.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">He is looking to his right now,<br />because he wants to transplant<br />his seedlings from beneath<br />the hoop garden cover.<br />We decided to leave<br />that for another<br />day since<br />he used<br />all of<br />the water<br />to quench<br />the thirst of the plants </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">set out </span></b><b style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-size: small;">the day before.</span></b></td></tr>
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The Pre K- Kindergarten age bed has room for more seedlings and seeds. <a href="mailto:plumwalk2@gmail.com">plumwalk2@gmail.com</a> or join us on Saturday morning for another volunteer session.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">was a smashing success because of people working together.</span></b></div>
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<b>Bishop Patrick Rumble (R)</b></div>
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<b>Rafael Mata (L)</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Rafael never stopped smiling.<br />He seemed to have as much<br />fun as the children.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The little ones alternated between work and <br />playing on the pile of top soil.</span></b></td></tr>
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plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763557231677051673.post-48390552149330427692015-05-06T01:15:00.002-04:002015-05-07T00:56:22.546-04:00One Of Those Best Days Ever<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b>It is learning time in the Louie Bacoat Historic<br />Community Garden.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Today, there will be no playing on the pile of soil. <br />There will be structured learning.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">He is 6 and is learning to use the rake.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">It kept his attention for a while. He would prefer to<br />slash the air and pretend that he is a ninja with<br />a special weapon.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">She is 8 and learning about the life cycle of a <br />collard green.When those flowers appear, the <br />cycle is over unless you are going to collect the seeds <br />that follow the blossoms.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">It is much more fun to dig a hole and feel the dirt in <br />your fingers while looking for the earthworms that <br />Mrs. Johnson showed him in class. It<br />would have been nice to find a few. That is<br />a good sign.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">She learned a few things about weeds.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>He dug a really deep, neat hole.</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A friend wanted to know what those Christmas <br />tree like plants are. The answer collard greens that <br />should have been harvested and eaten before they <br />went up to seed.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Another new member. She is also from the south. <br />She too,grew up in farm country and knows what <br />to do with the dirt.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Crystal Brown converses with <br />a new member of our garden<br />cooperative.He is from the country <br />so he'll just have to remember what <br />his Parents taught him.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">No. It is time to eat them. </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Take them home and cook <br />them. It is time to start again.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">It was a rewarding day of work.<br />Time for a selfie.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Time to go home and take a couple of advil.</span></b></td></tr>
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plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763557231677051673.post-61728890593905752612015-05-01T17:10:00.001-04:002015-05-22T15:43:51.419-04:00Bacoat Historic Community Garden's Square Foot Gardening Challenge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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photo above is part of the Bacoat Historic Community Garden. The section
pictured is our Teaching Garden. The 16’ X 4’ raised beds are numbered from 16 –
22. 16 is closest to the street. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The materials for the construction of these beds were donated by members of the Community who support the Bacoat Historic Community Garden.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Louie Bacoat Historic Community Garden is an <a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=organic-agriculture.html" target="_blank">Organic Gardening Cooperative.</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.beyondpesticides.org/index.php" target="_blank">No pesticides allowed.</a> We use peat moss to aerate the soil to encourage earthworm activity. We use well cured manure as fertilizer. We use natural methods to discourage pests. The Rutger's Cooperative Extension <a href="http://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/" target="_blank">Plant & Pest Advisory </a>is a valuable resource. <a href="http://www.almanac.com/content/plant-companions-friend-or-foe" target="_blank">Companion planting</a> of various types of flowers helped deter aphids. Marigolds, nasturtiums, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Deer </b>- Last year, Mr. Gainey's beautiful green beans, lima beans, cowpeas, lettuce, eggplant and sweet peas were the favorites of the <a href="http://www.planetnatural.com/deer-repellent/" target="_blank">deer</a> in our neighborhood. We made up a paste using the hottest pepper we could find and mixed with garlic. We painted this mixture on the leaves of plants and on the boxes. This paste kept the deer away for the rest of the season. We learned that deer do not like mint of any kind. They also do not have a taste for collard greens, broccoli, napa cabbage, spinach, cabbage, dill, mustard greens, turnip greens or arugula. We did not see any groundhog activity, but we know those little critters are out there.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Beds - They have been assigned by age group. This is not written in stone. It was simply a place to start. We have provided topsoil. The soil in each bed is already mixed with peat moss and well cured manure</span></b></div>
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reserved for the youngest gardeners </b> – My grandson is a kindergarten student at Quarles and he has told me about his plant. He is counting the sprouts everyday. He wanted to know what will happen to it in the summer time. <b>We encourage teachers from Quarles to
transplant the seedlings planted by the young ones in this box prior to the end
of school</b>. This way the children will be able to see the harvest that the tiny
seed produced. They may visit the Teaching Garden with family throughout the summer and participate in other activities all summer long. They will be able to help protect the plants and learn the many challenges the plant faces prior to becoming food on the plate. Use the attached planting guide, kindly provided by Rutgers to determine when those seedlings should be transplanted in the soil. Some seeds may be sown directly into the soil right now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Greenhouse - </b>The bed covered with the plastic is our hoop garden. It was
created by our Master Gardener, Joe Mironov and the children. Right now there
are seeds germinating in the greenhouse environment beneath the plastic. The
greenhouse is utilized by all gardeners. If you have seeds that your class has planted, you are welcome to place them in the Greenhouse until they are ready to plant in the garden. Make sure the containers are labeled. The plastic may only be lifted from the west side of the bed. That way the names of plants and their owners are clearly visible.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Master Gardener, Joe Mironov taught a class in hoop garden building.<br />They planted greens in the garden the same day. The greens produced were <br />still being harvested at Thanksgiving and Christmas.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Avalon and Xavier selected plants they would like to grow. We used ice cream <br />sticks to label each section. Their names are also included to avoid confusion. <br />Their Mother suggested that they place something personal with their seeds. <br />They selected these little concrete stars that they colored. They thought the<br />garden needed some artwork.<br />Today, they visited their little gardens after school.</span></b></td></tr>
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<b>Number 20 - (Grades 1 - 3) Grieco Elementary School age Students</b><br />
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<b>Number 19 - (Grades 4 - 6) McCloud Elementary School age Students</b><br />
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<b>Number 18 - (Grades 7 - 8) Janis E. Dismus Middle School age Students</b><br />
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<b>Number 16 - (Grades 11- 12) DMHS ( This age group may choose to lead the younger children in a planting project utilizing the bed.)</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: large;">your own choice of dividers. Use <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=measuring+tools+list&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=C01EVd-YIIG-ggTL7ICQAg&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1680&bih=941" target="_blank">measuring tools</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: large;">2. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=companion+planting+list&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=U01EVdbIOIeggwTrqYCwDA&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1680&bih=941" target="_blank">Companion plant</a> the raised bed with seeds and seedlings</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: large;">that grow together and compliment each other's growth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: large;">5. Choose plants that will stay in the box. Avoid plants that will run into the walking area. Vertical structures must be researched and approved.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: large;">We are encouraging teachers at the various schools to challenge your students to find the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math in Gardening at the Louie Bacoat Historic Community Garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Parents who have children in the age groups and schools listed are also encouraged to bring the children and garden with us.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We have provided you with a raised bed that is 16 ft X 4 feet.</b> That is enough space to grow amazing things. We challenge you to teach your children about <a href="http://www.melbartholomew.com/what-is-square-foot-gardening/" target="_blank">Square Foot Gardening</a>. This gardening technique is ripe with challenges for the students and the teachers. If you decide to accept the challenge, you have varied choices of what to use to divide the beds. This technique also allows for the participation of many more students. Companion planting, organic pest control, beneficial plants, insects and animals may also be explored.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>May 15 </b>- Beds must be prepared for planting</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>June 15</b> - Beds must be planted. Keep in mind that when it is hot and dry, it is not a great time to transplant tender plants into the garden. Transplanting generally happens before the Summer heat becomes oppressive.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Teachers are welcome to contact me via email -<a href="mailto:plumwalk2@gmail.com" target="_blank">plumwalk2@gmail.com</a> at which time you will be given a phone number for myself and other participants.</span></b><br />
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206 Lafayette Place is the site of a Community Garden that is making history.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe Mironov, Master Gardener wraps up a <br />
lesson on building hoop gardens to extend <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>The Teaching Garden</b> - The
Garden located at Genesee Avenue and Lafayette Place, has been in existence for
over 100 years. We have not found anyone alive who remembers when the garden
was not there. When I moved here in 1967, my grandma and I passed the Garden on
the way home from First Baptist Church or from visiting her 1st cousin who
lived on Franklin Road. She told me the story of a man named Mr. Becote who
used to drive a horse drawn wagon and cared for the garden. We have interviewed
Lewis Becote’s late 89 year old cousin <a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?pid=171700467" target="_blank">Clarence Becote</a> of Teaneck. Gloria Williams, formerly of Englewood was also interiewed. Clarence Becote
built and lived in the house on the corner of Green St. and Genesee Avenue
across the street from Tributary Woods. We made a short film of the interview. Mr. Clarence Becote had some very interesting
insight into life in Englewood </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">and the Public School system. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Esther Babb and Rosalind Byrd gathered <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Theresa Thomas, 4th Ward, District 2 Committee Person and Chairwoman of the Englewood Democratic Committee inadvertently helped us with our research in her zeal to see that the Community Garden not exist. Theresa found Lewis Becote's registration for the <a href="http://www.fold3.com/page/285327816_wwii_old_mans_draft_registration/" target="_blank">Old Man's Draft in 1942.</a> Due to this discovery, we changed the spelling of the ancient caretaker's name to the original spelling. It seems that factions of the family may not have changed the original spelling indicated on the draft registration records. That however, did not pose a problem. The hero here is the site, the land itself. It is an Historic Place in a town without a Historic Preservation Commission. It is a postage stamp of green in a town with almost no Open Space left. Our Community Garden name is The Louie Bacoat Community Garden. We are not allowed the word Historic in the title. No problem, the word is in our Hearts.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norman Gainey, Curtis Caviness, <br />
John Babb, Dorian Milteer work together <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Memories</b> - We
have also spoken with Mr. Arnold Brown, who is 82 years old and has the longest
Englewood family history of anyone I know. He does not remember a time when the
garden was not there. We have spoken with Ms. Joyce Harris a 3<sup>rd</sup>
Ward resident who also knows of the garden’s long history. Joyce has a long and
rich history in Englewood. We learned that she lived with her family in the
MacKay Park Gate House for many years. She says it was the first time that she
had ever lived in a home with an indoor bathroom. We interviewed Ralph Lewis (72)
who also had a very animated and detailed recollection of how Louie Bacoat cultivated the Genesee/Lafayette Garden. Ralph also related that Louie Bacoat also cultivated the garden plot where the present 3<sup>rd</sup> Street
Community Garden is located.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Under Construction Still</b> - People in the neighborhood have pitched in to make this a real Community effort. The people working in the dirt are the ones who are paying for all of the materials. This is the 4th Ward working together with people from all wards and walks of life to make something lasting and beautiful.</span><br />
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4th and 5th grade box that he moved<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>The Teaching Garden</b> - 7 beds, one full section of the garden area has been set aside for <a href="http://4thwardunited.blogspot.com/2014/08/something-marvelous.html" target="_blank">teaching the children in the Community</a> how to grow vegetables for food. The people who control the Production of Food will control the world. We will always need food. Hopefully, the children will do better at saving the planet than today's adults. Children will learn to start plants from seed at home and under the hoop gardens in our Louie Bacoat Community Garden. We will help them understand the cycle of life of garden plants. Hopefully they will embrace the idea of growing their own Super Foods and the act of giving to those less fortunate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When the work started, people from the surrounding Community stopped and asked if they could become a part of the effort. No one was refused. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A nearby house was under renovation. The owner looked out the bedroom window facing the garden and gave the workers her approval to help us construct the boxes that hold the raised beds together. We have debt of gratitude for the men working in that house. They were and still are our heroes. They helped make the dream possible. Thank you guys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">George Garrison III did his part and looked as if he knew what he was doing. I believed him when he said he was used to the work. JamesEvans entertained us with stories of how he rode on Mr. Bacoat's wagon and helped him deliver the produce around town when he was a boy. Mr. Bacoat paid him in collard greens that his Mother whipped up for the entire family. There are also stories about Mr. Bacoat's horse scaring a couple of girls up onto their steps.</span><br />
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<b>The County responded when we needed soil to fill the boxes</b>. The soil was purchased and sent to the site. It was good quality topsoil. It was clean and ready to mix with the well cured cow manure that was donated by our Master Gardener. That truck made 3 trips that day. This was the very best way to see our tax dollars at work. It makes one feel there truly is hope. Did it occur to me that it was an election year. I was thinking about the project. It seemed perfectly natural and okay that a sincere request was answered positively.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>August 9, 2014, the garden was officially opened.</b> The Master Gardener planted the first vegetables in what he called out demonstration box. Joe grew the seedlings in this box in his own little greenhouse at home. He provided most of the Community Gardeners with seeds and seedlings to begin their first season of planting. Mr. Gainey planted green beans the next day that actually produced fruit for harvest in just 30 days. I must remember to ask him to send us</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> some seed from South Carolina.</span><br />
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<b>Dorian Milteer, Director of Curriculum and Instruction</b> in the Englewood Public School District gave us hours of Community Service on several occasions. It is hoped that we will be able to partner with the School District in teaching students how to garden for food, health, fun and charity.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Steve, Curtis and Joe connect a hose to our neighbor across the street, Mitchell's Auto Body Shop. This business has been in the neighborhood since the 70's. The owners and workers have watched the hard work that goes into maintaining the lot. They have made sandwiches and salads from the produce. On August 9, 2014, they were there with their support and supplied water to quench the thirst of the newly planted demonstration bed.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">This massive Napa Cabbage was harvested</b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> from Joe the Master Gardener's demonstration box. These massage cabbage last a long time in the crisper of the refrigerator. The stuffed Napa Cabbage leaves were delicious. I dipped the giant leaves in boiling water for a few seconds, allowed them to cool and made my own version of kim chi. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">One of the beds was planted especially for the Annual Thanksgiving Dinner at 111 West Street. Crystal Brown and I harvested the giant healthy plants and delivered them to the chef's house the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I attended this year's celebration and was sincerely impressed by the effort and love that goes into the preparation for this event. The greens were a hit at the party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>George Owens and Norman Gainey worked the lot</b> together for many years until Mr. Owens had to retire from the gardening because of his health. Mr. Gainey, the South Carolina native is standing on a piece of City land that he farmed for a quarter century. He is one of a long line of southern born African American men who have worked this fertile piece of earth. In 2011, I started traveling with my camera. Missing shots like this is not an option. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I<b>n September, Norman Gainey and his family moved back to South Carolina.</b> He taught us a lot about farming this spot before he left. He helped plan and care for the raised beds and was the Supervisor. He visited the garden daily in the am when he took his daily 5 mile walk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He surprised everyone when he refused to water his beans. He made a sign of cardboard and posted it in his beds. He warned people not to water his beds. He believes that the faucet water is not a good nutrient for the soil. He assured us that he never watered the site except when planting new young seedlings. His green beans were ready for harvest 30 days after he planted them. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Left to Right: Betty Griffin, The Gainey Family, Crystal Brown, Valerie Hamer, <br />Wayne Hamer,Richard Stanard, Lucy D. Walker, Kevin Lake, Curtis Caviness, <br />Esther Santiago-Babb.</span></td></tr>
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plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763557231677051673.post-86159032197285594922014-08-19T15:58:00.001-04:002014-08-19T15:58:49.557-04:00Work Hard, Then Eat Well<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mr Norman Gainey embraces the idea of raised bed gardening as a way to produce more with less work...down the line..at least. Anita Newkirk helps with the weeding.</div>
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plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763557231677051673.post-80645867528223555592013-12-14T00:45:00.000-05:002013-12-14T00:45:58.961-05:00Stir Fry Vegetables & Leftover Roast Pork with Garlic: <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Powdered chicken broth to taste added<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Shredded Cabbage spread over </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1. layer of finely cut white potatoes</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>2. layer of mini yellow, red and orange sweet</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>3. Finely chopped roasted pork chop stuffed</b></span><br />
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Ingredients:<br />
2 peeled & finely chopped white potatoes<br />
8 sprigs chopped broccoli rabe<br />
4 mini red, yellow, orange sweet peppers chopped<br />
1 medium tomato chopped<br />
8 whole cabbage leaves finely slivered<br />
1 left over roasted pork chop stuffed with olive cloves<br />
1/2 cup pre-cooked brown rice<br />
1/2 tablespoon of olive oil<br />
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Heat olive oil slightly. Add potatoes and fry until tender. Cover potatoes with layer of peppers and tomatoes.<br />
Add the slivered cabbage, cover and allow to simmer. I use a glass cover so I can see the condensation on the top. Add the leftover pork. Add the broccoli rabe and allow mixture to simmer. Fold the ingredients into each other gently. Serve over brown rice.<br />
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