Community Garden Question
 

I visited a start up "community" garden run by non gardeners.
Apparently this will be designed as a teaching garden for kids.

They are about 9 raised beds built of cinder blocks, ~ 4' * 3'.

Water will be supplied by either rainfall or runoff from a large roof of
a community center. There is room for about 8 barrels. I think about 12'
vertical fall from where the barrels could be stored. There is talk of a
bicycle water pump. Sun looks good, with just shading early and late.

All this is in Atlanta 7b.

I think they want to grow a bit of everything, veggies, flowers and
herbs.

I'm looking for ideas of what will be tolerant of care and how to
irrigate this.

When I first looked into this I thought there would be someone there
that could teach me about gardening, not the other way around!

Jeff

Community Garden Question
 

In article ,
Jeff Thies wrote:

I visited a start up "community" garden run by non gardeners.
Apparently this will be designed as a teaching garden for kids.

They are about 9 raised beds built of cinder blocks, ~ 4' * 3'.

Water will be supplied by either rainfall or runoff from a large roof of
a community center. There is room for about 8 barrels. I think about 12'
vertical fall from where the barrels could be stored. There is talk of a
bicycle water pump. Sun looks good, with just shading early and late.

All this is in Atlanta 7b.

I think they want to grow a bit of everything, veggies, flowers and
herbs.

I'm looking for ideas of what will be tolerant of care and how to
irrigate this.

When I first looked into this I thought there would be someone there
that could teach me about gardening, not the other way around!

Jeff

http://communitygarden.org/connect/

Learning is a two way street.

--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
What use one more wake up call?

http://www.thesunmagazine.org/ many stars

Community Garden Question
 

In article ,
Bill who putters wrote:

In article ,
Jeff Thies wrote:

I visited a start up "community" garden run by non gardeners.
Apparently this will be designed as a teaching garden for kids.

They are about 9 raised beds built of cinder blocks, ~ 4' * 3'.

Water will be supplied by either rainfall or runoff from a large roof of
a community center. There is room for about 8 barrels. I think about 12'
vertical fall from where the barrels could be stored. There is talk of a
bicycle water pump. Sun looks good, with just shading early and late.

All this is in Atlanta 7b.

I think they want to grow a bit of everything, veggies, flowers and
herbs.

I'm looking for ideas of what will be tolerant of care and how to
irrigate this.

When I first looked into this I thought there would be someone there
that could teach me about gardening, not the other way around!

Jeff

http://communitygarden.org/connect/

Learning is a two way street.

You learn best when you teach.
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3lF5XSUg
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html

Community Garden Question
 

Bill who putters wrote:
In article ,
Jeff Thies wrote:

I visited a start up "community" garden run by non gardeners.
Apparently this will be designed as a teaching garden for kids.

They are about 9 raised beds built of cinder blocks, ~ 4' * 3'.

Water will be supplied by either rainfall or runoff from a large roof of
a community center. There is room for about 8 barrels. I think about 12'
vertical fall from where the barrels could be stored. There is talk of a
bicycle water pump. Sun looks good, with just shading early and late.

All this is in Atlanta 7b.

I think they want to grow a bit of everything, veggies, flowers and
herbs.

I'm looking for ideas of what will be tolerant of care and how to
irrigate this.

When I first looked into this I thought there would be someone there
that could teach me about gardening, not the other way around!

Jeff

http://communitygarden.org/connect/

That looks perfect.

Jeffs

Learning is a two way street.

Community Garden Question
 

Billy wrote:
In article ,
Bill who putters wrote:

In article ,
Jeff Thies wrote:

I visited a start up "community" garden run by non gardeners.
Apparently this will be designed as a teaching garden for kids.

They are about 9 raised beds built of cinder blocks, ~ 4' * 3'.

Water will be supplied by either rainfall or runoff from a large roof of
a community center. There is room for about 8 barrels. I think about 12'
vertical fall from where the barrels could be stored. There is talk of a
bicycle water pump. Sun looks good, with just shading early and late.

All this is in Atlanta 7b.

I think they want to grow a bit of everything, veggies, flowers and
herbs.

I'm looking for ideas of what will be tolerant of care and how to
irrigate this.

When I first looked into this I thought there would be someone there
that could teach me about gardening, not the other way around!

Jeff
http://communitygarden.org/connect/

Learning is a two way street.

You learn best when you teach.


The best advice I've ever given was "Don't take my advice!". So it's
best that they learn something, that works, too. ;-)


Jeff