tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605345945649108092024-03-18T21:09:46.805-07:00Galion Community GardensGalion residents; youth, seniors, & in-between, growing and providing local healthy affordable food!GGG Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05127209563896857772noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660534594564910809.post-50674895371793391472013-10-31T23:43:00.001-07:002013-10-31T23:43:43.971-07:00Benefits of Community Gardens<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><u><strong>Note:</strong></u></span> <span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>This blog is a companion to</strong></span> </span></span><a href="http://galion-garden-group.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Galion Garden Group</strong></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;">GGG is Aquaponics oriented, yet many of the</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;"> topics there may be of value to you.</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>The American Community Garden Association lists the following benefits.</strong></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Improves the
quality of life for people in the garden<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Provides a
catalyst for neighborhood and community development<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stimulates Social
Interaction<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Encourages
Self-Reliance<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Beautifies
Neighborhoods<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Produces
Nutritious Food<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reduces Family
Food Budgets<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Conserves
Resources<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Creates
opportunity for recreation, exercise, therapy, and education<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reduces Crime<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Preserves
Green Space<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Creates income
opportunities and economic development<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reduces city
heat from streets and parking lots<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Provides
opportunities for intergenerational and cross-cultural connections</span></span></div>
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GGG Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05127209563896857772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660534594564910809.post-52149704622155422482013-10-30T06:15:00.002-07:002013-10-30T06:15:42.727-07:00How Do I Invite You to Grow Food? <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><u><strong>Note:</strong></u></span> <span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>This blog is a companion to</strong></span> </span></span><a href="http://galion-garden-group.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Galion Garden Group</strong></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;">GGG is Aquaponics oriented, yet many of the</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;"> topics there may be of value to you.</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="watch-title"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ7anJHbFhg&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLA501B4481CA2C16E" target="_blank">How Do I Invite You to Grow Food?</a></span></b></span><span class="watch-title"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>* peakmoments * [27:59]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a heavy intellectual piece about where we, (the
human race) are and where we are going. Normally I [GCG admin.) would file it under the
<span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>Self-Reliance-Sustainability tab on the aquaponics blog.</strong></span> For those of you doing
in-soil gardening perhaps this is an introduction to permaculture; nature’s
way/system of providing sustainable food production.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>More</strong></span> to come...</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>~GCG~</strong></span>GGG Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05127209563896857772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660534594564910809.post-41478801262761997402013-10-30T03:53:00.005-07:002013-10-30T03:58:18.278-07:00A Garden in Every Neighborhood!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><u><strong>Note:</strong></u></span> <span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>This blog is a companion to</strong></span> </span></span><a href="http://galion-garden-group.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Galion Garden Group</strong></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;">GGG is Aquaponics oriented, yet many of the</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;"> topics there may be of value to you.</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;">*****</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Added to the Politics Tab </strong><span style="color: black;">is a video produced for the</span><strong> Denver Urban Garden</strong> <span style="color: black;">program. They have established 120 gardens.</span> <span style="color: black;">Given the population difference in our two communities, can we shoot for 20, 25, or ??? gardens in Galion?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>More</strong></span> to come...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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GGG Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05127209563896857772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660534594564910809.post-90369871417535263192013-10-26T18:40:00.002-07:002013-10-27T10:40:32.979-07:00Aquaponics in a Community Garden<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><u><strong>Note:</strong></u></span> <span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>This blog is a companion to</strong></span> </span></span><a href="http://galion-garden-group.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Galion Garden Group</strong></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;">GGG is Aquaponics oriented, yet many of the</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;"> topics there may be of value to you.</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>An aquaponic system</strong></span> is compatible to other methods of gardening and the fish solid waste (fish emulsion), when diluted can be used to fertilize plot or container in-soil gardens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>Due to the seasonal changes here in Galion</strong></span> a year-round system needs to be built inside a building or greenhouse. Establishing a small system first and then expanding on that system to become a commercial and/or charitable operation is highly recommended. This would hold true for an aquaponics division of the Galion Community Garden as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the following videos watch <strong><span style="color: #783f04;">Gina Cavaliero</span></strong> of <a href="http://www.greenacreaquaponics.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Green Acres Aquaponics</strong></a> introduce her steps to developing her commercial system and take note of the possibilities for the development of a large-scale aquaponics system within the community garden to produce local fresh healthy year-round harvests for distribution to the general public.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To learn more about aquaponic gardening watch the following video and the two links below, and/or go to<strong> </strong>our companion blog<strong> = </strong></span><a href="http://galion-garden-group.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Galion Garden Group</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below is 1 video and 2 links to more from Green Acre Aquaponics if you are intrigued; if not skip these for now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Green Acer Organics Farm Tour 4-7-2012 [15:00]</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrcHN3DDBgs" target="_blank">Green Acre's Organics FarmTour Part2</a> [15:00]</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfbCGRhg8oY" target="_blank">Green Acre's Organics Farm Tour Part 3</a> [15:00]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>More</strong></span> to come...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>GGG Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05127209563896857772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660534594564910809.post-68974281548678536722013-10-24T05:14:00.003-07:002013-10-24T05:26:05.083-07:00Excellent puveyour of in-soil garden wisdom<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><u><strong>Note:</strong></u></span> <span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>This blog is a companion to</strong></span> </span></span><a href="http://galion-garden-group.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Galion Garden Group</strong></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;">GGG is Aquaponics oriented, yet many of the</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;"> topics there may be of value to you.</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those interested in the community garden project as soil-based gardeners and <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>have a how-to</strong></span> <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">need,</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> Gary Pilarchik</span></strong> has dedicated nearly 250 videos to tomato and vegetable gardening, seed starting, mostly organic fertilizers, and home remedy pest/disease control on his YouTube channel - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/pilarchik"><strong><span style="color: #336699;">Gary Pilarchik</span></strong></a>.<br /><br /><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Tour of The Rusted Vegetable Garden with Gardening Tips 5/27/12</strong></span></span><br />
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GGG Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05127209563896857772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660534594564910809.post-50860984197065899072013-10-24T04:02:00.002-07:002013-10-24T04:26:49.044-07:00Types of Gardens and Gardening<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><strong><u>Note:</u></strong></span> <span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>This blog is a companion to</strong></span> </span></span><a href="http://galion-garden-group.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Galion Garden Group</span></strong></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;"><strong>GGG is Aquaponics oriented, yet many of the</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;"><strong> topics there may be of value to you.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>Forest gardening, a plant-based food production system</strong></span> is
the earth’s oldest form of gardening. In a perfect world we would return to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>SEE:</strong></span> Permaculture under the tab Self-Reliance/Sustainability Tab on
</span><a href="http://galion-garden-group.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Galion Garden Group</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><strong> At a residential home</strong></span> = <span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>Practical Urban Permaculture</strong></span>,
which is a series of 18 ten minute videos worth every minute of your time. <span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>Another,
further down the page is Geoff Lawton’s Food Forest Plan</strong></span>. In 4 minutes he
demonstrates how nature intended sustainability to be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Today, we have residential gardens</span> that may be located In front
or back yards, on table tops, in raised beds and in containers in which soil is the
grow media. Outdoor and indoor gardens exist that use soil or more recently;
hydroponic or aquaponic gardening methods.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Commercially gardening is done in fields, greenhouses, in
buildings and on rooftops. Local community gardening with a wide range of
plants is more sustainable than the mono-crop farming practices that have developed
world-wide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Local urban gardening is a sensible social and economic
activity in which an area of land (also buildings) is gardened by a group of
people, providing fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as access to satisfying
labor, neighborhood improvement, sense of community and connection to the
environment.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Community gardens are typically underwritten by civic
governments, non-profits, charities, fraternal organizations, religious groups,
or just a band of neighbors joining together in the activity. In some cases garden
sharing partners landowners with gardeners in need of land. Most of these groups
provide harvest over-abundance to food banks or community kitchens. Some
gardens are started for this purpose alone.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Green
Gardening" <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>involves <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>growing plants using organic fertilizers and
pesticides so that the gardening process - or the vegetables flowers and fruits
produced thereby - doesn't adversely affect the environment or people's health
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>SEE:</strong></span> <span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>The Welcome Tab entries</strong></span> that show how we can get started here in Galion.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana;"><strong>More</strong> <span style="color: black;">to come...</span></span><br /><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;">~GCG~</span></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />GGG Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05127209563896857772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660534594564910809.post-42412681591097672332013-10-21T16:18:00.001-07:002013-10-21T16:22:04.525-07:00Why establishing Urban Gardens is important<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><strong><u>Note:</u></strong></span> <span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>This blog is a companion to</strong></span> </span><a href="http://galion-garden-group.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><strong>Galion Garden Group</strong></span></span></a> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></span><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;"><strong>GGG is Aquaponics oriented, yet many of the</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana;"><strong> topics there may be of value to you.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Community Gardens are
important social, economic and environmental sectors of neighborhoods because
they provide fresh local healthy food to the participants and hopefully, with
management and growth in size and/or locations, to others in the immediate municipal
region.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Ideally, communal gardening
provides exercise, pride of accomplishment, shared knowledge and positive collective
experiences. Usually, a percent of each harvest is ear-marked for the needy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Development of multiple community gardens in partnership with local organic and/or naturally grown practicing farmers facilitates a long-term sustainable environment for the citizens of the community.<o:p></o:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Bountiful, well-tended
gardens with fresh non-GMO (genetically modified organism) and non-GEO (genetically
engineered organism) loaded produce will attract certain positive attention and
sales of heirloom seeds, transplants and/or produce harvests.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Income to the producers has
a multiplier effect for positive community economics, as does the wages of
employed workers in a for-profit operation or co-operative enterprise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: SymbolMT;">Environmental best
practices being implemented and taught</span><span style="font-family: SymbolMT; mso-bidi-font-family: SymbolMT;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">enlightens the general public’s awareness of the harm
our current global food delivery system and mono-crop practices have on society
and the eco-system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Participating in a community garden program is a step toward self-reliance
and continuing the practice of natural food production is a positive impactful
way of protesting the current corporate consumer food delivery system and
practices, as well as ensuring a better quality of food for ourselves, our
families and our community. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>WILLIE NELSON</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Galion Community Gardens blob administrator believes it is time to extend
Willie’s quote one step further and grow as much of our own food stuffs as we
can. Do you agree?</span></div>
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GGG Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05127209563896857772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660534594564910809.post-43940678171963807612013-10-17T22:27:00.001-07:002013-10-24T06:37:53.526-07:00Welcome to Galion Community Gardens<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><strong><u>Note:</u></strong></span> <span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>This blog is a companion to</strong></span> </span><a href="http://galion-garden-group.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><strong>Galion Garden Group</strong></span></span></a> </span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The following steps are adapted from the American Community Garden Association's guidelines </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for launching a successful community garden in your neighborhood.</span>
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</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Determine whether a garden is really needed and wanted, what kind it should be (vegetable, flower, both, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">organic?), whom it will involve and who benefits. Invite neighbors, tenants, community organizations, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">gardening and horticultural societies, building superintendents (if it is at an apartment building)—in other </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">words, anyone who is likely to be interested.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. FORM A PLANNING COMMITTEE</span></b><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This group can be comprised of people who feel committed to the creation of the garden and have the time to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">devote to it, at least at this initial stage. Choose well-organized persons as garden coordinators. Form </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">committees to tackle specific tasks: funding and partnerships, youth activities, construction and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">communication.</span><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do a community asset assessment. What skills and resources already exist in the community that can aid in the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">garden’s creation? Contact local municipal planners about possible sites, as well as horticultural societies and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">other local sources of information and assistance. Look within your community for people with experience in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">landscaping and gardening.</span><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some gardens "self-support" through membership dues, but for many, a sponsor is essential for donations of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tools, seeds or money. Churches, schools, private businesses or parks and recreation departments are all </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">possible supporters. One garden raised money by selling "square inches" at $5 each to hundreds of sponsors.</span><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Consider the amount of daily sunshine (vegetables need at least six hours a day), availability of water, and soil </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">testing for possible pollutants. Find out who owns the land. Can the gardeners get a lease agreement for at least </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">three years? Will public liability insurance be necessary?</span><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In most cases, the land will need considerable preparation for planting. Organize volunteer work crews to clean </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it, gather materials and decide on the design and plot arrangement.</span><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Members must decide how many plots are available and how they will be assigned. Allow space for storing </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tools, making compost and don’t forget the pathways between plots! Plant flowers or shrubs around the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">garden's edges to promote good will with non-gardening neighbors, passersby and municipal authorities.</span><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Consider creating a special garden just for kids--including them is essential. Children are not as interested in the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">size of the harvest but rather in the process of gardening. A separate area set aside for them allows them to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">explore the garden at their own speed.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. DETERMINE RULES AND PUT THEM IN WRITING</span></b><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The gardeners themselves devise the best ground rules. We are more willing to comply with rules that we have </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">had a hand in creating. Ground rules help gardeners to know what is expected of them. Think of it as a code of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">behavior. Some examples of issues that are best dealt with by agreed upon rules are: dues, how will the money </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be used? How are plots assigned? Will gardeners share tools, meet regularly, handle basic maintenance?</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. HELP MEMBERS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER</span></b><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good communication ensures a strong community garden with active participation by all. Some ways to do this </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are: form a telephone tree, create an email list; install a rainproof bulletin board in the garden; have regular </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">celebrations. Community gardens are all about creating and strengthening communities.</span></span><br />
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