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Category Archives: small spaces
Pathetic Potato Production
Hi, I’m back at the end of a rather allergenic weekend, perhaps with some alliteration for the win? It certainly wasn’t my potato growing for the win. Picture forthcoming later in the week, maybe on Wednesday, but suffice it to … Continue reading
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Urban Chicken Keeping 101 presentation 7/22/10
Tomorrow, Thursday July 22, 2010 at 7pm, Jennifer Murtoff of Home To Roost will give a presentation on basic urban chicken keeping at the Root Riot Harambee Community Garden. Harambee is at 500 N. Waller in Chicago. It’s closest to … Continue reading
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Update on The Great Potato Experiment
I thought at first that my Great Potato Experiment, aka growing potatoes in a garbage can and training them to grow up instead of out, would be a flop. It took what seemed like a long time to see any … Continue reading
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I bought plants at the Cheney Mansion today. Did you?
Today at the Cheney Mansion Plant Sale, I bought a Melrose pepper plant, a cayenne pepper plant, a Tom Thumb tomato plant, Manzano tomatoes, creeping thyme, a Black Beauty eggplant, kale plants, and a strawberry plant. Because I have limited … Continue reading
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Community Gardening In Oak Park – someone is actually doing it!
Root Riot has a loaned lot here in Oak Park at Madison and Grove, and they are renting 4’x8′ plots for community gardeners. It’s $90 for a plot for the growing season, which will last until November 15. Check out … Continue reading
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Book review – My Empire of Dirt
It’s difficult to know what to say about this one, especially since this is Green In Oak Park’s first book review, and also because I have very mixed feelings about the book in question. The author is a journalist who … Continue reading
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Frugal compost bin and Bokashi beginnings
Want to compost, but don’t want to shell out $100-$300 for a compost bin? Short on space? Check out You Grow Girl’s guide to Urban Composting and learn to make a compost bin out of a large Rubbermaid container. Meanwhile, … Continue reading
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Build your own vegetable trellis
From thevegetablegardener.com – DIY A-Frame Veggie Trellis Good for gardening in small spaces. If I did this, I’d probably weather stain the wood with greener alternatives to keep it going longer and if I didn’t have scrap wood that was going … Continue reading
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Earth Boxes – Product review
You might recall in my post about the great potato experiment I mentioned steadying the garbage can with Earth Boxes. You might have wondered what Earth Boxes are as well, and as I recall, I did promise to tell you. … Continue reading
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Herb Gardens
I’m fortunate enough to have a deck and a deck planter that gets lots of sun, and herbs are ideal for it. These pictures were was taken a couple of years ago. You can see a thriving dill plant, marigolds … Continue reading
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