Category Archives: small spaces

Pathetic Potato Production

Posted on 2010/09/06 by Green In Oak Park

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 … Continue reading →

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Urban Chicken Keeping 101 presentation 7/22/10

Posted on 2010/07/21 by Green In Oak Park

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

Posted on 2010/06/01 by Green In Oak Park

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?

Posted on 2010/05/17 by Green In Oak Park

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!

Posted on 2010/05/11 by Green In Oak Park

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

Posted on 2010/05/08 by Green In Oak Park

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

Posted on 2010/04/26 by greeninoakpark

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

Posted on 2010/04/24 by greeninoakpark

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

Posted on 2010/04/22 by greeninoakpark

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

Posted on 2010/04/15 by greeninoakpark

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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