The planting days were a great success. Please enjoy the pictures and feel free to visit the gardens at your convienence. Feel free to weed, water, or just observe the community gardens as they grow. We are still looking for donations of marigolds, or any other natural means of pest control.
I want to send a special thanks out to Travis Potter and his friend Andy for all their help in the gardens. I also want to thank The Watervliet Fruit Exchange for their generous donation of vegetables to the senior center garden.
I am having some problems getting the Flickr API to work on my website. Please have patients while we work out the kinks. I want to give a special thank you to Travis and Andy for all the help with the community gardens!
Come join us on Thursday May 29th at 10am for the planting of the North Berrien Senior Center Community Garden. We will begin planting at about 10 am and will continue for about 3-4 hours. Any donations can be made at this time as well. For directions to the senior center click here, or see map below.
A special thank you to the Watervliet Fruit Exchange, Inc. at 7821 Red Arrow Hwy. Watervliet, MI 49098 for their donation of vegetables to be planted. A special thanks to Carmody Road Greenhouse as well for the use of a tractor and disk to prepare the soil for planting as well.
Map to Senior Center
Monday May 26th Coloma Elementry School (Behind the Building)
Monday
May 26th we will be planing our ground breaking for our first garden.
We will start at 4 o'clock and will till up the ground, make rows, and
plant our seeds. Please bring your shovels, hoes and other gardening
supplies. Any donations will also be accepted at this time.
Thursday May 29th at 10:00am
Thursday May 29th at 10:00 am.
We will start the planting of the North Berrien Senior Center's garden.
We will be tilling up the ground, make rows, and plant our seeds.
Please bring your shovels, hoes and other gardening supplies.
Donations needed:
- Tiller
- Rakes
- Hoes
- Hoses
- Stakes
- Twine
- Sunscreen
- Water cans and sprayers
- Vegetable Seeds
- Land For additional gardens.
- Land for composting.
- Untreated grass clippings
- And anything else you would like to donate.
Thank you for your time,
Melissa Goetsch
269-605-4346
www.therecyclebin.org
www.myspace.com/therecyclebindotorg
therecyclebin@gmail.com
We are partnering with Urban Farming!!! Our community gardening project will be receiving backing from www.urbanfarming.org I am so excited! I met Taja Sevelle today, and she is amazing! Taja is a wonderful person. She has taken her idea of Urban Farming and within a few short years grown it into a huge charity. I look forward to helping to eradicate hunger and help people with their rising food costs by planting as many community gardens as possible. Teaching the skill of gardening, and giving free food to those that need it!
Donate to The Recycle Bin to help us to offset the costs of extra gardening equipment. See the website for details.
http://therecyclebin.org
Just click on the Donate Button on the left hand side of the page.
Monday May 26th Coloma Elementry School (Behind the Building)
Monday May 26th we will be planing our ground breaking for our first garden. We will start at 4 o'clock and will till up the ground, make rows, and plant our seeds. Please bring your shovels, hoes and other gardening supplies. Any donations will also be accepted at this time. Please check back for details on upcoming groundbreakings.
Comminity Garden Project
I run www.therecyclebin.org. I am looking to start a community garden project in the local areas. I am looking for land for use during the growing season. Location Coloma, St. Joseph, Watervliet, Benton Harbor, and surrounding areas. I do not need any financial assistance, or other monetary backing. I just want to teach the skill of gardening to the local kids and anyone else who would like to learn. I would also like to teach anyone who wants to learn; how to can, dehydrate, and freeze their extra vegetables. I believe that these skills are being overlooked and are a necessary part of peoples lives. This project would help people with their food bills while teaching them the skills needed to help them in life. I am from a small town in Nebraska and when I was little we only went in town for cereal and milk and toiletries. Everything else we pretty much grew our selves.
Thank you for your time,
Melissa Goetsch
www.therecyclebin.org
www.myspace.com/therecyclebindotorg
melissa@therecyclebin.org
If you are interested please contact me.
Donations needed:
Tiller
Rakes
Hoes
Hoses
Stakes
Twine
Sunscreen
Water cans and sprayers
Misc. Seeds
And anything else you would like to donate.
The Coloma Garden Project groundbreaking will be May 26th at 4pm. See our website for more information. therecyclebin.org
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