[UrbanCropCircle] update on Nickelsville garden

[Paula Jenson]

Great susan, thanks so much see you monday
paula

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:16:54 -0700
From: shelf30 at gmail.com
To: urbancropcircle at lists.sustainableballard.org
Subject: [UrbanCropCircle] update on Nickelsville garden

Dear fellow gardeners, 
As you may know, UCC adopted Nickelsville last spring and provided the residents with potting soil, containers 
and plant starts. The group recently moved from its Skyway location to the parking lot of University Congregational 
Church, at NE 45th St. and 15th Ave. NE. I visited Nickelsville  today. 
 
Gardener Nate showed me his plants, all of which are in containers. He has cherry tomatoes,
larger tomatoes, chard, basil, calendula, borage, strawberry plants (no berries this year, just leaves) 
and some tall corn plants. Nate said heThe garden survived two moves. He's happy with the progress 
of the garden. 
 
The gardeners would like to grow winter crops in their containers. They are interested in in kale, spinach, 
winter density lettuce, leeks, garlic and whatever else thrives in the winter. They've been planting individual
plants in red plastic Folger's coffee cans, and could use more big containers, as well as seasonal plant starts.
 
Nate and some of the other residents have rigged up a bicycle to power car batteries, creating
enough juice to recharge cell phones. Once they have a permanent location, they plan to build
a greenhouse, set up some solar panels, and catch rain in 55-gallon drums. 
 
The folks at Nickelsville could use donations of: 
 
blankets, tarps, batteries and men's clothing, especially underwear
 
Please bring what you can to next Monday's meeting. I will collect the donations and take
them to the U District next week.
 
Thanks,
 
Susan 
 
 
 
 

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