[UrbanCropCircle] FW: Urban Crop Circle & gardening help

[Tanya Dumas]

This would also be a good resource for your Solid Ground contact to
know about - the Garden Helpers mentoring project. It's mostly
happening in West Seattle but there are a few mentors in the north.
http://www.gleanit.org/GHProgramFAQ.html

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Andrea Faste <amfaste at comcast.net> wrote:
> Can we find out exactly WHERE these women want to make a garden?  Are we
> talking about getting a load of topsoil and compost?  How many square feet?
>  If it is really small, I'd be willing to help.
> On May 12, 2011, at 10:48 PM, Paula Jenson wrote:
>
> i am forwarding this to any of you who may be interested.  Let me know as it
> is already getting late, and at this point, I am pretty busy, but with help
> could participate.
> paula
>
> ________________________________
> Subject: Urban Crop Circle & gardening help
> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:27:54 -0700
> From: robind at solid-ground.org
> To: pjjenson1 at hotmail.com
>
> Hi Paula –
>
>
>
> I work at Lettuce Link over at Solid Ground, and earlier this week while
> distributing vegetable seeds to clients at the Ballard Food Bank, and I
> talked to a couple women who were interested in having some help setting up
> a garden at their low-income apartment building in lower Ballard (or
> possibly Fremont – I’m not quite sure).  There are a lot of primarily
> homebound residents living in the apartments, and the women seemed really
> excited about having a small garden on-site (currently there is a large
> grass area in the backyard).
>
>
>
> I think they would be willing to help, but need someone with some more
> knowledge to get them started – we could provide them with seeds & starts
> (but not dirt or building supplies).   Is this a volunteer project that some
> Sustainable Ballard folks might be interested in taking on?  Or if not, do
> you have any people/organizations you could point me in the direction of?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
> Robin DeCook
> Lettuce Link Program Assistant
> Solid Ground - Building Community to End Poverty
> 1501 N. 45th St. Seattle, WA 98103
> (206) 694-6746 x3
> http://www.solid-ground.org/Programs/Nutrition/Lettuce
> http://lettucelink.blogspot.com/
>
> Lettuce Link creates access to fresh, nutritious and organic produce, seeds,
> and gardening information for low-income families in Seattle and builds
> awareness about food security and sustainable food production.
>
>
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