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Alex Prescott
- 21, Male
- Tempe, AZ
- United States
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Action: Nuestro Barrio
24 members
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Interest: Backyard Nurs…
30 members
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Interest: Mindful Livin…
9 members
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Interest: Community and…
65 members
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Interest: Market Growers
30 members
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Open-Pollinated Sweet Corn..?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Nick Jul 23.
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Helllloooo,
pretty simple inquiry - anybody have/know of a good open-pollinated sweet corn? We of the Buena Vista Ranchos Neighborhood Garden would like to plant some sweet corn, but no-GMO, por favor. Nor hybrid, really.. Something we can save t…
Giant Pumpkin Throw Down - Phoenix Public Market, Central Phoenix at Phoenix Public Market
October 30, 2010 from 10am to 1pm
Giant Pumpkin Throw Down - Phoenix Public Market, Central Phoenix
Saturday, October 30th 10 to 1 PM
Location: The Phoenix Public Market
More info to come SOON!
Oh yea, I'm in. I have one issue - the pumpkin I would enter grows in the BVR Neighborhood Garden. Rule 1 reads: "The pumpkin must be grown in you home garden." Can we amend this to allow for pumpkins from a community garden?
Transition Initiative – Invitation to an Open Discussion at Changing Hands Bookstore - Community Room
June 9, 2010 from 6pm to 7pm
Do you dream of transitioning to a simpler life? Would you like to live a more self-sufficient, resilient and localized lifestyle? Come connect with other like minded people to discuss how we can reduce our individual and collective impact on the en…
experimentation is how we learn, baby! for what it may be worth, i commend and thank you
i like the future you dream of.
I'm finding more and more through experience, as short as my life's been thus far, that nothing really matters as much as spending quality, truthful time with others.
With the possibilities you have mentioned here, it…
haha well, actually i meant the 'Losing our Cool' book Carlos & Judy mentioned
oooh that second one you mention sounds real cool. i'd like to read it when you turn it back in
well, i've seen dogs do that. or birds, if they're small enough. oh and squirrels love to do it in Boulder, CO. have any of those around?
you know, having grown up knowing only this society and way of life, it has scared me thinking about what this really means. but in honesty, i have to say hallelujah. i cannot wait for the end of the age of oil/fossil fuels...
..which means the beg…
so, i just came across this, thanks for posting. do you, Jen, or anyone else who happens to read this know much about changing the soil texture? i.e. mixing adequate amounts of sand/silt in with the clay... i've heard this can create concrete, thoug…
Too bad Lisa-the-bug-girl is busy with fieldwork in Kenya - she'd know the difference!
I have to admit, my first inclination was that these were assassin bugs too.
Let us know what transpires.
yes, they may be assassin bugs, elder bugs as i know them. i've done some more looking around and they look a lot more like a species of leaf footed bugs, which they say will suck the juice out of the fruits. i'll keep an eye on them, watch them mat…
These look like assassin bugs, young and not fully mature. They eat other bugs, and I don't think they will bug your poms. Kind of like a praying mantis because it eats all bugs. They have a "probe" on their head to suck out other bug guts :)
So here's a fun topic - Stink Bugs! I found some today on my pomegranates, was curious to find out what they were and ended up discovering that they will eventually wreak havoc on the pom fruits. :(
Has anyone had experience with these? From what I'…
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- What are you interested in learning about?
- Community gardens, school gardens, reskilling classes, potlucks, and much much more
- What skills and resources do you bring to this group?
- Gardening, some herbal knowledge, and a desire to build our community strength!
Alex Prescott's Blog
Buena Vista Ranchos Neighborhood Garden Update
The garden is growing! With the help of numerous neighborhood volunteers, a Girl Scouts Troop and a few 4-H members, we have started a 25'x6' vegetable garden bed, a herbal area, a composting bin and planted 2 trees, an apple and a pomegranate.
In the vegetable bed, so far we've planted tomatoes, radishes, peppers, zucchini, spinach, beets, carrots, lettuce, beans and cucumbers. Some pretty good stuff! And in herbs we've got some rosemary, oregano, yarrow, and calendula. Oh
… Continue Posted on March 9, 2010 at 12:44pm — 2 Comments
An Outline
So today, as i was sitting in a coffeshop in Taos, NM feeling very caffeinated, i was pondering the future of potential valley school and community gardens (and how great they WILL be). I put a pencil to some paper, and ended up writing down a mission, or at least the start of one. So I'll write it out here, and I am totally open to ideas/criticisms/words of praise, whatever you have to give..
5 Tiers:
Education, Research, Service, Outreach, Health
To inspire… Continue
5 Tiers:
Education, Research, Service, Outreach, Health
To inspire… Continue
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 8:29pm — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (14 comments)
- At 3:04pm on May 25, 2010,
Admin said…
- Hey Alex - thanks for the head's up! I deleted the profile.
Jen
- At 4:06pm on April 9, 2010,
Nayeema Eusuf said…
- Hi Alex, glad you're coming. I was afraid he would travel all the way from sun city west while on family visit and have 1 or 2 people meet him. :)
- At 10:29am on March 11, 2010,
- Hi Alex,
I'd love to have your support. It'll make a big differnce for the council members to know that people are actually building community gardens, like you are, and it'll make more sense when we ask them for their support to initiate more of them. See you!
- At 9:16am on February 8, 2010,
- Alex, thanks for being there! I appreciate you guys (Sonja, Jaime, yourself and a few others I do not know) being there to hold things up. We are being rescheduled for the presentation in the future and may things go smoothly next time around. Nayeema
- At 6:23pm on December 5, 2009,
Chip Satterlund said… - Tomorrow it is at 9 AM!
922 W. Pierson St., 85013
See ya then!
- At 7:45pm on December 4, 2009,
Chip Satterlund said…
- Of course - we can even assemble them if you'd like. Can you be here at 9 AM?
- At 7:38am on December 4, 2009,
Chip Satterlund said…
- Oh ya -- I will be having another rainbarrel workshop on December 13th. There is more interest in this one and will more than likely happen - It is my mistake for any inconvenience. Please email me @ Chip@AZHomegrownSolutions.org for details.
Hope you can wait a week for this one - Rain in the forecast!
Chip
- At 6:29am on November 5, 2009,
Anne Ashton Goldfeld said… - Yes! Mondays at 3pm, sometimes earlier. They should be getting posted on the events calendar soon. Looking forward to meeting you!
- At 7:53pm on November 4, 2009,
- well I am trying to get the next transition town meeting together first week of Dec. How about you getting something started specifically for the tempe group - movie, get together, look around for a class location? Check with Lis. If you have time, check out bookstore: http://www.wix.com/ecobooksaz/Eco-Books
Lis spoke with them and they expressed interest in azhs activities, possibly classes. I haven't been able to open their site. Welcome back.
- At 12:18pm on July 23, 2009,
Lisette Volkmar said… - Alex,
Did you receive the email I sent to your yahoo address? Wondering if I typed it right ;-)
Lis
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