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the sprouts are coming out of the ground...literally

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New Farmer's Market

Not to ever take anything away from PPM, just wanting to share one more opportunity for fresh, locally grown veggies: Saturday and Sunday 7:00am - 9:00am 35th Ave & Buckeye Road, El Gran Mercado If anyone is interested in being a vendor, c…

July 15

Admin replied to wendy's discussion 'P4P and garden update' in the group Action: Nuestro Barrio

It's very gratifying to see the gardens growing!!! Thanks for posting these pics and for the followup.

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P4P and garden update

The second annual Planting for Peace was a huge success. Over 64 volunteers came out to plant approximately 85 desert Mesquite trees donated by Whitfill Nursery and 15 fruit trees that were part of a Home Depot grant. In the weeks leading up to the…

June 3

Tami Staas replied to wendy's discussion 'the sprouts are coming out of the ground...literally'

Try covering your area with bird netting. About an inch or so off the ground. This will help while the seeds are sprouting. When the plants are big enough, then remove the netting and save it for next time. Good luck.

May 28

Ericka Cero Wood replied to wendy's discussion 'the sprouts are coming out of the ground...literally'

I wish our thrashers were that small! We have the big ones roaming around here. Netting will help, but a cat will take care of the birds :)

May 28

Christine replied to wendy's discussion 'the sprouts are coming out of the ground...literally'

Would this be a sage thrasher? http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sage_Thrasher/id (any parents out there, this is a very cool site!) Haven't seen any damage like this at the garden I weed. Maybe netting over seeds until the get to a certain size…

May 27

wendy replied to wendy's discussion 'the sprouts are coming out of the ground...literally'

Are those the little birds, if so, I think you/re right. So, how to stop them?

May 26

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30 Days To Bust a Rut!

1. Drink 8 glasses of water. There is some debate about if you really need this much water. Some may while others may not. However, we do live in the desert where the average relative humidity hovers somewhere around 10% if we are lucky. To say it is dry here is an understatement! You need non-caffeinated, non-sugary (that includes juices), non-chemical fluids to fuel your body. Just like your car needs gas and oil, your body needs food and water to go. Try it for just a week and see how your sk… Continue

Posted on January 3, 2010 at 5:19pm — 25 Comments

Beautiful Poem in lieu of recent environmental summit

I love that our members are doing something even if most of us feel we have no idea what! One of our members shared this and I had to pass it on...

what did you do while the planet was plundered?
what did you do when the earth was unraveling?
surely you did something
when the seasons started failing?
as the mammals, reptiles, and birds were all dying?
did you fill the streets with protest
when democracy was stolen?
what did you do
once you knew?

Shared at the Pachamama Alliance's "Awake… Continue

Posted on December 21, 2009 at 4:35pm — 3 Comments

Grounded and Unbounded: highlight of lessons

Yesterday I attended the St Luke's Health Initiative's "Grounded and Unbounded" conference for community development organizations. We had a wonderful facilitator, Bob Stigler from The Berkana Institute. I wanted to share some of the key points...

"The world changes when a large number of people change the way they are thinking just a little bit which happens when a small number of people change their behavior!"

*The leaders we need are already… Continue

Posted on December 12, 2009 at 7:16pm — 6 Comments

Who We Are and What We Do

This continuous blog will be shared stories from our first year. AzHS has empowered, educated, created community, strengthened community, connected individuals and organizations in order to help us all be a little more sustainable and self-sufficient. Feel free to share your story, too!

Posted on December 7, 2009 at 5:23pm — 3 Comments

Out in the World: Wendel Berry and Lupe Fiasco on sustainability issues close to our hearts

Poet, author, essayist and farmer, Wendell Berry, known as the grandfather of the slow food movement, discusses food for the body and poetry for the soul. http://wamu.org/programs/dr/09/11/30.php#29162

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In less than two months celebrities Kenna, Jessica Biel, and Lupe Fiasco will climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about the global water crisis. With the help of a $25,000 matching grant from… Continue

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At 5:46pm on February 2, 2010, LadyeSpice said…: Thank You Wendy, Im very excited about this, I hope my son is as excited about it as I am.

At 1:13am on December 4, 2009, Nayeema Eusuf said…: Hi Wendy - good to see you in the TT forum. Nayeema

At 7:02pm on August 5, 2009, Ruby Sheffer said…: Hi Wendy, any idea how many students there will be for the gardening class at WC??

At 10:48am on June 16, 2009, Markus said…: I've been working with Wendy for quite some time now, in the "trenches" of community organizing at Neustro Barrio in Central Phoenix. It has been an interesting and quite a learning experience!

Wendy and I, have been working with a predominately Hispanic neighborhood here in Central Phoenix, which is named Nuestro Barrio. This particular neighborhood has no Master Plan, because it is within 1 mile of the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport have entered a public/private partnership to "buy out" the properties located within this neighborhood through the Voluntary Acquisition and Relocation Service (VARS). To learn more about VARS, please check out the official web page:
http://phoenix.gov/skyharborairport/community/vars.html

At 6:07pm on April 1, 2009, Adia Askew said…: I just wanted to let you know that I have joined!

At 10:58am on March 14, 2009, Nick said…: Hey wendy, I will be coming to the "down and dirty" planting on the 21st. I have an opportunity to write a mini grant for a rainwater harvesting demonstration project through 4-H. I'm not affiliated with them but got an e-mail for this. Let me know if this sounds like something that the Wesley CC would be interested in. The grant write up is due on the 20th!! Thanks, Nick

At 2:45pm on February 13, 2009, Michael Paul Baden said…: Wendy,
I just wanted to post a quick hello and let you know how much I value your instruction and guidance in all things YOGA! Have a great day!
be good,
Michael

At 12:56pm on February 9, 2009, irc_youth_garden said…: Wendy,
This is Rachel Lewis. We met at the AZ Homegrown Solutions meeting on February 8. I was interested in learning more about your tree planting program and Project for Peace. If there is any way that the IRC youth garden kids can be involved, do let me know. :o)
Take care.
- Rachel

At 7:44pm on February 8, 2009, jill said…: Hi
I wanted to try and find some permaculture, composting, or other ecological gardening info for you and Barrio Unidos in spanish so I searched online for translations of what I feel are the most helpful books (Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison, Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway, Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins) and some possible spanish permaculture websites. My spanish is very poor so I can't tell you the quality of what I found but here are the links:

http://www.permacultura-es.org/article.php?story=2006032621461349
http://www.tagari.com/item.php?itemid=149
http://www.permacultura-montsant.org/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7167974/Introduccion-a-La-Permacultura-Libro-Bill-Mollison (WOW! this is a link to the Introduccion a La Permacultura book online! print it! share it!)
http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/permaculture/permaculture-list-archives-1999-2002/msg01453.html
http://josephjenkins.com/humanure_spanish.html

I am not familiar with this book:
El Mundo en Peligro (text in Spanish) by Margarita Beltran Martinez De Castro. Fernandez Editores, Coyoacan, Mexico

There might also be books at the library but I haven't checked.

Aside from getting the community the information on ecological gardening and sustainability I think it is also important to get them to AZHGS events and classes. So I am not sure if we need a teacher or guide who can teach the classes and give the tours in spanish or if we could get someone to translate while it is going on in english. Maybe you know someone who would be willing to help. Also someone who might be willing to translate our flyers/literature into spanish so that we can start reaching out better.

Dumpster diving is a great way to find tools/materials for building and gardening although maybe not something to encourage and I guess the quality of the "trash" in an area corresponds to the income of the area... but just an idea. Daniel and I find a lot of what we use that way. Junk yards sell stuff by the pound usually and you never know what you can find there. If you were to find tool parts that needed repair or work TumbleTools is a new project by Tumbleweed that is basically a shop for that kind of metal work and repair. Daniel can give you more info if you are interested. Also Habitat Restores are basically second hand home depots. Her is the link for info. http://www.habitat.org/cd/env/restore_detail.aspx?place=94 You can get all kinds of stuff new or slightly used from doors and windows to wheels and tools and nails and screws.

Have you looked into Native Seed search. It is a non-profit that sells seeds native to arizona that are better adapted to our conditions. So where watering might not be affordable or where there is no shade or natural cooling these seeds might do better and still provide food. I have not tried them yet I am planting with seeds from them the first time this year. If there are some native americans with proof of tribal association they qualify for FREE seeds form Native Seeds.

In regards to the tree that was just planted... Companion planting is very important. Tiered gardening. These are tenants of permaculture. Planting plants at different levels and that all function differently yet work together. The three sisters, for example: corn, squash, and beans used by native peoples. The corn is the tallest, grows rapidly and provides shade and protection for the beans which vine up the corn stalks and fix the nitrogen in the soil (nitrogen fixing plants concentrate nitrogen at their roots. nitrogen is the key ingredient in chemical fertilizer. there are certain plants that fertilize naturally so no chemical fertilizer is needed) The squash with huge broad leaves provides shade for the roots of all the plants. The same thing goes for trees and many other plants. You could consider starting a mini, multi tiered garden at the base of the tree that was just planted to stack functions, another permaculture tenant, so you could start gardening without all the big garden production at this point. The lady is already caring for and watering that space anyway. Just an idea.

I asked Daniel about giving you some worms because I know he has been working on building up a batch to take to Tumbleweed. He currently doesn't have any to spare but I will see if Lisa, the girl with the dog sitting next to you at the meeting today, has any that she can give because I think it is important for you to start practicing and getting experience with some of the things that you are going to promote at Barrio Unidos. (I might be able to sneak some out of Daniel's bin for you)

Take care,
Jill