tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63882437104924900932024-03-13T23:38:19.979-04:00St. Mary's Campus Community FarmUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-22316130463515322872018-05-04T15:51:00.001-04:002018-05-04T15:52:06.709-04:00Sweet Potato Nurturing!<p>Hello! It’s Esteban again, back to share more with you about what Campus Farm has been up to this past Spring semester! As I mentioned before, the Religion and Ecology class was required to complete 10 hours of farm work per student. After Alex and I set up a sign-up sheet for times that we would be at the farm, we let them sign up and the work began!
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Bonnie was an irreplaceable resource for us this semester. On Monday mornings, she would come to the farm, and show me and some students basic gardening tasks. She also have a semester-long project that involved a sweet potato! She had several sweet potato seedlings from the previous year. She gave one to each student. We were instructed to use toothpicks to suspend the potato at the top of the jar filled with water. Then, it would grow roots and sprouts. After a while, these sprouts could be divided and suspended in water themselves, so they could grow their own roots. Then they could be planted to grow into many more sweet potatoes in the fall!
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It was a fun and cool project that got each student involved. The students felt like they were personally part of the process of planting and growing food, which linked well to a book called <i>Good Food</i> that they were reading in class. Throughout the semester, they would mention to me about how excited they were about their sweet potato’s roots growing, or that they were sad that their potato wasn’t doing well. Here’s one student’s experience with sweet potato rearing:
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“The most connection I felt between myself and food, though, was through the rearing of a sweet potato sapling. I was charged with the task of caring for it throughout the entirety of the semester until it grew stems that could themselves be planted in order to spawn even more potatoes. I have put much care into watering and nurturing my sweet potato, and have grown quite attached. I experienced much excitement at watching it grow, not for the purpose of wanting to eat the results, but simply because I was happy it was thriving. I am glad that I had this opportunity to connect with a plant.”
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Bonnie continued to teach us the steps in this potato project, which I tried to pass on to the students when Bonnie wasn’t around in the afternoon sessions. As a master gardener, she’s been incredibly helpful about what needs to be done around the farm. We cannot thank her enough for her generous work for the Campus Farm this semester. I’ll post a video below of her teaching one step of the sweet-potato-growing process. Bye for now!
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</p>Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-6833348372786159322018-05-04T00:42:00.001-04:002018-05-04T00:44:03.568-04:00Community Campus Farm Update<p>Hello! It’s been a few years since this blog has been active, but we are trying to start up again. I’m Esteban Caballero, and I’ve been involved with the Campus Community Farm for about a year now. Soon, I’ll be graduating from St. Mary’s College. I’ll be around the campus in a staff capacity, so hopefully I can continue to be involved with the Campus Farm!
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There is some very sad news to report first. Dr. Kate Chandler passed away in April of 2017 after a two-year battle with cancer. As a way to honor her legacy, the Farm was renamed to the Kate Chandler Campus Farm. Her passing affected the campus as a whole, but especially the Farm itself. She was a wonderful guide for the work of the Farm for many years. She got students motivated to work with her, taught them the skills they needed, and empowered them to take ownership of the Campus Farm. Under her leadership, which she did out of the goodness of her heart, the Farm was running well. After her death, the Farm community on-campus has struggled to find another leader and focal point, which led to a meeting at the end of the Fall 2017 semester.
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The short-term plan for the semester was for the Religion and Ecology class, taught by Dr. Von Kellenbach, to have a farmwork requirement as part of their grade. There were two Teaching Assistant, Alex B. and myself, that would organize farmwork for the class and be there at the farm to show them what needed. We were aided greatly by Bonnie, a master gardener who works at the college and lives in area. She taught us what we needed to know about the planting season, which neither of us was familiar with.
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The semester is now over, and we’ve seen great progress! There will be more updates about what we’ve been working on, and what the future looks like. There is still much work to be done, but the motivation is there for students. The students in the Religion and Ecology class wrote reflections on their farm work. Here’s one student’s experience with farmwork:
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“My experience on the campus farm this semester provided me with this very opportunity. Through farm labor, I was able to recognize my connections to the land, water, animals, place, and people. It was a new experience for me considering I have never engaged in farm work or even gardening of any kind. By actually getting to touch the soil with my hands, I feel I have been able to renew my connection with the land. Wearing shoes and constantly walking on paved ground deprives us of experiencing this connection. Feeling the earth, and getting your hands in the dirt, though, is incredibly refreshing and can remind us of it. Not only tilling and preparing the soil, but also actually getting to plant seeds was a very rewarding experience. It is very exciting to think that a small seed will one day become a ripe plant. We took care to plant the seeds far enough apart that they would have room to grow, and cover them with soil but without packing them in too much. In total, so far I have helped plant two beds and prepare multiple others. We even hammered in posts and strung up string between them for green beans to eventually grow and use as support. The most connection I felt between myself and food, though, was through the rearing of a sweet potato sapling. I was charged with the task of caring for it throughout the entirety of the semester until it grew stems that could themselves be planted in order to spawn even more potatoes. I have put much care into watering and nurturing my sweet potato, and have grown quite attached. I experienced much excitement at watching it grow, not for the purpose of wanting to eat the results, but simply because I was happy it was thriving. I am glad that I had this opportunity to connect with a plant. I have also developed a connection with the people that I worked with at the farm, since we bonded over shared labor. We worked together on all our tasks, and were able to make conversation as we worked. Lastly, I now have a relationship with the campus farm since I have spent much of my time there. I have really enjoyed my time spent working at the farm and will hold onto memories of this experience and all the connections that I have realized.”
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Keep your eye out for more posts about the future of the farm!</p>
Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-68622574591174146822014-04-30T23:45:00.000-04:002014-04-30T23:45:05.579-04:00Gardening as a Spiritual PracticeI am Jessica Paguirigan and I have been involved with the Campus Community Farm for about three years now. In a few weeks, I will be graduating from St. Mary's College of Maryland. I will be leaving this beautiful campus, but I will take away so many memories with incredibly-inspiring people. A lot of things about this campus have shaped who I have become as a person, but I would like to take up this blog post to talk about how the Campus Community Farm has influenced me.<div>
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My introduction to the Campus Community Farm was seeing a student-made documentary about the farm at TFMS night during my first year. At this point, I had started to become enraptured by the activist and environmentalist platforms raised by so many of the students here, and was inspired to join the members of the farm in their contribution to creating a sustainable community.</div>
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Before long, I began to realize everything that gardening at the farm actually meant to me. Gardening was not just a way to enrich the sustainable principles of the campus and an environmentally-friendly practice, but a spiritual teacher and counselor. Quite honestly, I feel that gardening has taught me the virtues and methods for understanding how I must grow and forge ahead in my future. </div>
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I could go on for hours about everything that I have learned from the garden, but I think that this is best portrayed in the website that I have created for this very purpose at <a href="http://www.liturgiesoftheearth.com/">www.liturgiesoftheearth.com</a>. Please visit the site to know more about my own perspective on gardening as a spiritual experience! Here is one of the videos you will see on the website that visually reflects upon the lessons I have learned while gardening.</div>
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I want to thank everyone who I have interacted with at the farm, and those who started the farm a mere five years ago for being a part of this crucial experience of my life. I have learned a lot about the earth, about the true definition of community, and about myself. I look forward to learning even more about farming, and hope to spread the joy of farming to others in the future!</div>
Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-67209549915280428302013-11-17T16:49:00.004-05:002013-11-17T17:04:02.667-05:00The farm is winding downThe farm is winding down in a sense but that's due to fact that its staying colder more often and the harvest season is just about over. Due to a number of factors, there isn't any pictures, but there is something that should be shared. Its a short video created in September 2011 about the campus farm titled '<span class="watch-title long-title yt-uix-expander-head" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Sunshine, Water, Dirt: The Story of the Campus Farm">Sunshine, Water, Dirt: The Story of the Campus Farm':</span><br />
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Also see the campus farm's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SMCM.Campus.Farm" target="_blank">facebook page</a>, and posts about us on the SMCM admissions tumblr <a href="http://smcmadmissions.tumblr.com/post/66894486515/trip-to-the-campus-farm" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="http://smcmadmissions.tumblr.com/post/66885794914/campus-farm-gets-ready-for-fall" target="_blank">here</a>. Also we had <a href="http://campuscommunityfarm.blogspot.it/" target="_blank">an old blog on blogger </a>as well. That's all. Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-7521125032184768862013-11-10T13:04:00.001-05:002013-11-10T13:04:34.253-05:00The farm four days ago...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I've been busy with stuff but now I get to post pictures of time at the farm on Thursday before sunset. 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For all you Martha haters out there, you should still check out <a href="http://everydayfoodblog.marthastewart.com/2013/01/how-to-make-kale-chips-better.html" target="_blank">this website</a> and figure out how to make kale chips! The perfect, healthy, vitamin-packed snack. Crisp, salty, and delicioso! Martha even gives you five quick and easy alternative flavors to plain old salt.<br />
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Now, if you've always wanted to grow your own kale, or have wondered how we grow it at the farm...well, it's easy. Kale is part of the cabbage family, and it is a very resilient leafy green that can withstand cold weather, can be grown through most seasons, and resists many diseases. Hot weather and cabbageworms are its enemies. <a href="http://gentleworld.org/kale-an-easy-beginners-guide-to-growing/" target="_blank">Gentle World</a> provides a good overview about how to grow kale in pots and in the garden. When harvesting, <i>snip</i> the leaves from the outside rather than plucking.<br />
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Basil is a very important herb in cooking, but fortunately for everyone, basil is super easy to grow! You can even grow it all year long as long as you keep it in a sunny, warm spot indoors or outdoors. If you grow it outdoors, make sure that the basil gets enough water. If you grow it indoors, make sure that the basil is getting at least six hours of sunlight. <br />
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You can start basil from seed after the last frost of the season, or you can buy a seedling from Home Depot if you aren't into starting from seed. Maintain your basil plant by plucking off the larger leaves so fuller and stronger leaves can grow in their stead. Make sure that flowers do not grow on your basil plant- if they start to bud, pick off the flower and the surrounding leaves.<br />
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And that's it! Caring for basil is super easy and super rewarding. Having fresh caprese (fresh basil, fresh tomato and fresh mozzarella) sandwiches is THE BEST! If you have more basil than you know what to do with, dry it out to have some dried basil on hand, or freeze it, or make some pesto! Here's an excellent, blogger-tested <a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/07/skinny-basil-pesto.html" target="_blank">pesto recipe</a>. It takes five seconds to make and it's yummers. Enjoy! P.S. we have basil at the Campus Farm :)Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-8287336053797758552013-06-09T23:35:00.000-04:002013-06-09T23:35:52.754-04:00El Tomate = SalsaThis week's post is going to be very lazy, and about something super delicious. One of the greatest crops to plant in your summer garden is tomatoes because 1) they are delicious, 2) they're so useful in the kitchen, and 3) they're low-maintenance.<br />
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The hard part about planting tomatoes is deciding which <a href="http://organicgardening.about.com/od/organictomatoes/a/Three-Types-Of-Tomatoes-And-How-To-Decide-Which-To-Grow.htm" target="_blank">type of tomato</a> you want. There are several varieties that serve different purposes. You may want cherry tomatoes for simple snacking and salad-making, slicing tomatoes for your hamburgers, or perhaps you are in need of cooking tomatoes because you are obsessed with Italian food and need ridiculous amounts of red pasta sauce. Don't be afraid to try out different tomato varieties!<br />
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When deciding upon a tomato to plant, remember that tomatoes are vines and need some type of support to help them grow upwards. Some tomato varieties are indeterminate type tomatoes (meaning they have a longer period of time in which they produce fruit, and they grow taller)- they will need to be planted next to stakes and trained to wind around the stalk. Other tomato varieties are determinate type tomatoes (shorter fruit producing time period, can be grown with a stake or a tomato cage).<br />
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<a href="http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/secrets-tomato-growing-success?page=0,9" target="_blank">This link</a> and <a href="http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/tomatoes-a-growing-guide" target="_blank">this link</a> will give you easy steps about how to grow the best tomatoes in town. Just in case you get too antsy, just remember to plant your tomatoes in a sunny space and don't over water (once every 5 days at the most). When picking transplants, don't buy overgrown plants because they will have poorer root systems and will take longer to give you produce. (P.S. if you want summer fruit, it's probably too late to start from seed. Typically, one would start seedlings in a greenhouse around March)<br />
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NOW. If you have a crap ton of tomatoes, or you just love salsa, try out this recipe!<br />
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4 C. chopped tomatoes (drained in streamer)<br />
1/2 red onion, chopped<br />
1 lime, juiced (if you roll it on the counter before you cut it, it helps get the juice out)<br />
some fresh cilantro, chopped<br />
1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped (for peppers, set aside seeds, then add as many as needed for desired hotness)<br />
1 serrano pepper, finely choppedCampus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-34181282008167164362013-06-02T23:31:00.000-04:002013-06-02T23:47:06.332-04:00Making Black Gold: On Composting<br />
For those of you who have not had the pleasure of hanging out with Professor Kate Chandler, she calls dirt "black gold". She also gets very excited about the prospect of making compost. Everyone should take some inspiration from our dear English professor because we're losing valuable fertile soil at a ridiculous rate due to overuse of soil, lack of biodiversity, erosion, compaction, imbalances in organic matter, etc., thus making soil a very valuable resource. We can help to decrease the rate of our losses by helping the Earth to regain a little soil health. Composting is a solution- can you see why Kate is so excited about it?<br />
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Composting is very easy and anyone can do it (it's certainly easier than formatting this blog)! There are several methods:<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">To save space, posted below will be some links where you can find out more about composting. If you're too lazy to do all this reading, you could swing by the farm and ask any of the farm managers or Kate about how to compost because we partake in all of these composting methods at the farm. Just so ya know, we at the farm utilize all of our resources to make our compost and upkeep our school's sustainable agenda- food scraps from Bon App, coffee grinds from the Grind, leaves from Kate's backyard, weeds and old plants from the farm, and manual labor. It's a real community effort. So, next time you grab a coffee from the Grind or eat a cantaloupe from the Great Room- just remember that the scraps are eventually going to be dirt.</span><br />
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How to make a lasagna garden: <a href="http://organicgardening.about.com/od/startinganorganicgarden/a/lasagnagarden.htm">http://organicgardening.about.com/od/startinganorganicgarden/a/lasagnagarden.htm</a><br />
An excellent compost bucket you can use in your kitchen to collect food scraps- $20 at Bed, Bath and Beyond (tested by blogger): <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=oxo+compost+bucket&oq=oxo+compo&aqs=chrome.3.57j0l3.2912j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8">https://www.google.com/search?q=oxo+compost+bucket&oq=oxo+compo&aqs=chrome.3.57j0l3.2912j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Brush trimmings</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Any non-animal food scraps: fruits, vegetables, peelings, bread, cereal, coffee grounds and filters, tea leaves and tea bags (preferably minus the staples)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Old wine</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Pet bedding from herbivores ONLY -- rabbits, hamsters, etc.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Dry cat or dog food</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Dust from sweeping and vacuuming</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Cardboard, egg cartons, toilet rolls</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Used clothes, towels, and sheets made from natural fabrics -- cotton, linen, silk, wool, bamboo</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Old string & twine made of natural fabrics</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Pine needles</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Pine cones</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Saw dust</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Wood chips</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Nut shells</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Twigs</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Hair, human or otherwise</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Old, dry pasta</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Nut shells</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Corn cobs</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Pits from mangos, avocados, peaches, plums, etc.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Toothpicks, wine corks</span><br />
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<b>Avoid</b><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Raspberry & blackberry brambles</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Long twigs or big branches</span><br />
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<b>Real No-Nos</b><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Pet droppings, especially dogs & cats</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccc99;">• Animal products -- meat, bones, butter, milk, fish skins</span>Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-31733212904851665792013-05-28T01:34:00.000-04:002013-05-28T01:34:02.581-04:00WE'RE ALIVESo, the SMCM Campus Community Farm Blog has taken a vacation through the internet and has decided to come back and thrive as well as the plants it writes about. GET EXCITED! A blog revival during summer may seem a little bit weird, but the Campus Farm managers want to keep everyone excited and thinking about gardening even while everyone is at home. We're going to post weekly tips about what is going on at the SMCM farm and on farms everywhere, or what you could be doing at your own home, etc. It's gonna be great. So, if you love getting your hands dirty or are tired of paying for vegetables, READ ON! Or, if you want to share your knowledge about gardening, then please email us at smcmcampusfarm@gmail.com, and we will happily post your input!<br />
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First post. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/monsanto-protesters-globe-rally-firm-genetically-modified-food-products-article-1.1355457?localLinksEnabled=false" target="_blank">Monsanto Rally</a> that happened on Saturday, May 25. Many probably already know about it, but it's important to really think about, especially in relation to the goals of the farm at St. Mary's (let's talk about a little of that first). The farm at St. Mary's is aiming to gain the label of "organic", meaning that we do not use chemicals, such as pesticides and herbicides, in the growing of our foods. The founders of the farm rented a plot of land from Historic St. Mary's, and is located right next to a larger production farm. In order to attain our status of "organic", we have built a buffer zone between our land and the other farm (where chemicals are used), and have refrained from using chemicals. Why the founders chose "organic" I cannot state with confidence, but personally, I find the choice to be wonderful; why harm the Earth when I would not harm myself? Why hurt myself by consuming that which is harmful to other living beings?<br />
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Back to Monsanto. They produce genetically-modified food products. There are great arguments for GMOs- Monsanto creates seeds that are supposed to increase food production in order to help fight the world's hunger, and creates plants that are resistant to disease or take less energy to produce. However, there are other ethical issues with production: not labeling (e.g. this can be tricky when talking about whether or not a food is kosher) "playing God", unintentionally having seeds blow over into non-GMO farms, etc. (sorry it's passed my bedtime so I will offer no more reasons, but you get the idea). Hundreds of people rallied on Saturday because they are conscious about how food is made and how changes in food production are altering our way of life, our health, our sense of community, etc. <br />
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One of my really good friends pointed out, in better words, that our greatest connection with the Earth is through the food we take from it and eat. So, take care to think long and hard about where your food is coming from, how it is getting to you, and what exactly it is that you are eating. And come volunteer at SMCM farm to get involved in the making of the things you stuff in your face! We sell our produce to Bon App. :) Feel free to leave comments about your take on the Monsanto Rally or the ethics of GMOs, whether pro or opposed.Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-22558663126963722522011-05-08T13:26:00.004-04:002011-05-08T13:35:11.919-04:00as the school year wraps up, things are really starting to kick in at the campus farm! unfortunately, that's just how it works with a school farm. we're done with spinach and kale due to the warm temperatures, but everything else is just coming in.<br /><br />we've been harvesting cilantro, cabbage, lettuce, radishes and the last of the spinach over the past few weeks. we have a couple tiny strawberry plants transplanted from the DPC community garden that have tiny strawberries on them! as well as some flowers and herbs. the broccoli is looking really good also, and should be ready in a couple weeks. onions and garlic in about a month.<br /><br /><br />carrots and beets are still looking pretty small but doing well. the peas are flowering! yay! they are a dwarf variety so they are small and cute.<br /><br />and we have little sprouts of red cabbage and kohlrabi.<br /><br />we just planted some of our summer squash, zucchinis, basil and okra in the garden and more squash, cucucumbers, beans and corn is next....when we have the space :(<br /><br />we also have a ton of tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse doing well, should be ready for transplant around early june. hopefully by then we have a little more room throughout the garden! we're definitely feeling a little cramped.<br /><br /><br />we're excited also to welcome James and Laura as the summer farm managers, with Aaron French working with the ENST dept to help out the farm and some of the logistical stuff! they should be a really great team and have lots of enthusiasm, dedication to sustainable ag and tons of great ideas for how to better integrate the farm into the community.Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-74067755884493153032011-04-21T20:56:00.002-04:002011-04-21T21:07:27.397-04:00our spring succession of crops (just the stuff we put in the ground in early spring) is pretty much all planted at this point and everything is thriving! yay! the cabbage in particular is doing great but we will also be able to harvest lettuce soon and most things should be starting to be ready for harvest around late may (onions, broc, cabbage, peas, beets etc).<br /><br />this is a little later than I would personally like (everyone on campus now, including seniors, will be long gone by then!) but unfortunately we still deal with some infrastructure hardships like no access to water at the beginnning of the season, a greenhouse with a couple holes in it :) and no money for good potting soil (we use a mixture of mushroom soil and topsoil). all these little things add up to slow growth in our seedlings, although probably the biggest obstacle was not having the water on at the house until a couple weeks ago. and currently, it is off :(<br /><br />we have had a bunch more volunteers lately which is great to get to know everyone and see some new faces!<br /><br />we also had two of our exec board members recognized for their work with the campus farm (and other things) by the SGA with the Student Sustainability award. yay! it is always nice to be appreciated :)<br /><br />there was an article in the point news about the campus farm's SGA bill passing and an opinion written about the campus farm, as well as the campus farm being brought up in conjunction with student fee opinions, so lots of publicity lately. which can be both good and bad.Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-18400844224480506312011-04-15T12:11:00.003-04:002011-04-15T12:36:25.525-04:00just to clear up any misconceptions...it seems that some people think that the fee increase will go ALL to the campus farm. this is absolutely untrue. the campus farm's budget would be totally covered by a fee increase of $2.50; this fee increase is $25. we have gotten a grant and funding from the ENST office and the sustainability office, also, so really the money the farm gets from the SGA would be even less than $2.50 per student/year.<br /><br />to put things in perspective: the SGA paid more for the ice rink in the spring than it is contributing for two students to have summer employment at the farm and the rest of the farm's operating budget for a year.<br /><br />the student fee increase is more about how general fees haven't gone up at all for a long time. the majority of the SGA's budget goes to programs and clubs, things that benefit pretty much everyone who does anything. I personally very rarely fully support how the SGA spends my money. but I recognize that other people do like to go see comedians, enjoy world carnival, participate in club sports and all sorts of other things.<br /><br />the SGA is unwilling to fund any new projects without having a fee increase. unfortunately the campus farm falls under a new project so despite the relatively tiny amount of money we are asking for, fees do need to go up in general.<br /><br />hope that clears things up!Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-30296259960360608712011-04-14T02:04:00.001-04:002011-04-14T02:06:15.561-04:00alsothe student fee increase referendum is coming up next week. PLEAASE vote YES to increase student fees. student fees haven't gone up for a long time (more than five years and I think close to ten years), and without a fee increase, the campus farm most likely will not be funded after this year....which would mean no more campus farm :(<br /><br />so VOTE and VOTE YES for student fee increase.Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-2938903176588152392011-04-13T22:38:00.003-04:002011-04-13T22:48:58.457-04:00hello! this past week and a half we have gotten a lot done at the farm...notably the electric fence is up and working for the first time in a long time so if you go out there please make sure to turn it off before you touch it! I hear it delivers quite a shock....<br /><br />we have transplanted all of our broccoli, cabbage and most of our lettuce, as well as seeded some spring greens (broccoli raab and mustard greens). We also have weeded most of the truly wild areas of the garden, where in one case, baby rabbits were nesting! oh no! but we moved them outside of the garden where they will not eat all of the spring greens, and made a secure gate so no more animals can get in.<br /><br />the peas and onions are up (sprouting), which is exciting, but we may have to re-seed some of the carrots, since they have not yet come up.<br /><br />tomorrow (thursday) is eat local day at the great room! we will have a table up and hopefully some of our produce will be specially featured but please stop by and say hello and try some spinach and kale from the farm.<br /><br />we will also have a table at World carnival this weekend and if you'd like to help paint some of our signs, make hot pepper wreaths, or seed tomatoes please stop by!<br /><br />Aaron French's SMP, the church community garden located right next to the campus farm, was recently featured in the St. Mary's Enterprise, a local newspaper. It was a really nice article about the importance of community gardening especially for faith-based organizations, and there are pictures of the campus farm. for more information on that project please see the website: <a href="http://www.smccommunitygarden.blogspot.com/">http://www.smcc<wbr>ommunitygarden.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><br />unfortunately, in some bad news, we have had to abandon the community garden by DPC. we don't currently have the time or resources to make it all that it can be and some administrators felt that it was not helping the area's aesthetics. however, this will allow us to really focus on the campus farm and have a wide diversity of flowers, herbs and vegetables in one place.Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-80630814602723083582011-04-06T22:34:00.002-04:002011-04-06T22:39:23.859-04:00summer positionsfyi:<br /><br />Resumes and Cover letters can be sent to Lisa Neu, the Sustainability Fellow, at eneu@smcm.edu, who also sent out via all student email the job application for the positions for over the summer.<br /><br />the general description can be found here: http://emails.thepointnews.com/smcm/2011/04/01/work-at-the-campus-farm-this-summer<br /><br />please contact lisa for the extended description if you missed it the first time around!Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-43112605954168770002011-04-04T21:01:00.006-04:002011-04-04T21:11:57.781-04:00spring is really here!!up until today it has been really cold and wet this past week and for a while it felt like spring was never going to come. this past week we planted fun jen chinese cabbage seedlings, some of our lettuces, and finished the first part of our fencing! we also got fluffy new straw to put down to strangle out the weeds. we're waiting on the soil to warm up so everything we've planted grows faster....and the water is still off at the house, which could turn into a problem if it doesn't rain this week :/<br /><br />we're looking at planting beets, broccoli and more greens for the spring, we also have potatoes and more onions to plant. we are going to start our summer succession of crops in the greenhouse soon also: lots of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and okra hopefully!<br /><br />we also have received funding from the SGA for our summer workers (and officially the campus farm is a line item in the budget for the next year) and we sent out the application. Hooray for funding! this was quite a debated issue in the SGA and we're just extremely thankful that we did receive funding (as without summer workers the farm would not survive). please, thank your senators for voting for that if you can.<br /><br />Lisa Neu, the Sustainbility Fellow, sent out the application for the summer workers this past week and the deadline is April 11th. Please check out the job description and send a resume and cover letter (saying why you're interested, what your experience is, etc), and then we'll conduct interviews and hopefully get two people hired by the end of april!<br /><br />we will be at the farm every week day at 4 and weekends at 2 so come out, bring a friend and enjoy the warm weather :)Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-75370767062492104862011-03-24T14:33:00.006-04:002011-03-24T16:54:37.915-04:00Recent WorkHello!<br /><br />Despite spring break coming at a very inopportune time (this is when we need to be doing all our work!!) and lots of rain that makes it hard to get in and turn our soil (messing around with the soil doing bed prep while the ground is wet destroys soil structure :/), we have been able to get a fair amount of work done.<br /><br />Our sprouts are growing well in the greenhouse and we should be able to transplant them in the next couple weeks.<br /><br />In the community garden, we put up a very small fence and planted flowers, cilantro, parsley, chamomile, and other medicinal and culinary herbs, and also three beds of spinach, lettuce, and kale. A few townhouse members expressed interest in having greens in the community garden and they helped us to plant them! We need to make signs for the garden letting everyone know what's there, but these flowers, herbs and vegetables are grown for the student body to come and pick at will. We still have plans to plant tomatoes, basil, more herbs and transplants of flowers.<br /><br />At the farm we are in the process of putting up our new fence, setting up irrigation, battling weeds, and direct seeding our spring crops. Today we planted onions, 3 different colors of carrots, snap peas, and radishes. This coming Sunday we hope to plant beets, spring greens, more radishes and possibly transplant some of our cabbage and broccoli seedlings.<br /><br />We can always use help so please if you are interested come out this sunday at 2! even if its rainy we can still do some seeding and putting down mulch.<br /><br />We also harvested spinach for the Inauguration luncheon this weekend. Of course we are excited to help out with the inauguration, but this spinach harvest also marks the first delivery to Bon Ap that we will be paid for! We have set up a system with them to start delivering produce. They also very kindly offered to pay for some of our seeds and it looks like we are at the beginning of a very fruitful relationship.<br /><br />In other news, the legislation that will determine whether or not the SGA funds two summer workers at the campus farm is coming up for a decision this Tuesday 3/29 at the SGA meeting, and we're in the process of deciding how that hiring process should go. So if you have an interest in working at the farm over the summer, please keep an eye out for further details!<br /><br />We also have a few classes coming to visit and hopefully get a lot of work done on the farm :), two documentaries that will feature the farm, and a few independent studies and SMP's related to the farm that are beginning to manifest in garden plots, compost bins and community involvement! So its a very exciting time for our campus farm.<br /><br /><br />More pictures soon!Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-81480060009931289132011-03-06T22:01:00.002-05:002011-03-06T22:21:36.988-05:00volunteer days 2/27 and 3/5the past two weeks have been pretty productive as we start getting ready in earnest for the growing season. last saturday (2/26) we were at the community garden on campus behind DPC clearing away the mulch we had put down at the beginning of winter and starting to figure out where our new beds are going to be.<br /><br /> for the community garden we are planning to have medicinal herbs and flowers, cutting flowers, easy to pick veggies like peppers and cherry tomatoes, and possibly some berries. <br /><br />we're figuring out a planting plan right now that will be visually pleasing, easy to maintain, and user-friendly for anyone who wants to come get flowers, herbs and veggies during the summer and fall (and maybe some by this spring? who knows at this point!).<br /><br />on sunday (2/27) we were down at Chancellor's Point starting the seeds for our spring succession of crops! the greenhouse down there was built last year by students out of mostly recycled materials and it is pretty awesome. we're using that and the rain barrels to get a head start on the growing season.<br /><br />we started two varieties of broccoli, a Chinese variety of cabbage, several different types of lettuce, and a bunch of flowers and herbs for the community garden, including calendula, lavender, cosmos, holly-hocks, echinacea, marigolds, and many others! it will definitely be interesting to see what comes up......<br /><br />other spring crops we are planning but get started directly in the ground rather than inside are carrots, beets, onions and snow peas.<br /><br />yesterday (3/5) we were at the farm working on one of our biggest projects, fencing. we decided to use a combination of chicken wire and electric fence to deter groundhogs, rabbits and deer. apparently if you wrap a piece of aluminum foil around an electric fence and dab the foil with peanut butter, deer will come investigate the peanut butter and get a shock that scares them enough to not come back. for the chicken wire, we are bending it at a right angle and laying the bottom half of the fencing on the ground perpendicular to the rest of the fence to discourage animals from digging under the fence.<br /><br />we also did some more bed prep, and harvested 8.5 lbs of spinach! not so bad for spinach thats made it through snow, biting cold and aphids.<br /><br />our garlic that we planted in october is also looking great...we'd been a little worried over some of the stalks that were turning yellow, but it has perked right back up and will keep growing to be ready for harvest in june hopefully.<br /><br />the kale looks to be growing back as well...unfortunately, the weeds are coming back too. we still have a fair amount of bed prep to do and there are a lot of places that need a heavier cover of straw.<br /><br />we won't be having any more workdays until after spring break, at which point we will be:<br /><ul><li>sowing beets, carrots, onions and snap peas</li><li>transplanting cabbage, broccoli and lettuce</li><li>setting up our irrigation</li><li>finishing the fencing</li><li>finishing bed prep, initial weeding and mulching </li><li>sowing cover crop for all the beds we won't be using until later in the season</li></ul><ul><li>transplanting and direct seeding at the community garden as well!</li></ul>probably after spring break we will also start having workdays during the week as well as both weekend days so look for an email about that.Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-19039584175361777632011-02-21T16:55:00.004-05:002011-02-21T17:14:55.198-05:00Volunteer Day 2/20<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQZpIWoP-U0WYx_GAsErlQmBG1VHPlpdtaMvBHsLhm89vwnemWhBwQlsyFqVg-JZgYZXSE5h5X1KpLtQ7EDr6RVXlGGKDBqBbanattuL3fukXZ2Nsd4Pm7b4927B1Mi9D13O54nd9P_8z/s1600/IMG_4515.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQZpIWoP-U0WYx_GAsErlQmBG1VHPlpdtaMvBHsLhm89vwnemWhBwQlsyFqVg-JZgYZXSE5h5X1KpLtQ7EDr6RVXlGGKDBqBbanattuL3fukXZ2Nsd4Pm7b4927B1Mi9D13O54nd9P_8z/s200/IMG_4515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576266387897072418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqbSCyghs4MCTFtUZ-CNI3Htlx2BYANv7oY5tirQ-QK61_dLYaVDDNDrvj0qOGFLSHPPnzPBTHk3q7H_wyb0wcVLQgmU1LcLRpuqmqHMFzh0gYddnmn_kphL_zKsdaZr7gIgcKA2PLv91/s1600/IMG_4513.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqbSCyghs4MCTFtUZ-CNI3Htlx2BYANv7oY5tirQ-QK61_dLYaVDDNDrvj0qOGFLSHPPnzPBTHk3q7H_wyb0wcVLQgmU1LcLRpuqmqHMFzh0gYddnmn_kphL_zKsdaZr7gIgcKA2PLv91/s200/IMG_4513.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576266385362278834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGufRBAoRYw0PJ5DCgKkOwIBUkV7Tjw_ohTy03awXh_i9-Qz078462-jZ2cSyqpDGCMqoPlZblekBTscAuLvGKLMaOajuvP0OMd1P_vK_KxH_lPrW8BZ-ytd1gcjqfjVqWpnkEDoF-FYx/s1600/IMG_4511.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGufRBAoRYw0PJ5DCgKkOwIBUkV7Tjw_ohTy03awXh_i9-Qz078462-jZ2cSyqpDGCMqoPlZblekBTscAuLvGKLMaOajuvP0OMd1P_vK_KxH_lPrW8BZ-ytd1gcjqfjVqWpnkEDoF-FYx/s200/IMG_4511.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576266380997675458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgTmG5tfQfiGoZN4tTm57JH2zrw5dYG0rRQ-iB-6RjUGfkHYd7YnQGPWldH1lSAkbOvfEnqcKNNokJDbmz7BoTHESa1gTwq5L0C-EvRpxg5Z0qD9Wqnd7lfSO6wh3GJs7lo_JHE7obS6B/s1600/IMG_4516.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgTmG5tfQfiGoZN4tTm57JH2zrw5dYG0rRQ-iB-6RjUGfkHYd7YnQGPWldH1lSAkbOvfEnqcKNNokJDbmz7BoTHESa1gTwq5L0C-EvRpxg5Z0qD9Wqnd7lfSO6wh3GJs7lo_JHE7obS6B/s200/IMG_4516.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576266393157261890" border="0" /></a><br />Some pictures from our most recent work day! We prepared more beds and seeded lettuce, broccoli and cabbage.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_laqRlSi-_YnbbTf7gSaOFyPKBBmDgqdNgRGdwX8Bz1xnBj-4yv6lmnYK7fHfee7cUnDnrsw4cXWVnCJ4MTKDoi9D9nezxRJsJiXPBweFAhE61MmE13JJDBLCiUCmT5wNsXf3178RcMOv/s1600/IMG_4509.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_laqRlSi-_YnbbTf7gSaOFyPKBBmDgqdNgRGdwX8Bz1xnBj-4yv6lmnYK7fHfee7cUnDnrsw4cXWVnCJ4MTKDoi9D9nezxRJsJiXPBweFAhE61MmE13JJDBLCiUCmT5wNsXf3178RcMOv/s200/IMG_4509.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576266693654535938" border="0" /></a><br />Also, we found this head to put on our scarecrow.<br /><br />Coming up this weekend we have a volunteer day at the Community Garden and then seeding more plants to put in the Chancellor's Point greenhouse. Keep an eye out for an email this week!Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-52200123433074112532011-02-11T22:02:00.003-05:002011-02-14T16:07:22.760-05:00UPDATED: Volunteer Day, Sunday 2/13<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gFuWlgigQzDhpd1gTkGb4_zO78XAYWMxRm1CqSHLSJCgddnlNbFYaDkBf8ZHCAbim2KyrYDc6Jto29zQ8aMHGaQ46E1VpqDIAqQyg8htD6Pzo0ZxXhoMYZ3FR_bf7pJufCWpQ7GXHGOd/s1600/IMG_4503.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gFuWlgigQzDhpd1gTkGb4_zO78XAYWMxRm1CqSHLSJCgddnlNbFYaDkBf8ZHCAbim2KyrYDc6Jto29zQ8aMHGaQ46E1VpqDIAqQyg8htD6Pzo0ZxXhoMYZ3FR_bf7pJufCWpQ7GXHGOd/s200/IMG_4503.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573653952113201154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SWx5IqVSHdba9ALRP9-CGToiORv2x7Pmk5hnfPT_SFBvYuQ7hkO_W0-vgtXnlq66UT6XBIuJ7insEKielOb7w4G2XTU81Vz7IOlaLTUk3EUtO_7LjKyFvaZ0zHr3H4xz5BV2YYM-8NLG/s1600/IMG_4498.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SWx5IqVSHdba9ALRP9-CGToiORv2x7Pmk5hnfPT_SFBvYuQ7hkO_W0-vgtXnlq66UT6XBIuJ7insEKielOb7w4G2XTU81Vz7IOlaLTUk3EUtO_7LjKyFvaZ0zHr3H4xz5BV2YYM-8NLG/s200/IMG_4498.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573653950870629330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VJo7l39FJ2Rmg4xT9GtoGF6EL9GtLExSYMHDTlRL1YY290k_imeeb9e1b-4iL2fwvSstAAnXRy83YZzRyhzmI7JNV_VLv9uUwtVEKHmiUvNKY5URBMCA07DkduydfZH9-FLPSbbcYT-p/s1600/IMG_4495.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VJo7l39FJ2Rmg4xT9GtoGF6EL9GtLExSYMHDTlRL1YY290k_imeeb9e1b-4iL2fwvSstAAnXRy83YZzRyhzmI7JNV_VLv9uUwtVEKHmiUvNKY5URBMCA07DkduydfZH9-FLPSbbcYT-p/s200/IMG_4495.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573653942453785122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6R7bQ0o9n8CDAU2CYEMLjbqLgqRdkzJYOTCvf5SAhyUbOGDUsyA29oh7Vtm937Oxwja_xQA9OCOzj5E2XTb90MqYNMa7DDW2nuvR3AsSTOqHvSB0qjMQzEdnAXmf5j_53JEtmtnbPMNUd/s1600/IMG_4505.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6R7bQ0o9n8CDAU2CYEMLjbqLgqRdkzJYOTCvf5SAhyUbOGDUsyA29oh7Vtm937Oxwja_xQA9OCOzj5E2XTb90MqYNMa7DDW2nuvR3AsSTOqHvSB0qjMQzEdnAXmf5j_53JEtmtnbPMNUd/s200/IMG_4505.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573653958843822610" border="0" /></a><br />Come on out to help out on the farm this Sunday, February 13th at 2 PM!<br /><br />We are going to cleaning out the old beds from last semester and preparing the new ones by digging them up and mixing in mushroom soil.<br /><br />We would love to see you there if it's your first time on this farm or a farm ever or if you came out every day last season.<br /><br />See you Sunday!<br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Pictures from Volunteer day!<br /><br />We added a lot more to the cold frame bed and prepped <span style="font-weight: bold;">a lot</span> of beds. Thank you to all the volunteers who came out to help! We really appreciate it and would love to see you again.Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-21846961423771239262011-02-06T15:22:00.008-05:002011-02-06T20:12:10.572-05:00Cold Frame Bed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwt6OWKQr5tNn8xx7oA49iKf-J3UNV6B1ed_iyZ6Iw5M2oMIA7dtCjnRZD44LGGBEx72wNcasecn1kClpqGd0KQeHfd1whbRsYz0QVvg0V5nIiNqm53oicMwWsBy8qm3hwrRyNOXoGysAb/s1600/IMG_4486.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570678253051959010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwt6OWKQr5tNn8xx7oA49iKf-J3UNV6B1ed_iyZ6Iw5M2oMIA7dtCjnRZD44LGGBEx72wNcasecn1kClpqGd0KQeHfd1whbRsYz0QVvg0V5nIiNqm53oicMwWsBy8qm3hwrRyNOXoGysAb/s200/IMG_4486.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jLAbMP_P0PqfOgZjettl1YR6ybyhRqRgyag_cJol3NHxkeX_79Oi4uUD2DHVbbv9fvXdDuYOI5UTbsK_58oszTNu9e8Kf-oi_WP51Npec1tufevw87i5w-rOFVdXV49GeiB4K8CYRYRZ/s1600/IMG_4487.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570676355164844626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jLAbMP_P0PqfOgZjettl1YR6ybyhRqRgyag_cJol3NHxkeX_79Oi4uUD2DHVbbv9fvXdDuYOI5UTbsK_58oszTNu9e8Kf-oi_WP51Npec1tufevw87i5w-rOFVdXV49GeiB4K8CYRYRZ/s200/IMG_4487.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" border="0" /></a>Here are some pictures! First, of the cold frame bed we put in today (on the left). What this does is trap heat and warm up the ground and plants so we can start planting earlier. There's nothing in there yet, but will be soon. We got the windows from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.<br /><br />Also, here's what the farm looks like right now. It looks a little brown, but garlic is still growing. Despite being small and having a few aphids, the spinach is so sweet and delicious!!! Some of our romaine lettuce also survived through the winter under the row cover.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhytR9wzXsgBKZ27_n_00LllqWe8QZTPPaS1CEqxPGsl5Gvwb8Vbp5XAaLeiE5QrF19XHLn2MFnf34TBgQVT7QzDUjlGu5_7IQvUgmVWky5R3MIMCfDBHKW6POyNyGP1bewP-_eGCZZnzGe/s1600/IMG_4491.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570680007127770434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhytR9wzXsgBKZ27_n_00LllqWe8QZTPPaS1CEqxPGsl5Gvwb8Vbp5XAaLeiE5QrF19XHLn2MFnf34TBgQVT7QzDUjlGu5_7IQvUgmVWky5R3MIMCfDBHKW6POyNyGP1bewP-_eGCZZnzGe/s200/IMG_4491.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" border="0" /></a><br />Everything else is pretty frost bitten and a little weedy and windblown... but so it goes in the winter. in the next few weeks we will be pulling out our fall crops and start prepping beds for spring! we'll also be starting seeds, seed catalog fortunes willing :)Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388243710492490093.post-40568766280178064392011-02-06T11:23:00.004-05:002011-02-06T11:34:38.284-05:00The BeginningsHere are a few pictures from the very beginning of the farm in Spring and Summer 2010. Check out the rest on our old blog, <a href="http://campuscommunityfarm.blogspot.com/">http://campuscommunityfarm.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLCpgMLFpjBf1BggvgrH4y2C-Q99NFwJTyJ_vqGZtNmPlZX49dbV4zSMrHMbvC-Md2Vj7IkdDT81ZeMOi1KV9LBXTOr2nYaDlE8YHkdcUkRMKE4HlTcjtGiAO-5XHYW5-1YgxJ4Tfk0Uk/s1600/emptyfield"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLCpgMLFpjBf1BggvgrH4y2C-Q99NFwJTyJ_vqGZtNmPlZX49dbV4zSMrHMbvC-Md2Vj7IkdDT81ZeMOi1KV9LBXTOr2nYaDlE8YHkdcUkRMKE4HlTcjtGiAO-5XHYW5-1YgxJ4Tfk0Uk/s200/emptyfield" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570613809406125714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMz4akG2upMHkclorpFyBH6XjPmyOyE16pmbKa6muWBgXUP6vAoJrQFoY8Ny_6yKGG5yChrPrIynoS-aSbbl-1Z6euGLaONYFn6bNIFZVHL_Whx2rzEzvxowUm-SQ9qpii5z1jiuy_GHp9/s1600/P1090052.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMz4akG2upMHkclorpFyBH6XjPmyOyE16pmbKa6muWBgXUP6vAoJrQFoY8Ny_6yKGG5yChrPrIynoS-aSbbl-1Z6euGLaONYFn6bNIFZVHL_Whx2rzEzvxowUm-SQ9qpii5z1jiuy_GHp9/s200/P1090052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570614630419030482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25eE-bYDxi1i2xXd9jYpgNRlL8wne99FSjOrs8u1g22uzaXZrjKiLsSm_L-SAZnHfQ7d9KR6TqzrOCkeHs7OTxrJMeAR4BYqBisA4MUS2nQo2j6LNYU-pCJMimQsQ195uAqbMP_khHMrg/s1600/KateFarm7.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25eE-bYDxi1i2xXd9jYpgNRlL8wne99FSjOrs8u1g22uzaXZrjKiLsSm_L-SAZnHfQ7d9KR6TqzrOCkeHs7OTxrJMeAR4BYqBisA4MUS2nQo2j6LNYU-pCJMimQsQ195uAqbMP_khHMrg/s200/KateFarm7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570614628320382162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZY4jAibRVJOalJI-FIR06Das3w5dfeadJ2m8Hn6SahSPTcgI6SNqwbKPsjKJFpafn5zbfnZtf5AcGY8eWHW73SRbP3k3gQpJeJ1WZUQYM0driVOk1GudccJyzIsT5BRuwwy6z9tzjtxZ/s1600/P1090314.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZY4jAibRVJOalJI-FIR06Das3w5dfeadJ2m8Hn6SahSPTcgI6SNqwbKPsjKJFpafn5zbfnZtf5AcGY8eWHW73SRbP3k3gQpJeJ1WZUQYM0driVOk1GudccJyzIsT5BRuwwy6z9tzjtxZ/s200/P1090314.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570614633584918770" border="0" /></a>Campus Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474417867062629761noreply@blogger.com0