It’s about time to leave pea pods on their vines (so the seeds fully mature) and a few biennial carrots in the ground (until next year for them to flower). The Basics of Seed Saving Workshop is also just around the corner at the Missoula Urban Demonstration site. The cost is $10 for members and [...]
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13 Jul
Cooking Workshop with Pearl Cash of the Pearl Cafe!
So you’ve seen the cucumber plants extending and the spinach starts are making a lot of noise in the green forest at the far end of the garden…you’ve proven yourself in the fields…now it may be time to get together with other high-spirited harvesters and get some more ideas about how to turn yer bounty [...]
25 Jun
“Mom, I helped 1,000 New Gardens get $10,000 today!”
As we speak, 1,000 New Gardens volunteers are leading a campaign to mobilize Missoulians to support our vision. The word on the street (maybe you’ve heard it, maybe you should spread it, maybe you should open the window and yell it out loud) is that 1,000 New Gardens is one of eight ideas in the [...]
5 Jun
1kng at the Love Your Mother Earth Festival
Hola campesinos!
1,000 New Gardens hopes to see you at the Love Yer Mother Earth Festival this weekend at Lolo Hot Springs!
This is the next installment of our “Get Out The Garden” efforts–our goal is to attract 10 new gardeners for 2010 to the network and have a little fun doing it. The plan at our [...]
20 May
Digging and the art of neo-garden generosity
Today Mason Giem will be leading a crew of volunteers down the winding road to berryville.
He plans to leave the UC/University library parking lot at 5:30 and the venture shouldn’t take more than a couple of hours. It’s a long bike ride to the house on the West side of town, so we recommend carpooling. [...]
15 Mar
D-Day (1,000 New Gardens Dig Day)
On Saturday April 11th, 1,000 New Gardens’ volunteers will take the first step towards revitalizing Missoula’s legacy as the Garden City. We will remove sod and turn the soil over with compost/manure at 10 test plot gardens. After all of the hard work over the last two months, we will open our hands wide and [...]