Tag Archive for ‘freedom gardeners’
OUT & ABOUT
Meeting local Freedom Gardeners Chatting with Farmer D Talking about farming, bug and critter woes, duckie saga, etc., with Farmer S Saturday, we spent an afternoon down in Riverside. Despite the sweltering heat, the local Freedom Gardeners came out and we enjoyed meeting ya’ll! Actually, our booth was the busiest there – which was great! [...]
OUT & ABOUT
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 10:30 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M. WHITE PARK, 3901 MARKET STREET, RIVERSIDE, CA. 92501 THE GREATER RIVERSIDE CONFERENCE OF SENIORS GIVING THE GIFT OF GREEN TO OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN THE CRISIS: Scientists have determined that civilization is not sustainable if carbon dioxide remains above 350 parts per million. It’s now [...]
AUGUST TALLY
The Freedom Gardeners are weighing in this month and boy what a harvest! Kudos to you all for such an outstanding weigh in! Initial August Harvest Challenge numbers show us over 2,900 lbs for August alone, for an annual total of over 15,000 The first part August we had cooler than normal temps so the [...]
NUMBERS
We topped a few milestones this week. Freedom Gardeners grows to over 4,500 aggies. Jordanne is still wrangling with the upgrades and glitches but it’s getting there. She’s sitting next to me now about ready to do bodily harm to the computer so wish her (and her computer) well! Homegrown Revolution (version I) reaches 200,000 [...]
ECO FAIR
On what would have been one of the HOTTEST days of the year so far, PTF and volunteers manned an interactive and information table exhibit at NBC’s GREEN IS UNIVERSAL Eco Fair and Universal Studios Hollywood. A huge thank you to one of our fellow Freedom Gardeners who really put together an awesome FG table [...]
GROWING COMMUNITY
Well, sadly, our laptop died so I am behind in bringing you all the latest happenings from the ‘stead. We did get some rain and temperatures are back to normal – cold. After the rain clouds left last night up went the row covers. Good thing because this morning there’s ice. Though the warm [...]
WILD & SCENIC SCHEDULE
If you live anywhere near Nevada City CA get out your calendars because PTF is going to be up there Jan 9-11 to give a workshop on urban homesteading along and premier our little in home production Homegrown Revolution. We are also considering a No Cal Freedom Garden meetup while we are up there – [...]
HOMEGROWN COMES TO NY
Our Earth, We Dig It! Hey east coasters, or perhaps, you know someone on the east coast? We think this will be an incredible opportunity for New York, Vermont, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Freedom Gardeners to meet up. Let’s not make this a inactive screening occasion but a proactive one where you come [...]
TALLY HOE CONTEST
Once again it’s time for Freedom Gardeners to guess how many pounds we harvested in September. Click here to enter and your chance to win prizes! You must be a Freedom Gardens member to enter, contest ends this Friday, October 10th. HINT: worst September ever, thanks to the wacky weather that played havoc with the summer [...]
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY
People milling around, petting the goats and (Jordanne’s in the middle answering everyone’s questions) Lining up for food Fill ‘em up! Six tables full of good food. Happy goats Happy volunteers Eating and socializing Everyone getting to know their table mates The “Freedom Garden” table and our very own So Cal Freedom Gardeners contingent Folks [...]
