May 30, 2013

Polyculturally planted Keyhole raised beds with hybrid drip-microsprinkler irrigation setup

Garden In A Pail: Serially Connected Earthbuckets

These planters are all watered from below via polytubing and with the aid of an automatic timer (sometimes). Experimenting with different soil configurations/ ingredients to lower cost per bucket (adding wicking material in the form of recycled cotton)

May 24, 2013

Fw: [Seed Bank] Global March against Monsanto this Saturday May 25th in Santa Rosa

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Subject: [Seed Bank] Global March against Monsanto this Saturday May 25th in
Santa Rosa

Due to the importance of this international event we are cancelling
the West County Community Seed Exchange's class at 11 to encourage
people to join with people all over the world to protest Monsanto's
take over of our food and demand labeling of GMO's.

Saturday May 25th
Gather at Julliard Park in Santa Rosa at 11am
Permitted March from Julliard Park to Courthouse Square for a rally
and speakers.

There are hundreds of protests happening around the world on this day
at the same time.


You can also protest GMO's and Monsanto by getting involved with us-
we are creating the alternative and protecting our seed- join us
Saturday morning in the seed garden for our work party from 9 to
10:30 then head over to Santa Rosa to stand against Monsanto.


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May 23, 2013

March Contra Monsanto, 25 de Mayo

http://www.march-against-monsanto.com/p/informacion-en-espanol.html

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"la accion es la madre de la esperanza."

-Pablo Neruda

"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't."

-Anatole France

"It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor."

 -Seneca


May 20, 2013

Fwd: [Seed Bank] Seed Exchange May 25th- Quinoa and Amaranth!

May 25th  West County Community Seed Exchange Monthly Gathering

Join us for a full morning of helping in the seed garden to finish planting our summer crops and then learn about growing and processing the sacred grains amaranth and quinoa.

9 to 10:30-  Work in the Seed Garden, please bring tools and gloves

9 to 11- Seed Library open for seed check out- lots of seed available!

11 to 12- Class on Growing and Processing  Quinoa and Amaranth - two pseudo grains that grow great in our climate, are really good for you and just take a little work to make them edible. Both the greens and the grain of these are edible and they are beautiful also!

St Stephen's Church
500 Robinson Rd, Sebastopol


 
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"la accion es la madre de la esperanza."

-Pablo Neruda

"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't."

-Anatole France

"It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor."

 -Seneca


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