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Manager Comment by Claudia Durr on May 2, 2012 at 12:58am

I have many books on the subject of  organic gardening, herbal medicine, aromatherapy, and sustainable living.  One of my favorites that I recommend to people who are just getting started is "make your place" affordable, sustainable nesting skills written and illustrated by raleigh briggs.  This book is a gem! I still use it as a regular resource.  The description on the back of the book says it all!

Raleigh Briggs teaches us how to craft a sustainable domestic life outside of consumer consciousness.  And it's not as hard as we may think! This hand-drawn book of charming tutorials is both fun and accessible.  It's full of simple skills that anyone can and should learn.  From creating tinctures and salves, to concocting all-natural cleaners, to gardening basics, this book is great for anyone looking to live more simply and truly do it themselves.

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Manager Comment by deZengo on February 12, 2012 at 3:40am

:-)   I"ll watch in a bit. ;-)  Thx for sharing as always.

dZ

Comment by Autumn Vibe on January 12, 2012 at 3:26pm

I believe in this wholeheartedly and hope that within the next 5 years we will be a household that lives completely off the grid. Great tips n tricks to read over in here. Thank you!

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Manager Comment by deZengo on November 5, 2010 at 1:04pm

Locally, I am excited to finally be able to talk about the Sustainable institute that is coming to TN. ;-D

The Sweetwater Sustainable Institute :: Yahoo Group HERE>>>

Web Site : http://urbancentury.org/

I am trying to get those folks here & OM : as a regular contributor.

Much Love & Endless Light,
~deZengo

Comment by Robert Sadler on November 5, 2010 at 10:51am

Looks like a good group to be in. I believe in sustainable living. I try to grow as much of my own food as possible and not to be as reliant on store bought purchases. I heat with scrap wood, when I can to cut down my utility expenses. I would like to get some wind & solar power going, but it is not in the budget right now. (I earn less than minimum wage and support myself & 2 grandchildren with it.) I gleaned some greenhouse supplies today from some commercial ones that got sold at auction & were tearing down, so with luck I can get a structure up to protect my plants from the high plains desert environment I live in. I got greenhouse grade plastic, ground cover cloth & a truck load of potting soil to get me started. All I need is a frame & a drip irrigation system & I should be able to grow decent veggies & flowers most of the year ! I harvest what little rain water I can collect for the garden , as there are so many mineral salts in the ground water that it stunts the growth of the plants. (I do not want to think about what it could be doing to me ...) Good fortune to everybody, and have a blessed life ! Nice to be here.

Comment by LoveMaster on October 14, 2009 at 10:29pm

Pictures from the Meet Up at Heartwood as well as some of the experiences by
those who went [on the Group].

On FaceBook [most pictures]
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39773&id=1327931620&ref=nf

On Yahoo Groups [all pictures & experiences]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theedenproject

You should have been there....maybe for the next one!?

Comment by Cassie on August 3, 2009 at 5:48pm

Hello All!

This seemed to be the best place to mention this. I have started a local MeetUp group called Hampton Roads Community Gardens Project. I have had this project on my mind for a couple of years now, and having spent so much time in day to day life working the day job, didn't give me the time to really explore the possibilities and do the networking. Then came MeetUp. I just recently discovered it. And I would like to present the idea to a larger group of people who may be inspired as I have been to create a community gardens project somewhere else.

Now the whole idea of the Hampton Roads Community Gardens Project is to create a community garden or more than one, where food is grown. This is meant to serve two purposes. It builds community, relying on people who live in the community to volunteer to be a part of this, to work the gardens, and to make the food available to the community if transport of food to the grocery stores is ever interrupted. In the meantime, there is a local farmers market that is losing growers, the growers (local farmers) can't afford to keep growing their crops as their only source of income. That's where we come in.

The other thing that this does is to build a stronger sense of community among those who are involved in it or in need of what we grow. Right about now, given that we are just starting this project, we need information from any other group that has done something similar. We have questions.

How did you get the land or use of some land for starting a community gardens project?

How did you go about funding the project?

If you talked with your local city about getting some land set aside for your use, who did you go to? i.e. City Council, Parks and Recreation, etc.

Are there grants available for this kind of project?

Could you recommend any grantwriters?

We have only held one meeting so far, but we have our work cut out for us at this point. Research comes first. We hope to be planting on the land set aside for the project by spring. Now, we have heard of one particular program that is set up to teach enterpreneurial skills to youth in urban areas and the funds provided for that has been used locally to establish a garden project at a local high school, and they help supply food they grow to the 5 Points Farm Market in Norfolk, VA. I do know that 5 Points was instrumental in helping someone affiliated with the school get the grant money for that project. And yes, I intend to speak with the people at 5 Points about this as well. It's the best lead I've had so far.

If anyone else has done something like this and spoken with a city about getting land donated for this kind of project, please let me know! I would like to see a plan that would have been presented, that we could base our plan on. I would like to contact anyone who has had success with this. The more heads the better! (to butcher a saying).

Immense thanks!!!
Cassie Zievers
Cofounder Hampton Roads Community Gardens Project via MeetUp
cjz1739@gmail.com or littlewingcz@yahoo.com

Comment by Barbara Tako on January 30, 2009 at 6:24pm

Thank you for the existence of this group. I believe it is helpful to distinguish between "wants" and "needs" as we learn to live a more sustainable life. Our culture, at least in the United States, seems to be confused between these two. Wishing each of you peace....Barb

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