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October 2009
Organic Vegetable Gardening
Strategies
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Starting your own vegetable plants from seed makes a
lot of sense for community gardeners.
For the modest
price of a seed packet, a community garden group can
grow more than enough tomatoes or peppers for an
average vacant lot-sized garden.
That’s not all – you
also have a potential educational benefit if you can get
kids...
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Starting your own vegetable plants from seed makes a lot of sense for community gardeners. For the modest price of a seed packet, a community garden group can grow more than enough tomatoes or peppers for an average vacant lot-sized garden. That’s not all – you also have a potential educational benefit if you can get kids involved in the process, and you can grow choice varieties – especially heirlooms – rarely available in garden centers. You can also time your growing so you’ve got top quality seedlings ready to go at the best time for your particular gardens. To reap the rewards, though, you have to do things right. To thrive, our tiny crop, like all babies, needs tender loving care applied with common sense techniques. Doing it right doesn’t, by the way, require spending a wheelbarrowful of money. In the next issue of Community Greening, you’ll find a longer article with more detailed information on starting seeds. In the meantime, keep these three key points in mind: 1. T
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EMTN Newsletter! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! for North America
Welcome to the second issue of
EM TECHNOLOGY NETWORK Newsletter!
Dr.
Higa!s Central and SouthAmerica Trip
Dr.
Higa in Managua, Nicaragua, courtesy of the newspaper El Nuevo Diari
Tremendous news resulted from Dr.
Higa!s recent visit to Central America,
news that rea"rms the e"cacy of...
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EMTN Newsletter! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! for North America Welcome to the second issue of EM TECHNOLOGY NETWORK Newsletter! Dr. Higa!s Central and SouthAmerica Trip Dr. Higa in Managua, Nicaragua, courtesy of the newspaper El Nuevo Diari Tremendous news resulted from Dr. Higa!s recent visit to Central America, news that rea"rms the e"cacy of EM•1® in cleaning bodies of water. As reported on the front page of the newspaper El Nuevo Diario in Mana# gua, Nicaragua, Lake Tiscapa has been revived thanks to the e$orts of local EM workers and EM Technology. Un# der a banner headline trumpeting the fact that %Lake Tiscapa Lives Again,& the article discusses how this lake, originally used as a site of aquatic events in the Central American Olympics 25 years ago, had, in the interim, become completely contami# nated. Plastic bags and trash littered the lake, which was so full of algae and e. coli bacteria that swimmers brave enough or foolish enough?( to swim in its polluted waters often fell ill a
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Seeds Sellers are listed in alphabetical order by
STATE
(with Canada preceding the United States)
Want to be listed here? Write to seeds[at]permacultureactivist[dot]net
Before you order seeds or plants, be sure to visit Plants for a Future On-line
http://www.
pfaf.
org/ Maintains a big searchable database of 7000+ (!) multi-use
plants...
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Seeds Sellers are listed in alphabetical order by STATE (with Canada preceding the United States) Want to be listed here? Write to seeds[at]permacultureactivist[dot]net Before you order seeds or plants, be sure to visit Plants for a Future On-line http://www. pfaf. org/ Maintains a big searchable database of 7000+ (!) multi-use plants for permaculture, lots of leaflets, a plant catalogue, and a book by Ken Fern on useful plants. Also visit the Northern Alberta Permaculture Institute s Seeds, Plants, and Gardening Supplies directory. More than 500 species. The best selection of rare plants. Seed Saver Links Updated & Animated USDA Climate Zone Maps Organic Seed Alliance sponsors workshops in the Pacific Northwest to teach seed growing, selection for cropimprovement, fundamentals of breeding for organics, and the basics of seed cleaning and saving. www. seedalliance. org or call 360-385-7192 Check out the National Agriculture Library s "Vegetables and Fruits: A Guide to Heirloom Var
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EMTN Newsletter! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! for North America
Welcome to the !rst issue of
EM TECHNOLOGY NETWORK Newsletter!
EM seminar, Dr.
Higa at Harvard University, MA Photo by T.
Ichimura
We hope that you will !nd it in"
formative and enjoyable.
The EM
Technology Network #EMTN$, a
non"pro!t organization, promotes
EM Technology throughout...
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EMTN Newsletter! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! for North America Welcome to the !rst issue of EM TECHNOLOGY NETWORK Newsletter! EM seminar, Dr. Higa at Harvard University, MA Photo by T. Ichimura We hope that you will !nd it in" formative and enjoyable. The EM Technology Network #EMTN$, a non"pro!t organization, promotes EM Technology throughout North America by providing up"to"date information and by networking with individuals and organizations concerned with our environment. The EM Technology Network #EMTN$, a 501#c$#3$ non"pro!t or" ganization, has the following mission: to serve as an information center to disseminate EM Technology related information in English; to support environmental education; to promote the dissemination of EM Technology, the EM philosophy, and EM related research; to hold meetings in various localities for information exchange; to train and support volunteers; and to cooperate with other NPOs working with EM•1® in the Ameri" cas. Your support helps us greatly in keepi
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THE NEW SEED-STARTERS
Handbook
BY NANCY BUBEL
Illustrations by Frank Fretz
Photographs by Alison Miksch
& Rodale Press Photography Staff
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Seeds Sellers are listed in alphabetical order by
STATE
(with Canada preceding the United States)
Want to be listed here? Write to seeds[at]permacultureactivist[dot]net
Before you order seeds or plants, be sure to visit Plants for a Future On-line
http://www.
pfaf.
org/ Maintains a big searchable database of 7000+ (!) multi-use
plants...
More
Seeds Sellers are listed in alphabetical order by STATE (with Canada preceding the United States) Want to be listed here? Write to seeds[at]permacultureactivist[dot]net Before you order seeds or plants, be sure to visit Plants for a Future On-line http://www. pfaf. org/ Maintains a big searchable database of 7000+ (!) multi-use plants for permaculture, lots of leaflets, a plant catalogue, and a book by Ken Fern on useful plants. Also visit the Northern Alberta Permaculture Institute s Seeds, Plants, and Gardening Supplies directory. More than 500 species. The best selection of rare plants. Seed Saver Links Updated & Animated USDA Climate Zone Maps Organic Seed Alliance sponsors workshops in the Pacific Northwest to teach seed growing, selection for cropimprovement, fundamentals of breeding for organics, and the basics of seed cleaning and saving. www. seedalliance. org or call 360-385-7192 Check out the National Agriculture Library s "Vegetables and Fruits: A Guide to Heirloom Var
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