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Comment on Urban Farming Ventures in Philadelphia by Urban Farming Trends: The Rise of Small Scale Agriculture in our Cities

Urban Farming Trends: The Rise of Small Scale Agriculture in our Cities — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 03:28:57 +0000

[…] illustrate how popular and successful urban farming is, consider that in 2008, Philadelphia’s 226 community and squatter gardens managed to produce an astounding two million-pound yield of mid-summer vegetables and […]

Comment on City Harvest by Dominick

Dominick — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 05:07:46 +0000

I will like to join this community to volunteer my services and give back to society as a whole. I’m not good at growing any kind of plant at all. Have no experience in this field at all. I’m a quick learner and can get along with people period. I don’t mind following instructions at all. I see with the food insecurities going around now that I would absolutely volunteer my services to my utmost capabilities to ensure that another person will not go hungry again plus learn about horticulture which I have no experience in.

Comment on My 2020 Garden’s Indoor Jump Start by Discovering Dining Room Tabletop Microgreens | Seasonal Chef

Discovering Dining Room Tabletop Microgreens | Seasonal Chef — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:59:11 +0000

[…] red chard, garnet red amaranth, and a kale mix–in February in the idyllic confines of the Fairmount Park Horticultural Center greenhouse, where I landed a spot this year after a couple of years on a waiting […]

Comment on Microgreens to the Rescue by Discovering Dining Room Tabletop Microgreens | Seasonal Chef

Discovering Dining Room Tabletop Microgreens | Seasonal Chef — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:58:15 +0000

[…] I brought them all home, where they–thanks to the jumpstart they got in the greenhouse–continued to thrive on my dining room tabletop, and provide a continuous harvest for the next several […]

Comment on Damned Squirrels Left Me One Tomato All Summer! by Min

Min — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 22:20:02 +0000

understand, I am in the same situation.
There is no way to stop them, full cage is the only way to stop them.
So, I am thinking a kind of special electric shock fence to protect my garden.
It is simple, instead grounding, use two spiral structure wires, if they touch two of them together, it will make them scared,

Comment on Uh Oh! Lantern Fly Nymphs by Rhona Wene

Rhona Wene — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:29:59 +0000

I have an infestation of spotted lantern flies invading my back yard from a property that abuts it but is not mine. It belongs to a company that purchased the property in order to build houses on it but never did. Instead there is a lot of scrub growth which is home to these lantern flies. The area is mowed regularly by the owner (I don’t know who that may be). The area is behind a locked chain link fence. I contacted the Pennsylvania department of agriculture as their web site requested and was told to contact the municipality about this.

Comment on Sure Sign of Spring: Philly Muni Compost by Philly Compost is Back, Free and Socially Distanced | Farming Philly

Philly Compost is Back, Free and Socially Distanced | Farming Philly — Thu, 21 May 2020 21:34:31 +0000

[…] West Fairmount Park usually opens its doors to aficionados of its free leaf compost like me at the start of April. That didn’t happen this year. Blame the coronovirus, and the fact that the huge mountain of […]

Comment on Putting Philly Muni Compost to the Test by Philly Compost is Back, Free and Socially Distanced | Farming Philly

Philly Compost is Back, Free and Socially Distanced | Farming Philly — Thu, 21 May 2020 21:28:10 +0000

[…] recycling center in West Fairmount Park usually opens its doors to aficionados of its free leaf compost like me at the start of April. That didn’t happen this year. Blame the coronovirus, and the […]

Comment on My 2020 Garden’s Indoor Jump Start by Space for Rent in Parks Department Greenhouse | Farming Philly

Space for Rent in Parks Department Greenhouse | Farming Philly — Fri, 08 May 2020 12:06:34 +0000

[…] Read about my adventures in the greenhouse here and […]

Comment on Microgreens to the Rescue by Discovering Sprouting Daikon Radishes on my Dining Room Tabletop | Seasonal Chef

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 17:59:05 +0000

[…] coronavirus. So I brought them all home, where they, with the jumpstart they got in the greenhouse, continued to thrive on my dining room tabletop, though it gets just several hours of direct sunlight a […]