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Signs of Spring!

Hello, McRorie Gardeners!

Signs of Spring are all around at the garden! I saw this beautiful robin kicking up a dust storm yesterday. The garden is looking so good! I just planted the first few plants for the upcoming season:…

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Added by Michael Levin on February 12, 2015 at 7:30am — No Comments

A Great Day at the McRorie Community Garden

Shane gifts me a turnip. Nice!

I dropped by the garden today and took a peek at the lovely plants. That's Shane in the photo above, one of our gardeners, with a turnip. The recent cold weather affected a few. In general, all is well. There are a huge abundance of beautiful, tasty plants in our garden. Click on the photo above to see the set. As for me, I wound up with some tasty mesclun for a salad Christmas eve. I wish…

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Added by Michael Levin on December 24, 2012 at 5:37pm — No Comments

A Look at my freshly planted patch at the McRorie Community Garden

Hi to all here at Zoobird! Those sprouts you see above are in my garden now. If you garden, how's your Fall garden doing?

 

The community garden I am so privileged to be a part of is crazy beautiful these…

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Added by Michael Levin on October 23, 2012 at 7:00am — No Comments

Great Days at the Garden

Hello Zoobird! Yes, here in Gainesville, FL the garden is fine, thanks! I've got lots of plants growing in my patch: my tomatoes, courtesy of Farmer John, are thriving. They have flowered and I'm just waiting for the birds and the bees to do their thing and get the tomatoes going. I planted some spinach and it's doing fine. My biggest challenge is telling sprouts…

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Added by Michael Levin on June 15, 2012 at 9:30am — No Comments

Community Gardening ::: Out with the Old

My patch at the community garden has blessed me and my friends and family with lots of broccoli and salad greens this past season. The collards were abundant and I made use of some, but this season my collard tastebuds weren't as attracted to the leafy green collard buddies I usually befriend. 

 

End of last week I pulled ut the remains of the broccoli and the collard greens.…

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Added by Michael Levin on May 14, 2012 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Springtime at the Garden

Springtime at the McRorie Community Garden

Plants are blooming, bees are buzzing, and all's well at the garden. We made a delicious dinner last night using the florets from our prolific broccoli. This was an easy meal: we sauteed the broccoli florets in a little olive oil, added some garlic and salt and then poured in a little tomato sauce and pre…

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Added by Michael Levin on May 11, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Growing Patchouli and Aromatic Plants



(Photo from wikipedia)



I ran across a patchouli plant at a local, independently owned grocer I love to shop. I'd never seen one before. So, I rubbed a leaf and smelled it. It smelled woody and exactly like the oil so many people wear as perfume. So, I did a little web search and…

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Added by Michael Levin on April 26, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Sprouting Some Anticipation

Dietrich Coffee Roaster

I've been out of town a long weekend with my sprouts safely watered and growing in my kitchen. I'll be back later today, hopefully to a five day growth of tomato and basil sprouts. Anticipation!

Keep your eyes peeled for some new content in the Coffee Zoo, too...

 

The garden patch is cleared of those pesky weeds for the…

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Added by Michael Levin on April 2, 2012 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Tomato Sprouts are Sprouting

Tomato Sprout

Can you see it? There's a tiny sprout in the upper right corner. Tiny, tiny, but it's coming up.

These sprouts started out in the grocery store and then germinated about 4 days in my kitchen. …

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Added by Michael Levin on March 22, 2012 at 10:25am — No Comments

Sprouting Seeds

Sprouted Tomato Seeds

My tomato seeds are sprouted!

 

Tomato sprouts



I planned in advance a little and got some seeds for this season. It…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 14, 2012 at 7:30am — No Comments

A Great Day at McRorie Community Garden

A Great Day at The Garden

Yes, it's that time of year in this brilliant place, Florida. You know what I mean. If you live anywhere that has citrus, you are fully aware of this phenomenon. It's called Spring. 

 

I can remember excitedly telling people that March is the best month to visit Florida. People in California, for example. Funny. People in Chile. Even more…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 13, 2012 at 8:30am — No Comments

Vertical Herb Gardens

Merete Mueller writes about herb gardening here. If you've got limited space and some time to enjoy working with your hands, the payoff is worth the… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on November 25, 2011 at 4:59am — 2 Comments

Fall Planting Ideas

Best bets for starting a traditional garden this month are:…


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Added by Michael Levin on September 18, 2011 at 8:07am — 2 Comments

A Great Day at the Garden!



I went to the garden tonight. What a good time! So many nice things happened. I rode up at dusk and found the garden drenched in the light of the sunset. My mission tonight was simple. I wanted to pick some mint for tea. Mint is dependable. I pulled one strand of the mint, took a look around and saw that the garlic chives were thriving, as always. Troopers! Tomatoes all over the place. Meanwhile, someone visiting the garden said hi. I took a walk around and saw some old… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on August 6, 2011 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

Why I Don't Eat Organic {inspired by Elephant Journal}

Photo by Michael Levin

 

There's an eye catcher on Elephant Journal entitled "Why I Don't Eat Organic". The answer, of course, is because it's so expensive. The recent freeze has thrown tomato prices skyward.…

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Added by Michael Levin on July 8, 2011 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Tomatoes And Jalapeños

Tomatoes And Jalapenos

Straight from my patch at the McRorie Community Garden! Read more here in the McRorie Community Gardeners group!

Added by Michael Levin on June 16, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

A Great Day at the Garden!

A Great Day at the Garden

I took a chance and planted sprouts yesterday...



The vendor, a Future Farmer of America student, confidently told me that the frosts were over. I bought 8 Big Boy tomato sprouts, 2 jalapeno and 2 bell pepper sprouts.



Just before Christmas, I planted seeds I'd accumulated from various sources: tomatillo, carrot, sweet cream and okra.… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on March 13, 2011 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

My Freshly Sown Patch At McRorie Community Garden

"Humanity knows nothing at all. There is no intrinsic value in anything, and every action is a futile, meaningless effort."

Freshly Sown Patch At McRorie Community Garden



Gardening at our community garden has opened the door to many things for me. I just planted carrot, okra, zipper cream and tomatillo seeds this week. I'm happy because it's been raining these past few days since and will probably rain more so they… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on December 20, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Sandlewood and Porcelain

A Great Day at the Garden



Another sleepless night

A concrete paradise

Sirens screaming in the heat

Neon cuts the eye

As the jester sighs

At the world beneath his feet



It's a gutter ballet

Just a menagerie

Still the orchestra plays

On a dark and lonely night

To a…
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Added by Michael Levin on October 18, 2010 at 4:59pm — 3 Comments

A Great Day at the Garden



I'm headed up to the garden today. Lots of weeds to pull. I've been away for a while and nature's taken its course.



The Urban Farmer suggests these plants for October:…



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Added by Michael Levin on October 5, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

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