McRorie Community Gardeners Discussions - Zoobird2024-03-28T12:09:07Zhttps://www.zoobird.com/group/mcroriecommunitygardeners/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noSigns of Spring!tag:www.zoobird.com,2015-02-12:2129360:Topic:572402015-02-12T12:39:03.102ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
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<p>Hello, McRorie Gardeners!</p>
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<p>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:…</p>
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<p>Hello, McRorie Gardeners!</p>
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<p>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:</p>
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<p>I planted some Holy Basil. I hear it's going to get very cold this weekend, so I may cover this up...</p>
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<p>This is Mojito Mint. I almost didn't plant this guy, but how could you not with a name like that? Reminds me of Enrico's in North Beach where I had my first Mojito. </p>
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<p>This is the one I am the most excited about. It's a habanero! And, it's already got some little peppers on it. </p>
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<p>I love visiting with Bob every day when I come out to the garden. </p>
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<p>I also love to sit in my VW camper and write a little code before I leave. </p>
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<p>I was thinking I want to grow some herbs this season. Bob gave me this planter with 3 kinds of herbs as though he was reading my mind! Thanks, Bob. </p>
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<p>Lastly, I attached a recording of the morning menagerie I hear these days in beautiful Gainesville with Spring approaching.</p>
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<p>Well, that's the update. Hope you enjoyed it. How is your garden going?</p>
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<p></p> A Great Day at the Gardentag:www.zoobird.com,2012-12-24:2129360:Topic:516432012-12-24T22:33:42.637ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
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<p>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…</p>
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<p>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 you the best and a safe and happy holiday.</p>
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<p> </p> Thriving Community Garden!tag:www.zoobird.com,2012-11-14:2129360:Topic:509632012-11-14T20:47:16.202ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
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<p>I know some of you aren't gardening at McRorie anymore and probably miss seeing what's going on. Here's a photo from this afternoon that should rekindle your senses. It's looking so beautiful!</p>
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<p>I know some of you aren't gardening at McRorie anymore and probably miss seeing what's going on. Here's a photo from this afternoon that should rekindle your senses. It's looking so beautiful!</p> A Look at my freshly planted patch at the McRorie Community Gardentag:www.zoobird.com,2012-10-23:2129360:Topic:507622012-10-23T11:13:59.148ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
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<p>Hi to all here at Zoobird! Those sprouts you see above are in my garden now. If you're gardening at McRorie this season, how's your Fall garden doing?</p>
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<p>Hi to all here at Zoobird! Those sprouts you see above are in my garden now. If you're gardening at McRorie this season, how's your Fall garden doing?</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/8100283619/" title="Fall garden - mesclun and onion seed with a few daikon radish in first 2 rows with basil. Pepper, kale and broc with a pineapple in the next 2 rows. Garlic chives and lots of other Ingrid Travers seeds in the last 2 rows. We're set! by mlevin77, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8183/8100283619_c7a18d1d86.jpg" alt="Fall garden - mesclun and onion seed with a few daikon radish in first 2 rows with basil. Pepper, kale and broc with a pineapple in the next 2 rows. Garlic chives and lots of other Ingrid Travers seeds in the last 2 rows. We're set!" width="500" height="500"/></a></p>
<p>Fall garden - mesclun and onion seed with a few daikon radish in first 2 rows with basil. Pepper, kale and broc with a pineapple in the next 2 rows. Garlic chives and lots of other seeds my patch podnuh <a href="http://www.zoobird.com/profile/IngridTravers" target="_blank">Ingrid Travers</a> planted are in the last 2 rows. We're set!</p>
<p></p> Great Days at the Gardentag:www.zoobird.com,2012-06-15:2129360:Topic:494082012-06-15T14:02:25.188ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
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<p>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 from…</p>
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<p>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 from weeds, especially when the sprouts are mixed from a mesclun mix packet. </p>
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<p><a href="http://www.zoobird.com/profile/MarcWilliams" target="_blank">Marc Williams</a> is one of our resident botanists. He's got an informative website called <a href="http://www.botanyeveryday.com/" target="_blank">Botany Everyday</a> which I love. He is guiding his readers (including me) through a book called <a href="http://www.hopspress.com/Books/Botany_in_a_Day.htm" target="_blank">"Botany in a Day", by Elpel</a>. You can follow along at Marc's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/botanyeveryday/" target="_blank">Botany Everyday Facebook page</a>. He's posting commentary about a part of the book every few weeks, so you can read and follow along. You can ask questions on his page, too. Marc will try to answer your questions. </p>
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<p>The object of Elpel's "Botany in a Day" is to teach you a pattern method of identifying plants. So, once you get the pattern, you'll be able to tell sprouts you've planted from weeds. At least, that's the vision. </p>
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<p>Let us know what you think! </p> Out with the Oldtag:www.zoobird.com,2012-05-14:2129360:Topic:490462012-05-14T12:51:07.621ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
<p><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7213/7195680658_c19ff9eca1_c.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7213/7195680658_c19ff9eca1_c.jpg"></img></a> 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. </p>
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<p>End of last week I pulled ut the remains of the broccoli and the collard greens.…</p>
<p><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7213/7195680658_c19ff9eca1_c.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7213/7195680658_c19ff9eca1_c.jpg" class="align-full"/></a>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. </p>
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<p>End of last week I pulled ut the remains of the broccoli and the collard greens. The broccoli were still producing florets, but once the plants start bolting (flowering) the florets become somewhat bitter, at least that's what my fan club said at the table. I'm chuckling, because I like the greens whatever condition they're in. Once I put some seasoning and onions or ginger in with them, they are completely subdued and no amount of bitterness shines through. The Ethnic Vegetarian Cookbook gives me lots of ideas. It's on the Zoobird bookshelf! Ha! Every time I look at the Zoobird Bookshelf I smile, because it reminds me of Portland. I hope to be in Portland for PedalPalooza if all goes well. Also, Chandra has given us some interesting recipes, as has new Zoobird member Carla and her wonderful Veg Indian Cooking blog. </p>
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<p>But, I became a little anxious and each visit to the organic grocer nearby greeted me with all sorts of temptations. So, last week I piched up some serrano pepper, basil and some spinach sprouts. Funny, sort of. I meant to get some eggplant sprouts, but wound up with spinach accidentally. No matter. They're all in the earth now and I hear there's showers predicted all week. Nice! </p>
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<p> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/7196728896/" title="A Great Day At The Garden by mlevin77, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7196728896_7e1b6803c0_z.jpg" width="478" height="640" alt="A Great Day At The Garden"/></a><br/>Here's one of the tomato sprouts next to a kale plant. All of these sprouts are from a local grower known to G'Villians as Farmer John.<br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/7196731958/" title="A Great Day At The Garden by mlevin77, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7224/7196731958_2a2cfa6916_z.jpg" width="478" height="640" alt="A Great Day At The Garden"/></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/7196731958/" title="A Great Day At The Garden by mlevin77, on Flickr"></a><br/>This is one of my kale from the past season. I transplanted 6 of them and this is the only one left. I make some mean (mean as in delicious) mahalopeno roughies from this kale. That's jalapeno, kale, pineapple and cukes.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/7196722296/" title="A Great Day At The Garden by mlevin77, on Flickr"></a><br/>This is one of the spinach sprouts. I meant to get eggplant, but the spinach was where I saw the eggplant sign. So, this is what I wound up with. You know, I bet we wind up with more food over time from the spinach than would have with the eggplant.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/7196718466/" title="A Great Day At The Garden by mlevin77, on Flickr"></a><br/>Here's some sweet basil on the left and seranno pepper on the right. I wanted jalapeno, but I got tempted by the seranno, especially with the basil. I am dreaming of stir fried basil, Thai style. Click here to see some recipes for my fav Thai dish: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=pad+kra+prow&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8" target="_blank">Pad Krapow</a></p>
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<p>That's all for now. Let us hear from YOU!</p>
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<p> </p> Fresh stirfry broccoli ::: last cuttingtag:www.zoobird.com,2012-04-07:2129360:Topic:487052012-04-07T21:31:57.874ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
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<p>From beautiful McRorie Community Garden: in truffle oil with jalapeños, white onions, …</p>
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<p>From beautiful McRorie Community Garden: in truffle oil with jalapeños, white onions, <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=%2C%20sriracha&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSriracha_sauce&ei=fbGAT_vfBKXy2QXtv9yABw&usg=AFQjCNGoCBQOWbAZyH1TItMhVFZGA2X_YA&sig2=OfegKjLG8l1ZuJFxi5qAzw" target="_blank">sriracha</a> and fresh crushed garlic Carmelized in a dash of olive oil. Yum!</p> Sprouting Some Anticipationtag:www.zoobird.com,2012-04-02:2129360:Topic:486802012-04-02T18:23:21.866ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
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<p>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!</p>
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<p>The garden patch is cleared of those pesky weeds for the…</p>
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<p>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!</p>
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<p>The garden patch is cleared of those pesky weeds for the moment. I know spring is an easy time but summer brings tenacity in weed life. </p>
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<p>No matter! Who gives a flip! Grab them by the roots and Yank, Pull, Swing, as my old friend Richard Roberts used to say, back ... way back in the day.</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, the Botany class Marc Williams so graciously hosts online is in full swing, speaking of Swing. My copy of Botany in a Day {BiaD} is due back at my local library without a renewal option because somebody called it. I have 'til the 4th. So, my aim is to get the 7 plant families under my belt and maybe order my very own copy of BiaD. Ill try to find a used one or order straight from the source, since, as Marc advises, it's best to let all the profits go to the writer if possible. </p>
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<p>Some people think of books you've read that you keep on a shelf afterwards as "empty 6-packs", an apt description for some, but not for reference, or the occasional great fiction. My greats include "Dharma Bums", by Kerouac, "Empanada Brotherhood", by Nichols, "The Sun Also Rises", by Hemingway, and "A Confederate General from Big Sur", by Brautigan. Just a few empty 6-packs of mine. I'd put "Botany in a Day", by Elpel up there in the non fiction right next to "A Pattern Language", by Alexander et al. That is, even though I haven't gotten past chapter one yet! I strongly recommend Marc Williams <a href="http://www.botanyeveryday.com">www.botanyeveryday.com</a>, and he's right here on Zoobird for easy access if you want to ping him. Hi Marc! In fact, Marc and Mycol Stevens, also on Zoobird, will teach an Ethnobotany and Wild Fermentation class at the Hostel in the Forest in May. See the Events section here on Zoobird for details.</p>
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<p>With that, I'll leave you with a few requests. If you haven't friended me here on Zoobird, please do so I can include you in email. Please post up to date details about what you're up to and maybe a profile photo if you have a sec. I love reading about your interests, reading lists, favorite music, etc and I'd love to know where you're currently living geographically. As opposed to metaphysically, which is also interesting ;-)</p>
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<p>If you like, please use Zoobird's invite feature (on the menu) to invite some friends. The hits you see on articles show that lots of people could be enjoying this magic. Tune into <a href="http://www.opbmusic.com">www.opbmusic.com</a> if you get the chance on the web (all you non-Portlandites), because it's what I like. Then, you can decide if it's for you.</p>
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<p>And, that's all for this morning. Chow! Let me hear from you! Blog a little, post a discussion, upload some photos or media like links to videos, music, audio files (as attachments to Discussions - have you seen that you can do that?).</p>
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<p>TTYL,</p>
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<p>Michael Levin</p> Tomato Sprouts are Sproutingtag:www.zoobird.com,2012-03-22:2129360:Topic:484152012-03-22T14:33:18.519ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/7005731129/" title="Tomato Sprout by mlevin77, on Flickr"><img alt="Tomato Sprout" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7089/7005731129_670469ba98_z.jpg" width="478"></img></a> <br></br> Can you see it? There's a tiny sprout in the upper right corner. Tiny, tiny, but it's coming up.</p>
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<p>These sprouts started out in the grocery store and then germinated about 4 days in my kitchen. …</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/7005731129/" title="Tomato Sprout by mlevin77, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7089/7005731129_670469ba98_z.jpg" width="478" height="640" alt="Tomato Sprout"/></a><br/> Can you see it? There's a tiny sprout in the upper right corner. Tiny, tiny, but it's coming up.</p>
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<p>These sprouts started out in the grocery store and then germinated about 4 days in my kitchen. </p>
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<p>They may have done fine just planted in the garden as seeds, but the elements play havoc with seed sprouting, so I just gave them a head start.</p>
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<p>I wondered whether I planted the sprouted seeds too deeply or let them dry out, but yes they are just fine. I used some old sprout trays and compost. These are little cherry tomatoes. Each year I plant them and they grow very well. </p>
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<p>Every meal I eat that uses food from the garden is nicer because it tastes better and I grew it myself. I know what went into the produce I'm putting into my body. </p>
<p> </p> Sprouting Seedstag:www.zoobird.com,2012-03-14:2129360:Topic:481612012-03-14T12:03:35.796ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/6835641210/" title="Sprouted Tomato Seeds by mlevin77, on Flickr"><img alt="Sprouted Tomato Seeds" height="221" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6835641210_605bf6c3ce.jpg" width="472"></img></a> <br></br>My tomato seeds are sprouted!</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/6835623144/" title="Tomato sprouts by mlevin77, on Flickr"></a><br></br>I planned in advance a little and got some seeds for this season. It ws…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/6835641210/" title="Sprouted Tomato Seeds by mlevin77, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6835641210_605bf6c3ce.jpg" width="472" height="221" alt="Sprouted Tomato Seeds"/></a><br/>My tomato seeds are sprouted!</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/6835623144/" title="Tomato sprouts by mlevin77, on Flickr"></a><br/>I planned in advance a little and got some seeds for this season. It ws easy to sprout them. I just put them on a plate in some paper towels and kept them damp for a few days. Now, I'll put them in some little containers with soil and wait for them to grow big enough to plant. I bet there won't be any more risk of frost here in North Florida by then.</p>
<p>Such an easy win! I love it when things just work. I got some soil and little containers that starters come in and I'm going to plant these sprouts today.</p>
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