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Almanacs

This is my broccoli. As you can see, they're growing and happy. Meanwhile, the rest of my patch is awaiting new plants for the spring crop.

Here's what the local feed and seed store suggests for spring… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on February 8, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

The one straw revolution...

Kane joined Zoobird a few days ago and noted the book "The One Straw Revolution ", by… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on February 2, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

McRorie Gardeners Justin and Lindsay say Hi!

Added by Michael Levin on January 30, 2010 at 1:38pm — No Comments

A Great Day at the Garden 1/17/10

Yesterday, I headed up to McRorie Community Garden and had a look at my patch. There were some radishes ready to pick. Thanks to Zoobird Bob Tuskin and his Survivalist seeds for these! I gathered some mint and collard greens, as well.…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 18, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Community Gardening....at McRorie

The photo above is one of the first I took of the McRorie Community Garden. It's been a cold December-January, and some freezes have had an impact on the plants in our garden. But, today, for the first time in weeks, it's both warm and dry. The sun is shining. You can click the photo above and see the album I made of the McRorie Community Garden and all the people there. It's… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on January 17, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

One Love - A Great Day at the Garden 1/13/10

We have had some cold weather here in Gainesville, haven't we? Well, settle back, click the video above and listen to One Love performed by musicians around the world and have a stroll through McRorie Community Garden with me...

Here's yours truly, happy to be at the garden. But, it's been freezing at night and some… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on January 15, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

A Great Day at the Garden

What a beautiful afternoon! Click on the photo above to see some gorgeous pix of the garden.

My jalapeno peppers yielded a few hot ones for the weekend. There's nothing better than fresh picked peppers. These aren't too firey hot, but they're a lot hotter than Poblanos or… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on December 27, 2009 at 12:30am — 4 Comments

A Great Day at the Garden

The birds were singing, the breeze was blowing and you could smell the rosemary in the garden the other day. I've been all over the place the past few weeks and had finally a chance to drop by my patch to tend the plants.

That's McRorie community gardener Nick in the photo above. He and I chatted and I hope you all get a chance to meet him virtually here at the Zoobird community. I wrote about this latest Great Day in the Garden on Elephant… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on December 23, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Jalapeño Days at the McRorie Community Garden

There's something about hot peppers, especially jalapeños, that just makes me feel great. It all goes back to my days growing up in the Southwest. Peppers are such a part of the culture in Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Colorado (to name just a few places) that its impossible to ignore them. You just get involved to one degree or… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on October 21, 2009 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Garden Pioneers

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Some of you may remember Bruce from the McRorie Community Garden. Don't worry. He hasn't passed away! He's just moved on. Hope he comes back sometime. I loved his patch. He had climbers that covered the sides of the unique, fencelike structure he put up surrounding his garden...

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Added by Michael Levin on October 6, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Full Moon Weekend

Last month, I was at Burning Man during the full moon. Yes, there's still playa dust on a couple of things. It's hard to believe that a month has passed already.

I was joking that I hated it in the post about Burning Man. I actually checked my calendar to see if I was free for… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on October 3, 2009 at 1:09am — No Comments

A Nice Day at the Garden

(Photos by Mike Levin)

I dropped by the garden this weekend. The workday last weekend was a huge success. If you recall, the summer growth in McRorie Community Garden was begging for attention.…

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Added by Michael Levin on September 23, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Great Day at the Garden!

Today, I visited my patch at the garden. Click on the photo above to see some of my favorite things in the garden. You'll see some nice, ripening jalapeños. The cinnamon basil is finally growing enough so I can grab handfuls of it. There are some delicious cherry tomatoes. You'll see some urban mandalas. The mandalas have been moved to new places in the garden… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on August 16, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Daikon Sprouts from Seed...already!

(photo of last Spring's Daikon radish at McRorie Community Garden, by Michael Levin)

Updated with photo!

I couple of days ago at the full moon, I wrote about germinating Daikon radish seeds. They've already sprouted! Nice way to start the day. Sh'mal, I sent you an envelope full of seeds yesterday. It's August and the temperatures are already… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on August 7, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

A Great Day at the Garden

It's been raining cats and dogs at the garden. I dropped by the Alachua Feed and Seed store and bought some hay, sprouts and cow manure. I think I planted these little starts at just the right time. Watermelon, jalapeno pepper, tomato, basil, cinnamon basil, and some sweet pepper. Click on the photo to see the set. Meanwhile, you'll see some beautiful oregano, healthy corn,… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on May 25, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

A Great Day at the Garden

Yesterday was another beautiful day at the McRorie Community Garden, As you can see in the photo above, the garden isn't all about veggies. There are some patches with beautiful flowers. Click on the photo to see the entire set I took yesterday.

I rode in on my bike around sunset.…

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Added by Michael Levin on May 14, 2009 at 10:11am — No Comments

A Great Day at the Garden

This week the McRorie Garden was particularly beautiful. Click the photo above to see a set of shots I took. My tomatoes are growning nicely. A few of the watermelon sprouts I planted are rooting. It's looking good!

How's your spring garden looking?

Added by Michael Levin on May 10, 2009 at 11:36am — No Comments

A Fine Day at the Garden

It was, in fact a fine day at the garden! I will add more to this post after dinner. I'll explain the photos in the set. You can get a preview by clicking on the photo of Ku and his faithful bug protected with shirt to repel bugs friend, Salam. Stay tuned!

This, my friends, is how yesterday's collard greens wound up on… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on April 22, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

A Great Day at the Garden!

What's the big smile about? That's Ron Chandler smiling at me at the McRorie Community Garden on the 24th. Ron's been in Asia, as you all may have read on his blog. I've been in the thin air of Crested Butte, CO. You can click on the photo above to see the set.