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Downtown Teaching Farm: June 2015
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Monday, June 15, 2015. Hi friends, students, and neighbors. Its ON at the farm this summer. Join us anytime, or for a Sunday work party from 5-8. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Now volunteering at the DTFarm -. We have opportunities for neighbor/school families to sign up for 1 week Garden Shepherd volunteering. Email Ali at downtownteachingfarm@gmail.com to see the task list and get signed up! Downtown Teaching Farm Favorite Links. Sustainability Summit Report from ID Ed News. National News from May 2014.
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Downtown Teaching Farm: Community Gardener Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday Feb. 11th, 2014 at 6pm
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014. Community Gardener Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday Feb. 11th, 2014 at 6pm. It is time already to begin our planning for the 2014 season at the Downtown Teaching Farm. Please come and join us, in Ali Ward's classroom at Boise High School, room 204. Families that are interested are welcome to come and ask questions, return gardeners' attendance would be much appreciated so we can update contact information and so everyone can meet Michael Bartlet. Now volunteering at the DTFarm -.
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Downtown Teaching Farm: May 2014
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Friday, May 16, 2014. Work Days this weekend and next, and on into June we go! Hi everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather we are having! Michael and I are going to be at the farm Saturday morning at 10 (tomorrow) as well as next weekend (and probably Sundays also) to continue our planting and weeding and set up of our drip system. For our gathering area, as well as some funds for composting areas (and we are adding cafeteria composting next year - hope hope hope). We have opportunitie...
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Downtown Teaching Farm: March 2012
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Sunday, March 18, 2012. Tip of the Day #2. Problem: Your backyard chickens (er - dogs, kids, husband's with weed-wackers) are ruining your backyard plantings. They are digging around and killing all those little seedlings. Solution: Repurposed Dead Lilac Swags. Find a lilac snag, and a hiding spot to save a pile of them from year to year. No need to send them to the landfill anymore! The lilac lets all the sunlight and water in, but keeps those pesky hens out. Second in a series of unkown length). By sli...
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Downtown Teaching Farm: November 2012
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Saturday, November 3, 2012. Fall Update 2012: Part II. What a fantastic group of young people to welcome to the Downtown Teaching Farm. the first thing I hear every day at school is "Are we going to the farm today? I am so grateful that this is happening at Boise High! Our first task was bagging and dumpstering the drying goatheads that. Had been pulled by volunteers earlier in the summer. Oliver and Kamal, measuring their tomato plant. Alicia, working on those goatheads. Working, and socializing! Megan,...
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Downtown Teaching Farm: March 2013
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Sunday, March 17, 2013. Seeding and Spring Planting Guide - 2013. Winter Seedling and Spring Planting Suggestions. By: The Downtown Teaching Farm. Http:/ Downtownteachingfarm.blogspot.com. Combating cabin fever and looking forward to spring and summer bounty go hand in hand. Many hours can be spent selecting varieties, ordering seeds, and deciding what to start at home. These are some suggestions we have based on a typical Boise-area spring season. Use a seed tray with drainage. Bury them at all. Window ...
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Downtown Teaching Farm: October 2012
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Friday, October 26, 2012. Fall 2012 Update: Part 1. Summer 2012 in Photos. A Lovely Row of Brassicas. Backlit Cabbage, with Dill. Harvest Basket, for a Friendship Feast at FUMC. Soil Testing, and Garlic Harvest. Washing the Harvest for a Friendship Feast. Emma and Owen = Helpers! Some of our youngest. Pat, Tending the Basil. Pepper Donation to the Create Common Good Program. Create Common Good, STIR. Work Party from Utah. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Now volunteering at the DTFarm -. Nice heavy duty hoses.
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Downtown Teaching Farm: Fall Update & Food Summit Photos
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Fall Update and Food Summit Photos. As we put the garden to bed from another successful season, a few highlights. This season we had about 15 families gardening on the DTFarm site all summer. Thank you all for your help and dedication. We successfully installed one more zone of drip tape, and installed two automatic timers for the drip system. We will continue to improve our drip irrigation system for next year. Boise High Food Summit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Downtown Teaching Farm: 2015 Seeding and Planting Tips from the Downtown Teaching Farm
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Thursday, February 26, 2015. 2015 Seeding and Planting Tips from the Downtown Teaching Farm. Seeding and Spring Planting Suggestions. By: The Downtown Teaching Farm. Http:/ Downtownteachingfarm.blogspot.com. Use a seed tray with drainage. If it doesn’t have pre-punched holes, punch about 10 holes in the bottom of the tray. The seedlings will. The larger the seed, the deeper it needs to go into the soil – a good rule of thumb is that the seed should be about four times deeper than its largest side. Use a ...
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Downtown Teaching Farm: February 2013
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013. 2013 Community Gardener Meeting: Feb 25, 7:30. Happy Gardening Season 2013. We are going to start the process of getting organized, with the help of our fabulous new Community Garden Liason, Heather Cooper! Parking can be easily found that time of night behind the old gym, off of Franklin Street, in the faculty lot. Those back doors should be unlocked. (near the gym, but on the back side of it) Come on upstairs! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Now volunteering at the DTFarm -.