Met more "plot neighbors" today at the #CommunityGarden (they have the plot across from mine.) We talked about tomatoes (which they were planting), and I mentioned how chickens (and birds) love hornworms. And they just happened to have chickens! Cool!
#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunkSaturday #CommunityGardens #BuildingCommunity
"[Smit] said he was “thrilled” to see how well the party was doing with Zack Polanski at the helm. “All our life, voting Green was a wasted vote, and it’s very interesting to see how many people in the country do share green values”
#CommunityGardens #ChelseaFlowerShow #VoteGreen
‘You could dig up a lot of asphalt’: Tim Smit’s Chelsea garden prioritises growing food | Chelsea flower show | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/17/tim-smit-eden-project-chelsea-garden-community-garden-vegetables
I want to say that this will be the weekend I finish planting the #FourSisters garden. The squash got a little beaten up from the rain (but I have more to plant), but the Hopi Blue corn is still there! The Sweet Potato plant might have to go though. We'll see...The container potatoes greening out, and I just picked up more seed onions for containers as well. The Community Gardeners are into doing a plant swap -- it will be nice to share with others. Our 3-season porch is pretty much a greenhouse, and I'd like to turn it back into a library again (with a few hanging plants).
'Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, deerit nihil."
"If you have a garden and a library, you will need nothing else." - Marcus Tullius #Cicero (my translation).
#SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardens #LibraryGardens #AmGrowing #BuildingCommunity #GrowYourOwn
So, I'm going to talk to the #CommunityGarden organizers about having a "Free Plant" table or spot -- with some signage. That way, if folks (like myself) have too many seedlings, we can give them to someone who can use them!
#SolarPunkSunday #PlantSwap #CommunityGardens #BuildingCommunity
Stopped by the #CommunityGarden. The fence is up! I have #MammothSunflowers that are raring to go, so those will get planted later this week, along with #IndianBlanket and #Cornflower seeding for the #Pollinators.
#SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardens #GrowYourOwnFood #FoodSecurity #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningInMaine
Oh boy... I have way more paprika pepper seedlings than I thought I'd have (using fresh seeds helps). I'll be giving away the extras to folks at the #CommunityGarden. Things are moving along... The water tank is getting filled up next week and the new fencing will be installed soon. As soon as that's in place, neighbor friend and I will start planting sunflowers and corn.
#BuildingCommunity #SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardens #GrowYourOwnFood
#OgunquitME - #Stewardship #Workday: #BeachPlumFarm
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
9:00 am
Beach Plum Farm
610 Main St, Ogunquit, ME 03907
"Beach Plum Farm is the last remaining #SaltWaterFarm in Ogunquit, home to #CommunityGardens, and the office of Great Works Regional #LandTrust.
Join #GWRLT for a Stewardship Workday on Wednesday, May 6th, 9am to noon at Beach Plum Farm, Ogunquit. We will be removing invasive species and a spring cleanup. Let us know if you can help out by registering below."
FMI and to register:
https://gwrlt.org/event/stewardship-2/
#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #InvasivePlants #SpringCleanup #EnvironmentalStewardship #LandTrusts #GreatWorksRegionalLandTrust
So, neighbor buddy is growing sweet corn in the #CommunityGarden with his son (and is renting two plots). He loves that I'll be growing #HopiBlueCorn in my home garden and wants to exchange corn kernels once we harvest! Yay! And he has the plots next to mine. Community gardens aren't just about growing food -- they're about #BuildingCommunity !
Solar, maybe, but punk? Certainly not.
#Bicycles and #velomobiles are #solarpunk. #Walking and #handcarts are solarpunk. #Horses are solarpunk. #Urbanism is solarpunk. #CommunityGardens are solarpunk.
Highway speeds are never solarpunk. EVER. It's the going 100+ Kmh for 500+ Km at a stretch with 1000 Kg of cargo that makes cars bad.
A electric quadcycle that weighs 600 Kg fully loaded wth two adult humans and their cargo and goes 50 Kmh max for 100 Km on a charge is not the same thing.
DoomsdaysCW
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