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Permalink Reply by Deanna Alejo on January 27, 2010 at 8:39am

i checked out neighborhoodfruit.com, another great site. nothing in fresno though...closet find to me was 115 miles away. it would be awesome if fresno could get something going. i thought the "homeless garden" was neat.

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Permalink Reply by Marc michon on March 5, 2010 at 6:25pm

Rachel Carpenter said:

Tom,

. Specifically the Building Healthy Neighborhoods and Community Garden Steering Committee meetings. One of the latest projects the Steering Committee is working on is to map the current community gardens. t.


Rachel

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Permalink Reply by Marc michon on March 5, 2010 at 6:28pm

is the Building Healthy Neighborhoods and Community Garden Steering Committee
part of Metro ministries?

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Permalink Reply by John Warner on March 7, 2010 at 8:13pm

Hello Greens,

My name is John Warner and I'd like to invite readers of this blog to the Vineyard Farmers Market at the northwest corner of Shaw and Blackstone Avenues in Fresno. The market has been there for 30 years and our business, Flowergarden of Madera aka Whole Systems Agriculture has been there for half those years.. The market is open the year around on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings. Please see a list of vendors and photos of the market at http://vineyardfarmersmarket.com

Unique features of our farming practices include no-tillage, no-tractor growing on beds permanently covered with organic mulch. The mulching material is harvested by at least three Fresno maintenance gardeners that bring us leaves and grass clippings that might otherwise go to the landfill. As far as I know we are the only growers who make use of this material to the extent we do. The mulch is renewed two or three times per year and has quite a number of advantages. First of all it enriches the soil with the minerals of life, N, P, K, Ca, S, Zn, Mn, Mg, etc., and will, over time, convert these minerals to food and flowers an very close to a pound for pound basis with the mulch when compared to a more or less equal water content.

Putting mulch on the soil greatly enriches its productivity and is a practice available to all without cost. City dwellers could make deals with with gardeners that work in their neighborhoods or even go out with a pushcart checking the green barrels ahead of the trash truck.

You are also invited to visit our website at http://wholesystemsag.org to find out more about this unique system of growing. If you are concerned, as you should be, about resource shortages that will limit food productivity in the years ahead and thereby cause a sharp and very unpleasant reduction in human population, you should check this unique system of more sustainable growing.

Good wishes to all,

John

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Permalink Reply by Marc michon on March 16, 2010 at 11:40am

Off topic but i didnt want start new blog
good info advantages growing your own food

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Permalink Reply by Deanna Alejo on July 6, 2010 at 3:38pm

thanks john...i attend that farmers market almost every wednesday. i use to sell up north with natalie who sells for her father who owns ferry farms. best juice i have ever had.

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