On Thursday the 24th Darnell went on a field trip which was apart of his class he's taking. They went to this farm called Petaluma Bounty.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Monday, April 28, 2014
Oregano by Dana
Hello all, so with all of our herbs we have in our garden I figured I could dry them out and replace what was missing in our herb rack in the cabinet. So I decided to start with the Greek Oregano
Missing Herbs
Fresh Greek Oregano
I soaked leaves in a little soap and water to get tiny bugs off
I let the leaves dry on a towel
I put them in a bowl so they can dry
The leaves were cut on the 22nd. They we somewhat dried on the 24th. At the end of the week they were completely dried
Ready to separate the leaves from the stems.
I rubbed the leaves in the palm of my hands to separate the leaves from the stems. By the way my hands smelled like Oregano which smell so good.
I didn't have an herb grinder so I used the bottom of the glass container to crush a little more
I bent the paper plate and used it like a funnel to put the herbs in the jar
Walla a finished process
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Greenstrings Farm by Dana
On Thursday April 24 Darnell went to this farm called Greenstring farm in Peteulma CA.
While he was there he learned that they allowed weeds to grow in with the edible plants to help aerate the soil
Here are other pictures of what was growing on the farm
Peyton by Dana
Yesterday at our garage/bake sale my niece Peyton helped us and to thank her we gave her one of our Strawberry Plant's, Wasabi Arugula, Purple Tree Kale and Chard.
Fundraiser to start our first Crop Swap by Dana
Yesterday Darnell and I held a fundraiser garage and bake sale. We've been planning this event for months and it finally happened. On Friday we baked 75 Ghirardelli chocolate brownies, we plated and wrapped them and of course I had to sample one. We didn't sell all of them but some of them did sell which is good.
The garage sale of course was our focus because we had a lot of stuff to be sold. It was good to get things out of the garage. Doing a garage sale is hard work but it pays off. Our goal for the garage and bake sale was to raise funds for:
- To make improvements to the Crop Swap feature on our website, Playndirt.com
- Start a Crop Swap location at:
Adams Crest Farm
5000 Patterson Circle, Richmond, CA 94805
Operated by Urbantilth.org
Monday, April 21, 2014
Apple Pepper Plant by Dana
Our Apple Pepper plant has started growing the blossoms again.
The blossoms are a beautiful small purple flower
Once they open and die the apple pepper will come from the flower
The apple pepper is a circular pepper that resembles an apple.
It has a nice, mildly spicy flavor and thick, crunchy flesh. The pepper is excellent for fresh salsa, pizza or a salad. the pepper start out a yellowish green when ripe it turns a reddish orange.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Urban Tilth Tomato Plant Sale by Dana
Yesterday Darnell and I went to a really cool tomato plant sale at Adams Crest Elementary school on Saturday 4/12/14. The sale was sponsored by Urban Tilth a non profit organization, based in Richmond.
Urban Tilth grow your own Food
Darnell is holding different varieties of peppers and a tomato plant
More varieties of tomatoes
More varieties of tomatoes
Urban farming
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Monica's garden by Dana
Today Darnell and I checked out Monica's garden. She's a local Richmond dweller. Here's pictures of her garden.
Tomatoes and Red onions
Strawberries
Different varieties of Lettuce
We also gave her some of our plants and seeds as well. We gave her Wasbi Arugula, Chard, Chive seeds, Parsley seeds, Basil and Purple Basil
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Grits and Greens by Dana
On Thursday March 27th, Darnell and I went to this event called Grits and Greens in Oakland. Grits and Greens was an event that was a part of Impact Hub of Oakland Community which is Organizational Connection of different entrepreneurs trying to make network connections to affect change within different communities. The idea behind the Hub is to co-learn and co-work.
There we also had food, we had,
There we also had food, we had,
1. Red Flint Polenta with Coconut Milk
2. Coconut Greens
3. English Peas and Asparagus
There was also 2 dance pieces that was shown that was based on real life events that happened in the news. The first dance piece was about a young woman who was from Mexico who moved to America. She got a job working in the field, she was pregnant and died because of not having enough water to drink. The second dance piece was on hurricane Katrina. This older man was trying to swim to a safety boat and the woman rowing the boat told him it wasn't enough room, but the older man kept trying to get into the boat, the woman had to hit him to prevent him from drowning the boat. Both dance pieces were sad.
After everything was over Darnell and I met the executive director of a non profit called Urban Tilth based in Richmond. They have different locations here in Richmond where they are teaching people about growing your own food.
After everything was over Darnell and I met the executive director of a non profit called Urban Tilth based in Richmond. They have different locations here in Richmond where they are teaching people about growing your own food.
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