Plant Grow share by Dana

Plant Grow Share is the name of our garden space that Self-sustaining communities is allowing us to use.  Here are some pictures of the are and some ideas of what we would like to do with the space.

1. & 2. Outside/Inside of a future green/hot house. 

3. Garden area 

4. Location of our future raised bed

Self-sustaining Communities by Dana

We are working in collaboration with Self-sustaining communities a local 501c3 nonprofit organization 

Self-sustaining communities.org . Your one time donations of $75 or larger are tax deductible, we can provide a receipt at your request for your records. 

For details about what Playndirt is up to,  Click on or cut and paste the following link: www.gofundme.com/sk5wsk 

Thank you

Self-sustaining communities City Farm

A big thank you to Self-sustaining communities organization for allowing us to garden at the "city farm". This will be a great opportunity for us to practice some farming and permaculture skills. http://www.self-sustainingcommunities.org/city-farm.html

DarDan gardens

Fresh squeezed Meyer lemon juice. I will use it to make lemonade and the rest I will freeze for later. I just picked up a Purple Tomatillo and a Pink Lemonade Blueberry plant.

Scions for my container garden

Just received some scions from a fellow gardener's garden. Dami Fig, Farralones Pear, Satsuma Tangerine,  Shamouti Blood Orange,  Mexicola & Hass Avacado,  Montmorancy Cherry. Ashmead, Fireside, Hudson,  Macoun, Ribston and Wickson Apples.

Grafting my potted fruit trees

It's been a year since I learned how to graft at Merritt college. Grafting is very easy, anyone can do it, even you!! I grafted Golden delicious & Moraga antique scions onto one (1) rootstock. This week I visited some fellow gardeners and they allowed me to cut scions from their fruit trees. Thursday I grafted the scions, and if scions attach properly I will have Cripps pink & Pink pearl Apple on one tree, Black mission & Brown turkey Fig on one tree and Hachiya & Fire Crystal Persimmon. Since my space is limited,  grafting allows me to add more varieties of fruits to my container garden.

Garden Additions by Dana

So we went to Annie's Nursery today and purchased additions to the edible garden.

Vincent Male and Female Kiwi

Chilean Guava

White Strawberries

Hachiya Persimmon