Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Pumkin Patch

What about a 1 acre pumpkin patch for the youth group to make money for camp?

More Links to Information about Community Gardens

These fine folks have really thought about community gardens.

In Missouri, the Community Food Systems and Sustainable Ag program from Univ. of Missouri extension has a ton of good information.

http://agebb.missouri.edu/sustain/

In Oklahoma, the Kerr Center is making sure the thinking and hope is well thought out.

Here is a great set of specific links

Some definitions

Toolkit and Best Practices
(pdf)

food circles in Missouri

Green Ribbon Prayer
and Rural Life

Delano community garden in Wichita

Wichita Community Garden organizers: Infinite Growth

Master Planning Idea

This is a strong contender for how to build the infrastructure of a community garden from folks in Oklahoma. Check it out!

http://www.noble.org/Ag/Horticulture/RaisedBedGardening/index.html