Showing posts with label Class Notes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Class Notes. Show all posts
11/04/2009
10/28/2009
9th Class: Service Projects, Sat. 10/28
Graze the Roof!
Organization: Glide Foundation
Contact Info: Project Organizer, Maya Donelson Email: grazetheroof@gmail.com
Cell:
Location: 330 Ellis St. San Francisco, CA
Organization: Glide Foundation
Contact Info: Project Organizer, Maya Donelson Email: grazetheroof@gmail.com
Cell:
Location: 330 Ellis St. San Francisco, CA
10/24/2009
10/17/2009
10/14/2009
6th Class: Pest & Disease Mgmt – Sat. 10/14/09
Pest & Disease Mgmt - presented by Pam Pierce
Prof of City College
SF Leauge of Urban Gardeners
Blog
Revised Editition
SF Chronicle Lessons for Old Gardeners
Alameda Master Gardeners - Alameda College - 3 seminars - Pam Pierce will talk about the lessons from Old Gardens
Pests, and other problems with vegetables
Problems that a gardener has:
(1) Problem of not expecting failures
(2) Assume all is hopeless, and that problem will spread to other plans
Problems growing food crops = sense of urgency - difficult figuring out what to replace with
Ornamental gardener
Growing food crops - don't want to do anything that is toxic so we think v
Goal -Address Food Gardening Problems Constructively
through IPM
Prof of City College
SF Leauge of Urban Gardeners
Blog
Revised Editition
SF Chronicle Lessons for Old Gardeners
Alameda Master Gardeners - Alameda College - 3 seminars - Pam Pierce will talk about the lessons from Old Gardens
Pests, and other problems with vegetables
Problems that a gardener has:
(1) Problem of not expecting failures
(2) Assume all is hopeless, and that problem will spread to other plans
Problems growing food crops = sense of urgency - difficult figuring out what to replace with
Ornamental gardener
Growing food crops - don't want to do anything that is toxic so we think v
Goal -Address Food Gardening Problems Constructively
through IPM
10/10/2009
10/03/2009
4th Class: Basics of Backyard Composting – Sat. 10/3/09
Definitions:
COMPOST/ING:
-the pulse of an organic garden
-the most critical task of every garden / farm (Rodale)
-Compost is the critical component to creating a balanced eco-system.
-Experimentation with local and seasonal process
HUMUS in this case is NOT
BUT
COMPOST/ING:
-the pulse of an organic garden
-the most critical task of every garden / farm (Rodale)
-Compost is the critical component to creating a balanced eco-system.
-Experimentation with local and seasonal process
HUMUS in this case is NOT
BUT
-Fungus by-product;
-Nature's way of recycling. Whether you're involved or not.
-A cement that glues the grains or crubms together
-Result of decomposition - holds soil together
-Essential component of soil; you want to create the conditions that create humus
Wikipedia: is degraded organic material in soil, which causes some soil layers to be dark brown or black. In soil science, humus refers to any organic matter that has reached a point of stability, where it will break down no further and might, if conditions do not change, remain essentially as it is for centuries, if not millennia.[2]
In agriculture, humus is sometimes also used to describe mature compost, or natural compost extracted from a forest or other spontaneous source for use to amend soil. It is also used to describe a topsoil horizon that contains organic matter (humus type,[3] humus form).[4], humus profile[5]
Humus has a characteristic black or dark brown color, due to an accumulation of organic carbon
9/30/2009
3rd Class: Worm Composting – Wed. 9/30/09
photo source: http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com
Worm Composting
Quotes:
Fred Kirschenmann
"soil is the connection to ourselves...the way to peace with environment. it is the common ground to which we all stand."
"role of soil & worms in our livelihood"
Amy Stewart - The Earth Moved - soil & worms
9/26/2009
2nd Class: Soil – Sat. 9/26/09
Photo source: shelbycountyswcd.org
Soil Fertility
GFE - mile wide and inch deep
Wendy Johnson - the cultivating of your place is the same as cultivating your soil
Oren Martin - UCSC program - whatya see, whatya think - whatya do
Kitchen Table Talks - Civil Eats- look up
What is soil? dirt, nutrients, life
How we care for our food depends on the health of our soil
broken down to general parts
soil - particles + space
50% - soil particles - 90% rock & minerals - sand (largest), silt, clay (smallest)
50% - porous space - 25% H2O, 25% O2
9/19/2009
1st Class: Intro – Sat. 9/19/09
Urban Sustainability Movement - Notable Persons
Amy Franceschini - Future Farmer
SF based artist & designer looking at real problems, and offering artistic solutions.
Franceschini founded Futurefarmers in 1995 as a way to bring together multidisciplinary artists.
Franceschini's work often takes a visual approach to articulating perceived conflicts between humans and nature, and the individual to a community. She works both as an artist as well as a designer.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Franceschini
http://futurefarmers.com/about/
http://www.free-soil.org/
Amy Franceschini - Future Farmer
SF based artist & designer looking at real problems, and offering artistic solutions.
Franceschini founded Futurefarmers in 1995 as a way to bring together multidisciplinary artists.
Franceschini's work often takes a visual approach to articulating perceived conflicts between humans and nature, and the individual to a community. She works both as an artist as well as a designer.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Franceschini
http://futurefarmers.com/about/
http://www.free-soil.org/
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