A Pause From Gardening

This is a blog about gardening. However, I have something very important I want to take a moment to talk about. And that something is goats. This little dude is Bebito. Bebito is a 35 pound Nigerian Dwarf goat who lives here in Philly with his brother, sister, and the rest of their herd. All…

Workday September 28

Amazing day at the garden! The project had been postponed, but that only added to the excitement that today was the day we would be building… The Greenhouse! For the past few years young plants and propagation projects were either kept inside the tiny house, the shed, or in a small covered bed that still…

Workday September 14

One of the most important aspects of the garden club, in my opinion, is its weekly farm stand. On Fridays from about 3:30 to 5:30 we set up a table with all the food we have harvested from the garden and offer it free for community members. This is usually a mix of Temple students…

My Gardening Experience

During my first year in college, I became involved with the community garden club. This year, in connection with my Urban Ecology course, I have created this blog to document some of the work I have done with the club and what impacts I have observed it make on the students who join and the…