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Operating as usual
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Inexplicable decision to remove MCLA garden To the editor: Spring is here. Sadly, the MCLA campus garden is gone.
We emptied out the MCLA greenhouse at the Hoosac Harvest seedling swap and got some kohlrabi and chinese cabbage in return. The swap goes until 1 at the MassMoca courtyard. The 6 flats of MCLA plants went fast!
Any students, staff, faculty, or community members are welcome to come garden today behind Smith house, 3-430.
Like plants, fun, and good people? Join us Friday three to four thirty behind Smith house for our weekly gardening day!
Seedling swap in North Adams next Saturday from 11 to 1 at the MASS MoCCA campus.
Come join us from 3 to 4:30 this Thursday. We plan to get a lot of planting done!
workday today at 3-4:30 at the MCLA garden by admissions Smith House. We will be prepping beds and planting seeds.
He did so much with so little land!
This homeowner observed his boring green lawn, and he started to ask himself, “so what’s the point?” Although it looked nice, it gave him no satisfaction. It was a lot of work to keep too. So he decided to try something else. Check out what he did next!
Come hang out and help with the garden this summer! :D
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Building Community Food Security
This Ohio community's story of establishing a thriving local food system just may inspire you to take steps to create a similar healthy, secure and sustainable food initiative in your area: http://goo.gl/FuCIF7.
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Grow Gherkins
Get (naturally pest-resistant!) gherkins going in your garden, and then cook 'em up just as you would squash or zucchini. This funny-looking heirloom favorite is also great raw or pickled, and just wait till you try it in our recipe for Hot and Spicy Brazilian Maxixada: http://goo.gl/Ag4jA.
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Every year, Americans throw away $165 billion of food. Happy Earth Day. Let’s do better. http://bzfd.it/1jFVUFd
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8 Steps for Better Garden Soil
The long-term success of any garden lies in the soil. The more you can do to keep your soil healthy, the more productive your garden will be and the higher the quality of your crops. Gardener Harvey Ussery — whose Virginia garden is pictured below — outlines eight steps to creating healthy soil via care methods that imitate natural soil communities: http://goo.gl/iS2ye.
All About Growing Cucumbers
Growing cucumbers is easier than you may think! After you know how to plant cucumbers and which cucumber types grow best in your region, you’re well on your way to planning menus that include cool gazpacho and crunchy dill pickles.
About MCLA | Green Living Seminars
We help you develop the critical thinking and communications skills crucial to success in today's global economy.
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Plucky Perennials
These tips will help you determine when to prune and when to yank rosemary, lavender, sage and thyme: http://goo.gl/wjXWFa
Creating Your Own Mycorrhizae - Nature and Environment - MOTHER EARTH NEWS
Mycorrhiza can be broken down to its root words and translated literally to “root fungus." Whether fungus makes you think of yellow toenails or mushrooms on a pizza, most don’t realize the impact they do and can have on all life on Earth.
something to try??
Have you thought about planting seeds with paper streamer? There are many benefits to planting seeds this way including ensuring that your seeds are spaced correctly, reducing the need to thin your mature plants and more!
Details found here: http://bit.ly/O4wczT
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Vertical Gardening Tips
The extra room you wish you had in your garden? It may be right before your eyes! Learn the ins and outs of gardening on the up and up, plus get tips for coaching beans, melons, peas and other climbing crops into vertical spaces. You'll enjoy bigger returns, healthier plants and easier harvesting: http://goo.gl/2CYkN.
FREE Online Permaculture Course
Check out this free online sustainability course with world-class permaculture teachers and over a hundred thousand students!
Temperate Climate Permaculture. Your source for Permaculture design in a Temperate Climate!
Typically over 30 feet (~9 meters) high. This layer is for larger Forest Gardens. Timber trees, large nut trees, and nitrogen-fixing trees are the typical trees in this category. There are a number of larger fruiting trees that can be used here as well depending on the species, varieties, and rootst...
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Milk + Molasses = Garden Magic
Do you know about the magic of milk and molasses in improving your garden? Yes, plain old milk of any kind — whole, 2 percent, raw, dried, skim or nonfat — is a miracle in the garden for plants, soil and compost. Molasses only boosts the benefits! Let’s see how and why they work: http://goo.gl/sLwb4T
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Garden Work Day this Friday (10/11) from 2-4
Today.. in the garden...
Please join us for another fall afternoon in the MCLA Campus Garden!
The garden is located next to the Admissions building along Church Street.
Friday, Sept 27, 2-4 pm.
All are welcome!
summertime garden
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375 Church Street
North Adams, MA
01247
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