Green SEED Community Garden

chili cook off 2011

2011-06-11T18:44:00.000-07:00

Another great year for the chili cook-off. The weather held out- it wasn't 100 degrees and it rained just enough to cool us off. Next year- we are moving this to spring or fall!

So the winner was a surprise dark horse- a neighbor we had not met before but who had been here for over 20 years! Luckily for us he got married less than a year ago and his wife pushed him to come out and join us! So big winner was Rick and Maria from D street. Texas natives- so I have a soft spot for them. They are both from San Antonio.

2nd place- for the second year in a row---Steve Cha with his Cha Cha Chili!! Consistently good!

June 2010 Garden Pictures

2010-06-17T05:54:00.000-07:00

Chili Cook off in the garden

2010-06-06T18:12:00.000-07:00

We invited neighbors and gardeners to bring their best chili recipe to a Chili Cook Off. We had about a dozen entries and wow- were they all good. It was a great day for chili and fun with the neighbors!

In the end it was a win by Kyo Freeman with his E Street Hot and Sweet recipe.
Right behind him was Amy Acosta with Capitol Punishment.

Thanks to everyone who participated and brought food and drinks to the festivities!

Easter in the Garden!

2010-04-06T17:53:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Amy Wissler Acosta we had an amazing Easter egg hunt in the garden. She got the ball rolling and got us organized and the rest of us showed up with eggs and food! Thanks Amy.

The kids had a fabulous time hunting for all the eggs- although it wasn't too hard with hundreds of eggs all over the garden! I think all the kids walked away with tons of goodies.

And of course, the potluck lunch was great too. Everyone brought yummy food and we even had bloody mary's and Bourbon Slushies on hand too (Slushies by Slushers!).

All in all it was a great turnout and I think this may be the start of something!

Spring Work Day March '10- part 2

2010-03-23T16:14:00.000-07:00

More pictures from the work day...

Spring Work Day March '10

2010-03-23T16:06:00.000-07:00

We recently had a work day to pull weeds, plant plants around the perimeter of the garden and set up our patio with our new picnic tables. We put those new tables and umbrellas to use right away and enjoyed a perfect day to be outside. Thanks to all who showed up to work and a special thanks to Ryan Moody, landscape architect, who helped us purchase 80 plants at a great rate and then gave us a lesson in how to properly plant them. We can't wait to see how they all grow this season- the garden already is looking better!

Super Storm 2010

2010-02-11T13:52:00.001-08:00

We can't see much in the garden these days besides lots of snow! But it will make it that much sweeter once we can get outside and spend some time in the sun as garden season starts up again.

We are also in the process of beginning the second garden space in the alley so please contact us if you want a plot. You can contact Colleen Cancio at CCancio@gmail.com for more information. We are looking forward to adding some new gardeners!

Pre-Garden alley

2009-10-14T18:16:00.001-07:00

I finally found pictures of the garden before it was a garden. Here are a couple of shots of the alley. And this is after chopping down the weeds that were as big as us and moving most of the vehicles.

Sept. pictures

2009-09-27T16:35:00.001-07:00

August plots

2009-09-01T18:50:00.001-07:00

We are still looking good late into August. Everyone has tons of tomatoes (maybe too many) and the plots are still green and productive.

Lookin' Good

2009-07-11T13:57:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures taken at the end of June. We have had a great first year- thanks in part to all the rain we have had. But everyone's gardens look great and we have quite a variety of things growing.

Kids in the Garden

2009-04-23T18:11:00.000-07:00

We have loads of kids in Green East Garden! There has been lots of fun in the garden already and we are still planning to put a sandbox in and plant some kid friendly/butterfly friendly plants! I think everyone is looking forward to many more fun filled days in the garden.

The patio starts to come together- part 2

2009-04-20T17:50:00.001-07:00

The patio starts to come together- part 1

2009-04-18T12:20:00.000-07:00

We started the patio on April 18th and had a beautiful day outside! Lots of folks showed up so we got a lot accomplished- although we still need some more pavers. And check out some of the plots- can you tell it's spring time!! The kids have enjoyed watering their plants (and sometimes anything they can) and watching it all grow.

March 09- The dirt is delivered

2009-04-18T11:05:00.000-07:00

Here is the garden as we start to build the plots and set them up. And pictures of the big pile of dirt. Again, lots of fantastic work by the whole garden community.

The fence is up!

2008-11-11T18:12:00.000-08:00

Our second work day was on November 8th. We were to put up the fence. I must say I was a little skeptical that we would get much done but we were lucky to get some extra help. P&P Construction sent some (like 14) guys out to help us with our project. Needless to say, they were awesome and the whole fence went up before the day was over. So a big thanks goes out to P&P Construction for volunteering their time and expertise to our garden and the community!

Our first work day- Oct. 25, 2008

2008-11-11T18:06:00.000-08:00

Our first work day consisted of clearing the land and digging holes for the fence. Tom rented some vehicle to do the heavy work and we had a great turn out from everyone. Luckily the rain held out and we were able to get some work done.

We are on our way!!!

2008-11-09T13:44:00.000-08:00

So after many months of waiting we finally got the go-ahead to start the garden. The church that owned the land finally made a decision to lease it to us for 2 years. We have a lot of people to thank- but especially Pat Taylor for helping Tom to find his way in getting this whole project off the ground.

I will post all the Garden rules and what not as we figure them out. This blog is a work in progress too...

Here is the plot of land prior to any work. Unfortunately, I did not get a picture with the 10 foot weeds that were there not too long ago.