Comments on: Markets and Allotments http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/markets-and-allotments.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:41:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jenny http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/markets-and-allotments.html/comment-page-1#comment-1630 Jenny Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:06:04 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1343#comment-1630 in, not is. in, not is.

]]> By: Jenny http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/markets-and-allotments.html/comment-page-1#comment-1629 Jenny Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:05:30 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1343#comment-1629 Are you aware of the models is revealing clothing in the ads on your site? I won't be coming back until you tell me you've gotten rid of those ads. Are you aware of the models is revealing clothing in the ads on your site? I won’t be coming back until you tell me you’ve gotten rid of those ads.

]]> By: Erin http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/markets-and-allotments.html/comment-page-1#comment-1615 Erin Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:37:51 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1343#comment-1615 Wouldn't it be awesome if you could make that work? Community gardens can be so good for so many people. Experts can have more space to play and novices can get their toes wet. Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could make that work? Community gardens can be so good for so many people. Experts can have more space to play and novices can get their toes wet.

]]> By: aardvark http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/markets-and-allotments.html/comment-page-1#comment-1614 aardvark Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:53:18 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1343#comment-1614 Can you say "night-grazing"? Can you say “night-grazing”?

]]> By: OWL MOMMA http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/markets-and-allotments.html/comment-page-1#comment-1613 OWL MOMMA Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:51:43 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1343#comment-1613 Near my old house, there was a family that rented 20' x 20' plots in the field next to their house. It was really cool, and only $20 for the summer. Of course, my garden never grew anything but weeds, but in my own defense, I was hugely pregnant that summer (with an 18 month old at home) and should have known better than to think I could be productive enough to garden... LOL Anyway, my point was, your not such a weirdie afterall! (How's that for a moral to my story?) Near my old house, there was a family that rented 20′ x 20′ plots in the field next to their house. It was really cool, and only $20 for the summer. Of course, my garden never grew anything but weeds, but in my own defense, I was hugely pregnant that summer (with an 18 month old at home) and should have known better than to think I could be productive enough to garden… LOL Anyway, my point was, your not such a weirdie afterall! (How’s that for a moral to my story?)

]]> By: portia http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/markets-and-allotments.html/comment-page-1#comment-1612 portia Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:48:45 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1343#comment-1612 Contact your county cooperative extension office for some help with this. They have urban horticulturists who can help you with classes, handouts, Master Gardeners who can advise you, and lots of good stuff on their websites that you'll find very supportive. Community gardens are getting to be a very big thing all over the country; here's another good resource: American Community Gardening Association: http://communitygarden.org/ Contact your county cooperative extension office for some help with this. They have urban horticulturists who can help you with classes, handouts, Master Gardeners who can advise you, and lots of good stuff on their websites that you’ll find very supportive.

Community gardens are getting to be a very big thing all over the country; here’s another good resource:
American Community Gardening Association: http://communitygarden.org/

]]> By: lorrwill http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/markets-and-allotments.html/comment-page-1#comment-1611 lorrwill Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:48:15 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1343#comment-1611 Brilliant idea. I say you pitch it, maybe to some neighbors who may be weird like you then to the association. Also, please do not post a fried peach pie recipe. My already a little too ample waistline, hips and thighs thank you. Brilliant idea. I say you pitch it, maybe to some neighbors who may be weird like you then to the association.

Also, please do not post a fried peach pie recipe. My already a little too ample waistline, hips and thighs thank you.

]]> By: Mimi http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/markets-and-allotments.html/comment-page-1#comment-1610 Mimi Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:20:37 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1343#comment-1610 I think you have a wonderful idea! maybe you could ask around if people are interested and get the idea rolling to build interest and it would be all planned and set to go for next summer. Maybe if you got the idea fleshed out a little--like size of allotments and some general guidelines for people to agree to on how they manage the garden plots so that people can get along and then plan a neighborhood meeting to get other people's ideas and come up with the consensus and be set to go next spring. You know, it just takes a good idea and great things can come from it. You have the good idea already. Good luck if you decide to do it. Mimi I think you have a wonderful idea! maybe you could ask around if people are interested and get the idea rolling to build interest and it would be all planned and set to go for next summer. Maybe if you got the idea fleshed out a little–like size of allotments and some general guidelines for people to agree to on how they manage the garden plots so that people can get along and then plan a neighborhood meeting to get other people’s ideas and come up with the consensus and be set to go next spring. You know, it just takes a good idea and great things can come from it. You have the good idea already. Good luck if you decide to do it. Mimi

]]> By: Red Fern http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/markets-and-allotments.html/comment-page-1#comment-1609 Red Fern Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:19:28 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1343#comment-1609 Suburban folk can be very particular about keeping their common areas in a "hands off!" mode. But try a NO!!/um, okay approach. At the next association meeting suggest something sure to scare their socks off, then slide in the idea of turning the space into a community garden as a more palatable option. Ivory: We are all so blessed with wide open spaces here, I propose we bus in a group of homeless people from the city each week and allow them to make gardens in our commons. Association: NO!!! Ivory: Okay, how about we turn the space into a community garden? (Be prepared with all the glorious pictures of how community gardens bring people together in positive ways and highlight the association's opportunity to raise funds from the garden and increased produce sales at the farmers' market.) Association: Okay, that's a much better idea. Approved! Suburban folk can be very particular about keeping their common areas in a “hands off!” mode. But try a NO!!/um, okay approach. At the next association meeting suggest something sure to scare their socks off, then slide in the idea of turning the space into a community garden as a more palatable option.
Ivory: We are all so blessed with wide open spaces here, I propose we bus in a group of homeless people from the city each week and allow them to make gardens in our commons.
Association: NO!!!
Ivory: Okay, how about we turn the space into a community garden? (Be prepared with all the glorious pictures of how community gardens bring people together in positive ways and highlight the association’s opportunity to raise funds from the garden and increased produce sales at the farmers’ market.)
Association: Okay, that’s a much better idea. Approved!

]]> By: Michelle http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/markets-and-allotments.html/comment-page-1#comment-1608 Michelle Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:08:11 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1343#comment-1608 How amazing would THAT be? I giant community garden! People could plant and grow and take what they need...share with those who can't afford their own...looks like a perfect spot! I've been toying with the idea of a community garden here in my area...but the perfect spot hasn't presented itself...YET. How amazing would THAT be? I giant community garden! People could plant and grow and take what they need…share with those who can’t afford their own…looks like a perfect spot! I’ve been toying with the idea of a community garden here in my area…but the perfect spot hasn’t presented itself…YET.

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