container gardening
DESCRIPTION
I shared this presentation at the Environmentally Concerned Citizens meeting in Macomb IL on 4/7/2011TRANSCRIPT
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WIU/Allison Organic Research Farm in Roseville, IL
We mostly investigate management strategies for highly mechanized “organic” row crop systems that produce low-value grains for sale by the semi-load to grain merchants
but we are also starting to explore higher value crops
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We are dabbling in a few other purple and gold crops!
“pepperonis” are slices of purple
fleshed sweet potato
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Distributing transplants during the Heritage Day parade
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Container gardening at WIU and housing projects
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Container gardening at Lincoln elementary school
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Growing Power garden in Chicago
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The beginning – June 2009
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Different mixtures of sand and compost(I now use straight compost)
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Watermelon root system exhumed from a pool
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Unhappy carrots after a hard frost
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These carrots recovered after being ravaged by groundhogs!
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Spring 2010
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Fitch Manor housing project
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Just 2.5
weeks
later
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Eisenhower Towers housing project
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Back at my house
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Our cat was
curious about the
pools but never
used them as a
litter box
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I have had success with many sizes and shapes of containers.
Feel free to contact me with questions: