Comments on: recent happenings

By: trusts

trusts — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:09:28 +0000

The Philly Community Gardens is a winning idea. Yay for Haverford students!

By: Tom Grundy

Tom Grundy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:25:17 +0000

This looks like interesting and potentially valuable work. In this post did you mean sieved to <2mm ? also "vials" not "viles". I am curious to see the results, as I have been curious about potential contamination in stuff growing in contaminated soils (mostly blackberries).

What will happen if you do find significant contamination either in the soil or the produce?

By: Donna Haggerty

Donna Haggerty — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:21:15 +0000

Is there a resources that will provide information about community gardens that are looking for volunteers. I’ve been trying to volunteer to participate in a community garden – but have not had any luck.

I’d be grateful for any information. Thank you!

By: Christine Yeung

Christine Yeung — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:20:40 +0000

Hey Cecily! sounds like you are having a lot of fun in Philly with the community gardens project. I never knew that there would be Pb in the soil that we use to grow vegetables. Is it very common in urban gardens? I also wonder out of all the community gardens you’ve visited, which ones are the most successful? Is there always a very clear-cut community that tends after them, like the one in North Philly you described with the Puerto Ricans? Keep up the good work!