tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66913468084434229052024-02-19T04:29:56.208-08:00The Learning Garden (Almost) DailyDavid Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-77071956201661692542020-01-16T13:07:00.002-08:002020-01-20T16:45:58.878-08:00Rebuild The Learning Garden <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mobile-width-nopad" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; width: 650px;"><tbody>
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David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-54680543396363001072020-01-15T12:06:00.001-08:002020-01-15T12:09:39.805-08:00National Seed Swap Day!<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; max-width: 600px !important; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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Seed Library of Los Angeles Invites all seed savers to join in this
project. Before bean season starts, we will have an inventory of the
beans discribed below, in addition to our own bean, the Pineschi
Family Bean.</span><br />
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Seed One Community </span></span></em><span style="color: black;">aims
to strengthen our community by providing<br />a shared experience in
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<span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>National Seed Swap Day</strong> is almost here!<br />
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It is always the last Saturday of January. This year <strong>National Seed Swap Day</strong> is on January 25, 2020.<br />
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National Seed Swap Day is an excellent time to share beans with your
community. 1S1C offers the following suggestions for the coming growing
season, but of course you are free to save your community’s One Seed.<br />
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Join <strong>One Seed One Community</strong> in <strong>Saving a Row for Diversity </strong>to share with neighbors and Seed Libraries. Home gardens are natural harbors of diversity.<br />
Saving and sharing our seeds preserves plant biodiversity and food security.<br />
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This year we are suggesting two tracks.</span><br />
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Studies show evidence of adaptation in the common Bean within three
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We are calling this the <strong>Adaptation Track</strong>.
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<em><span style="font-size: 18px;">•<span style="color: goldenrod;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: goldenrod;"><strong>Educate</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: goldenrod;"> </span>our community to grow a bean from seed to seed<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><em>https://www.seedsavers.org/cherokee-trail-of-tears-bean?custcol_sca_sizeweightqty=10 </em></span></span></div>
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<strong>Hillie Salo – Silicon Valley Grows<br />
Sara McCamant – Community Seed Exchange<br />
Elizabeth Johnson – SLO Seed Exchange<br />
Rebecca Newburn – Richmond Grows</strong></div>
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<br />David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-26433405524914443192017-06-15T19:05:00.001-07:002017-06-15T19:05:11.316-07:00Orchid Black and David King Offering Greener Gardens This Summer at UCLA<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Greener Gardens: Sustainable Garden Practice will start this Tuesday evening, June 29 and runs through August 24. This class is one of the elective classes for the <a href="https://www.uclaextension.edu/pages/ProgramDetails.aspx?reg=CF020" target="_blank">Gardening and Horticulture Certificate Program</a> and the <a href="https://www.uclaextension.edu/pages/ProgramDetails.aspx?reg=CF563" target="_blank">Sustainability Certificate Program</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Orchid and I have taught this course for several years at this point. We are ever astounded at the quality of our students and their willingness to approach a different way of looking at our everyday life and how our gardens are a point of impact on the world. Every action we take in our lives aligns our lifestyle with <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="14f9a5b7-6d02-4382-8b03-4457ff3c67fb" id="351030f5-72cb-49b7-b7c8-0db26162fb23"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e8cde095-32de-47c9-bfbd-a02a7366745c" id="05a21a49-c298-4609-8881-963a10a0253e">sustainablilty</gs></gs> or lack thereof. What can we change as individuals to live a less <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bede97c5-38f7-4941-8411-9c2a0839fccc" id="69b4002c-42a6-45b7-8faf-447a36d8f503"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b47a9d00-f45e-434b-81fa-bebd8d706dd4" id="bca116df-9636-418d-a63e-1b1fdf0835fb">impactful</gs></gs> life and in what way do we compromise? How can we, in this year of abundant rainfall make changes and improve our immediate surroundings - and what should we look for in governmental policy to make sufficient changes in the Nation's approach to global warming. Instead of a year to relax, we see our work is ever more important and urgent in the face of mass-denial; in fact, this message we send in this course could not be more timely!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is not the definitive course on being sustainable, but it does impact the way we act in our immediate environment and with our food. Students have told us, this course features more than just a few aha moments! </span><br />
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Meeting in <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1bba6c43-dae2-4fa9-8957-618db87589e3" id="14befe17-e3fe-4411-b4fb-83c36656b82c"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="409f64be-4a91-4977-a234-50f32b60a0b5" id="c6f94fe7-0437-4825-b6f6-b49224070425">321 Botany Building</gs></gs> on UCLA Campus this quarter and now that we are at the end of our historic drought, many folks are thinking "business as usual," but from our perspective as instructors, this is the very best time to look at some of the issues that we can change without feeling like we are under the gun to HAVE to change.<br />
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David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-21425466885514723192016-08-10T22:55:00.001-07:002016-08-11T13:33:51.314-07:00The Learning Garden Leads The Way<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Learning Garden has been at the forefront of a new movement on how are foods are produced. Borrowing heavily on some fine agricultural traditions (One Straw Revolution; essays by Wendell Berry; several books on soil and biota of the soil) combined with some 50 years of gardening experience, The Learning Garden moved to planting without straight rows from the beginning. The discouragement of straight rows was done on purpose to change perspectives on the plants themselves. A break with the past was needed and we wanted to show everyone, we were not making the old mistakes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This type of gardening might be called messy, but that is a response to what we grew up knowing of raising food. We thought those straight lines were done for the plants but they no, they suit a human paradigm. Today in the garden, we like how the breaking of straight lines leads us toward breaking up our old ideas about agriculture. The straight lines of the past were done to increase production and the ease of work for the farmer – but that was always predicated on tilling the soil. We don't till the soil (and we strongly urge you not to as well) and automatically, we are free to plant our plants anyway we want and not using rows allows us to fit more plants in per square feet. The increase in plants helps shade the soil and make the immediate microclimate more forgiving. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We aren't into a clean field – meaning, weeds are tolerated. In fact, in fallow beds we let them grow with impunity. There is nothing worse than bare soil and so we would rather have weeds growing up until the time we plant it. Furthermore, many of those "weeds" are fantastic forage for insects - and we want more insects not less. Leaving the weeds to flower - along with our crop plants to flower - provides sustenance for a bee population declining in free fall and for butterflies and birds. The idea is to have a large insect population to reach homeostasis in the soil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Instead of tilling the soil, we put out 3 inches of compost in Fall and three more in Spring. This feeds the critters in the soil and they "plow" this material into the soil. Thousands of trips of worms and other critters mix our compost with the soil, feeding themselves in the process and causing vast multiplication of their kin. From this, we get soft loamy soil that absorbs up to 40% more water than unamended soil, with less loss of topsoil. Furthermore, the soil is pliable, soft and easy to plant. The critters in the soil increase the fertility of our soil without adding costly petroleum-based fertilizers and we get the compost for free!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We import large quantities of this material – turning waste products from other households into rich, fertile soil instead of being dumped into land fills. This composted material without tilling actually sequesters carbon in the soil. If farming were to do this kind of agriculture, we would be over 50% on our way to ameliorating the excess carbon in the atmosphere. (Put another way, the old style of agriculture - that is to say the agriculture from the 1950's to today - is the largest contributor of carbon in our atmosphere! Our little garden does not sequester that much carbon - but it shows the way.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The lack of tilling the soil means our garden is a carbon sink removing carbon from our atmosphere and sequestering it in the soil, where it once was before modern farming released it into the atmosphere at such an alarming rate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The benefits we create for ourselves and the world are too important to ignore. In the future, this is what gardening and farming will look like, not so far away. The expense of fossil fuels and their lack of availability is going to increase the price of fertilizers and pesticides to the point that they will no longer be efficient enough to be worthwhile. We will let the insects reach a point of homeostasis where there are no significant losses from insects as they take care of one another. Tilling with fossil fuels will become as rare as hand-writing letters are today. Food will be grown locally and the food miles will be measured in steps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Scissors </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kneeling pad/etc</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dibbles </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wire brush </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sharp serrated knives </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Watering can or hose </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tape measure </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I include a radio with my kit </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">C. Container gardening</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Trowel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hand fork </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Weeders </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kneeling pad (?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tarp </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Watering can or hose </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Machete </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pot brush </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Container knife </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seeding tool </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Swiss Army Knife </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pencil </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Marker </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Plastic tags </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Flats </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Newspaper </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Containers </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">E. Harvesting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Knives</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Scissors </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pruners </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Containers – baskets, bags, dishpan – to wash and clean produce (as needed) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">F. Pruning</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pruners that fit your hand</span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Folding saw </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Loppers </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pole Pruner </span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Large saw </span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sharp knife </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Specialty gloves if needed </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">G. Tool care</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Linseed oil for wood</span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Any oil for metal </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rags </span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sharpening devices </span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sandpaper in different grades</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Knife or knives</span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Screwdrivers </span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pliers </span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Measuring tape of some kind </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lee Valley is primarily a Canadian company with some interesting ideas – things you'll NEVER see elsewhere. Some of them have proven really handy while others that I've bought have been duds. This is a catalog you'll mostly look through, wistfully hoping you have a rich uncle who is near death.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.leevalley.com/us/garden/Index.aspx"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.leevalley.com/us/garden/Index.aspx</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gardeners Supply has some good items, I like them. If you see something you like, wait. It will be on sale and will be at a much more reasonable price. Avoid the plastic crap.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.gardeners.com/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.gardeners.com/</span></a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A Half Moon Hoe... One Day it will be mine!</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gardener's Edge is owned by AM Leonard, supplier of tools for big horticultural enterprises. Good prices, good tools, many in-house brands that are as good as named brands (or better) for a better price.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.gardenersedge.com/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.gardenersedge.com/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Peaceful Valley Farm Supply always carries some good tools, their prices are reasonable, but their shipping can kill any buzz you might get on price. Their website is a nightmare to use – go there, find their phone number and call for a print catalog.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.groworganic.com/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://www.groworganic.com/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">John Jeavon's company has stuff you can't usually find anywhere else, like old-time wooden flats (instead of plastic).</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.bountifulgardens.org/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://www.bountifulgardens.org</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Southern Exposure Seed Exchange has small quantities of seed saving supplies – if you play in that field – everything from corn shellers to self-sealing seed envelopes.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.southernexposure.com/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.southernexposure.com/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Frost Proof Supply is mainly for professionals, but they have things that are hard to find and they carry a full line of tools. I have found them reasonable. Their website sucks and they don't have a print catalog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://frostproof.com/">http://frostproof.com/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I get a lot of my tools and supplies online through eBay, twine, dibbers (from England!), good prices on Haws Watering Can (yes, you can find the FineAsRain roses with the rubber back there too) and service is usually quick. The drawback is that many of these folks are there to sell sell sell and they really have no concept of the actual product, but, on the other hand, I have bought a LOT of stuff on eBay and I've been less dissatisfied than I have been with companies here in LA where I could walk in the store! Often times there is no such thing as service and eBay is well policed and hats off to their policies that make the consumer really King. </span></div>
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David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-43861410502896540032016-06-26T16:26:00.000-07:002016-06-26T16:26:42.685-07:00Organic Matter Into The Garden<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our almost completely cleared out driveway that was loaded with compost and wood chips!<br />We estimate that almost 140 cubic feet of compost went into the high school garden beds!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Those of you who had seen our driveway lately might be kind of shocked to see it so empty. It took a crew of about 20 people to clear all that compost and wood chips out of our drive and put them all to work in the garden. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">More than half went into the high school students' beds raising the level of organic matter by inches. Organic matter - in this case, compost that wasn't quite finished - is essential for the growth of good plants and it helps the soil sequester carbon - besides making for the sweet yummy stuff gardeners all over the world love to have in their garden! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This work could not have been done without the 20+ volunteers that stepped up for The Learning Garden in the annual Day of Service that is put on by the Agape International Spiritual Center. We count ourselves privileged to be able to participate year after year because these folks come out with the attitude that they are here to change the world - and they do change ours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gardeners know, though it cannot be seen today, the work we did yesterday <b>will </b>be seen by the students when they return in August. The soil we were able to cover with unfinished compost topped off with wood chips, will be moist and full of life while the areas that remain bare to the elements, will be chalky dry and difficult to work. The mulched areas will also be more free of weeds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our volunteers got the majority of the high school beds covered in one day! We'll get restocked with material and we'll go at the rest of the beds and try to have the entire high school garden area covered before school starts again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you, Agape volunteers! Your work was outstanding! Thank you thank you thank you for your work, for your joy and for your willingness to take a tough project and do the work with laughter and enthusiasm! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">david</span>David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-42964242533577095232016-04-27T13:20:00.000-07:002016-04-27T13:20:04.780-07:00Feeding The Masses <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I got into an argument with a blogger, who, using one study, attempted to extrapolate that all organic food was contaminated. Then, apparently not feeling conflicted at all, listed all the restrictions on using manure in the organic standards that dictated the manure to be composted before being added to the field and felt he'd done himself proud. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perennial Wheat - less impact on the environment<br />than conventional - annual - wheat.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wrote him back and was declared to be a man who avoided truth and dealt in hearsay. I don't want to revisit the whole thing, but let's say I spent more words with him than I should have because he obviously had some sort of deal that made his bias unreproachable. Like he was getting paid to fight organic farming. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To me, it is handily apparent that any other kind of farming should not even be called "farming." And we don't have a lot of time to figure this out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take these separate facts together, for instance: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Conventional farming allows thousands of tons of topsoil to be eroded from our farms - some of the best farmland in the world - and sent down to the Gulf of Mexico every year! There is not an unlimited supply of this topsoil.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Conventional farming poisons much of the environment where it is practiced with nitrates showing up in drinking water and other pollutants in the soil. These pollutants are as bad or worse than the pollutants from other sources and kill reptiles, birds and fish.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Workers in conventional farming are exposed to known human carcinogens on a regular basis without any regard for their health. The World Health Organization lists glyphosate as "possible human carcinogen" while the State of California announced it intends to list it as a human carcinogen without the "possible" attached. The only thing preventing that from happening now is a lawsuit by Monsanto to stop it completely. Profits are more important than people, once again. (Look at their record!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Those three things alone, in a sane society, should be enough to shut down our conventional agriculture in a heart beat. Conventional farming is also subsidized by our Federal government because by and large it is not sustainable on its own. Organic food costs more because those farmers are <b>not </b>subsidized. And yet, hundreds of folks flock to farmers' markets every week to purchase the fruits and vegetables that won't give them cancer. Americans, as a whole, spend less on food than any other first world country. Of course, our cheap food gets us into health troubles galore and if we were to figure that into the equation, what is more expensive than cheap food? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Learning Garden teaches folks to grow some food. Maybe you can't grow all of what you need, but grow <b>some </b>of it, and participate in the process of feeding yourself and your family. We give you the knowledge and then your food is no longer cheap, but closer to free. It's amazing what you can grow with just a pinch of seeds. If one joins the Seed Library of Los Angeles - your seeds will be free! (After a life time fee of $10!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can see by the list on conventional agriculture above, that the practices of conventional farming are not sustainable. You cannot poison a pest away without ruining your ecosystem. Conventional farming is only about 70 years old. Non-conventional farming is several million years old. One is a great experiment and guess what? It's not organic farming, which is tried and true. With our more modern understanding of the soil and the way true fertility is achieved, we are in a position to have a food production that heals the damage done by industrial ag, replenishes our top soil, and heals the ecosystem. And doesn't kill off farmers and farm workers! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At The Learning Garden we have gardened for ten plus years and now we have learned that the way we garden sequesters carbon from the atmosphere into the soil. We have known all along that our way impacted the environment in more positive ways. We have known that our use of common waste (the compost from the City of LA and chipped wood from tree services) and our own compost, has made good soil that grows healthy plants. We knew that not using fertilizer made for slower growing plants which made them less susceptible to insects allowing us to not use any pesticides. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We just wanted good food and look at all the good we did by accident!</span><br />
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<br />David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-66005356764005369092015-12-31T13:44:00.000-08:002016-01-01T11:17:08.788-08:00Purple is the Color of My True Love's Leaves!!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Starting on the 2nd of Janurary, we present the Growing Food in Southern California class with the Gardenmaster. Is one of your resolutions to make your garden more productive, and more satisfying for you? Are you hoping to learn more about sustainability? Get yourself on over here Saturday morning for this class at 10:00. No need for an RSVP - we have the class regardless and there is always a theme. This month, we hope that everyone has a desire to grow more food, so we'll address your needs, your questions specifically so you are on the right track from Day Two! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Attendees this month will get a baby PURPLE artichoke plant from a new variety being bred here locally, called Winetka Purple. We're helping to make the variety become stable (the last part of creating a new strain of vegetable), which means, these plants are triply exciting to grow - you get to eat some, you get to watch some of them bloom (wow!) and then save seeds from those that look like we want them to look like. It will be a fun and learning experience for everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Later on in the month - as an added bonus, the Seed Library of Los Angeles has their first meeting of the year on January 16th, Craig Ruggless, the man who created Winnetka Purple Artichokes will tell us how he did it and what is left to be done. These chokes are beautiful and have lots of the food parts we are all so fond of. Especially if you got some of our seedlings on January 2nd, you really will want to be here on the 16th to hear the whole story! </span></div>
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No matter what it's called – Global Warming, Global Climate Change or, as I like to call it Global Weirdness – might be already influencing our gardens. </div>
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Honestly, I don't know if these are the effects of global anything – and in truth, we'll only see it in hindsight anyway. But, this topic is valuable for your garden today whether or not we'll be toasty. </div>
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Perennial food plants, giving you harvests year after year without being replanted, are less affected by bad weather or unseasonal storms or weather patterns. Some of our best food comes from these plants and most of them are easier to grow and maintain with only a little training.</div>
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edibles and let's give them some attention! This month, take home
some seeds of other veggies that love the heat and you'll love to
eat! Greek salads to combine the tomatoes with cucumbers.... Peppers
and zucchinis to pop on the grill... And that's just the beginning!
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will cover all the other summer crops and save water too! You can
grow vegetables on considerably LESS water than lawns! As usual,
dress to get dirty in a gardening sort of way and show up with your
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<span style="color: #663300; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">David King, Gardenmaster of The Learning Garden, teaches gardening classes for UCLA Extension and writes (some say excessively) about growing food in Southern California. He is also the Founding Chair of the Seed Library of Los Angeles and led the fight to make Los Angeles a GMO Free Zone. A gardener for over 50 years, he has answers to your questions (and if he doesn't, he'll make something up!). Entertaining and knowledgeable about almost every facet or gardening, the $20 for this class will be the best twenty bucks you spend on gardening!</span></div>
David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-25861420079244935032015-03-30T14:33:00.000-07:002015-03-30T14:33:23.811-07:00Spring Break! Potluck Returns to Noon:30 This Week! <div style="text-align: center;">
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of Spring Break at Venice High School THIS week, our famous potluck
returns to its Noon:30 time frame. Saturday, April 3rd, bring
something to eat (vegan or vegetarian is not required) and your own
eating utensils, plate and cup. Bring enough to help feed about 8 and
prepare to enjoy yourself with good food and interesting
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David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-49741601694881885882014-11-03T18:27:00.000-08:002014-11-03T18:27:06.085-08:00Catch The Movie: Growing Cities At The Learning Garden <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 20px;">Hey, on the 15th at the Garden we are showing GROWING CITIES - deets below. Dress warm and/or bring a snuggle bunny!! Good flick. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 20px;">Los Angeles Community Garden Council and Seed Library of Los Angeles invite you to see documentary, </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 20px;">GR</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 20px;">OWING CITIES outside, under the stars at The Learning Garden located on the campus of Venice High School.<br /><br />GROWING CITIES, tells inspiring stories of urban farmers, innovators, and everyday city-dwellers who are challenging the way this country grows and distributes its food from rooftop farmers and vacant lots, Americans are growing food like never before.<br /><br />Watch the trailer: <a href="http://www.growingcitiesmovie.com/the-film/" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.growingcitiesmovie.com/the-film/</a><br /><br />Saturday, November 15th @ 4:45pm<br /><br />The Learning Garden: <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thelearninggarden.org%2F&h=TAQHjspQm&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.thelearninggarden.org/</a><br /><br />@ Venice High School<br /><br />RSVP: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-cities-movie-at-slola-tickets-13866548219" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-cities-movie-at-slola-tickets-13866548219</a><br /><br />Cost: $10 donation at the door is appreciated. Coffee and tea will be provided.<br /><br />Address: 13000 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066<br /><br />Entrance: Through the gate off Walgrove.<br /><br />Parking: Plenty of free parking on the street; Walgrove or Venice Blvd.<br /><br />Map: <a href="http://slola.org/contact/how-to-get-here/" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://slola.org/contact/how-to-get-here/</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Learning Garden has held an Ice Cream Social on the 4th of July for about eight years. Every year, we have made ice cream and ices from local produce, trying to garner as much as we can from our own Garden first. (We have always had Vanilla Ice Cream every year so obviously not everything comes from the Learning Garden, but every year we have sought to be as local as possible.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These flavors are posted to give you an idea of what we offer. While mostly we have ice cream we always have a few non-dairy treats to enjoy (the plum sorbet has been a winner year in and year out!). Here's the facts, ma'am: it's from two to five on the 4th of July. It's ten bucks to get an adult past our gatekeeper and children under twelve are $5 (I argued that they should cost more, but was over ruled) - and that lets you sample everything in the cooler. If you bring a pie, a crumble or a fool (a crustless pie, I kid you not!) you will get a free plant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, you get ice cream, pies, cobblers and fools to sample, free games and music and interesting people to talk to. Just think, have your fill of our food items, dash home for sugar off-load nap and head out to see some fireworks! Your day is planned! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You remember having pie and ice cream last year, right? Remember how you savored each bite and being a part of the chorus extolling affection and love for the people who brought this wonderful 4th of July party to your tastebuds? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">YOU can be one of the folks being praised by happy ice cream eaters this coming 4th of July! We are looking for a few good people who can read a recipe and help us make some of this delicious ice cream during the month of June. The Learning Garden will provide the ingredients (and the recipes too!) and we have the freezer space to store the ice cream. You just follow the steps and viola! You get to be one of the makers people will laud on this coming July 4th. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And mark your calendars to be at the Learning Garden in the afternoon of July 4th this year for our 7th Annual Ice Cream Social! </span><br />
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3:45PM – Arrive and enjoy healthy snacks.</div>
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4:00PM – The 60 minute movie starts.</div>
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5:00-6:00PM – Refreshments & discussion with local urban agriculture experts:</div>
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David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-50066697331695123402014-05-12T09:42:00.001-07:002014-05-12T09:42:40.646-07:00LA Interactive Kundalini Yoga Community Gathering/workshop ~*Outdoors" At The Learning Garden! <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bringing together communities / practices devoted to positive thought / intentions/ actions</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sat. May 24</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> at <b>The Learning Garden</b> (enter on Walgrove at corner of Venice Blvd & Walgrove): 13000 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066. In Courtyard patio. Street Parking: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As a symbolic celebration of this coming together, we'll of course do some Interactive, as well as regular, Kundalini Yoga: We’ll do some in pairs, + facing into the circle: With another awesome, magical class with *~Sat Devbir Singh*~(Donations go to www.AceOfHeartsDogs.com ) while listening to his guided journey of words, music, & Tibetan Singing Bowls, --& sharing breath, chanting/singing, movements or stillness (often while looking into each other’s eyes while holding hands, or leaning against each other’s backs) – Interactive Kundalini Yoga facilitates a space of being comfortable & able to celebrate just *being* with another person, & *just being* with oneself –without needing words: And being able to be present to ones breath, & the needs of one’s body, *while* truly being present & connecting with another human being & enjoying it!. Celebrating each other, building energy & having extra to share with our community! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are so seldom opportunities for us to connect as a community outside of classes, so we've set aside a more informal, relaxed space & open forum for people of all backgrounds to feel welcome to evolve new ideas for the community together, & people of all experience levels to share the practice; an especially welcoming space for beginners to try their 1st class! . ***There will be chairs for people who need them & people of all ages & fitness levels participating.***</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Group Therapeutic Massage Sharing Circle Fully Clothed: 4 People Massage 1 Person At Same Time (includes new massage therapy practices), --then they get up & give while next person lies down & receives. A few easy techniques for people w/no experience in massage + ways to massage w/out tiring or straining yourself will also be taught. Participants need to be willing to give as much massage as they receive, & comfortable giving & receiving massage from both genders. Terrific practice & group activity to share at gatherings of friends & community, especially before physical activity or facing life’s challenges. Learn it & share it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">a. 1 Dance Of Universal Peace will be lead + some exploration of cocreating a Kundalini Yoga focused dance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">b. Anyone is welcome to drop-in TEACH 15min of *Interactive*: Kundalini, AcroKundaliniYoga, Sattva Yoga, or Osho & receive part of the donations of the day if you teach w/out needing to correct yourself, ask for assistance, & we don’t need to add comments to insure the safety of the class J </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">c. Positive Practices Exercise Sharing Circle: everyone is welcome to share an exercise or teaching of your favorite positive practice, especially those that equally include the body! ( Diana will lead an exercise demonstrating + sharing a bit about the connections between, & special gifts of, various positive practices/communities);</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~*Afterwards hangout or explore community garden*~ Bring a snack or beverage to share if you like J</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What is KUNDALINIi Yoga? How is it very different than other kinds of Yoga?:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kundalini Yoga *simultaneously* combines chanting or singing with movement & postures, symbolism, dynamic breathing, & meditation focused on positive intentions/ energy/ actions, --to experience mind, body, spirit epiphany, connect with divine energy, & manifest peace for ourselves & the world. Like many other Yogas it centers the mind, helps rid back pain & stress, improves strength, flexibility & provides tools to reach & maintain optimal fitness while continuously expanding one’s ultimate fitness possibilities. Kundalini Yoga is especially known for increasing life energy & zest; therapeutic benefits for nervous system, improving immune system, ridding people from addiction, depression & insomnia; & releasing the spirit to flow freely. *Interactive* Kundalini Yoga is sometimes offered as part of workshops, but rarely ever offered in regular classes; we always do some: Enjoy an expansive, deeper, transcendent experience connecting with other human beings! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~*Sat Nam*~</span>David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-91654456249269151022014-03-24T13:08:00.000-07:002014-03-24T13:08:00.798-07:00Potluck for 28 March? Maybe. Maybe Not.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">People: changes at </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=92273882734&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Learning-Garden/92273882734" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">The Learning Garden</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">... stay tuned for info - potluck may be canceled this week or possibly postponed to 1:30. Look for new, later hours and some additional changes. We'll update here and on the site as well. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/4 cup walnuts, toasted</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/4 cup Parmesan cheese</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/4 cup olive oil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 Tablespoons lemon juice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 garlic clove</span><br />
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walnuts, salt, and lemon juice. With food processor running,
drizzle in the olive oil. Blend until mixture is smooth and
uniform. You will probably need to scrape down the sides.
Add parmesan and pulse until mixture is combined. Season to
taste with salt and pepper. Serve immediately on pasta, pizza,
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">david</span>David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-78329283773637231932013-12-04T17:05:00.004-08:002013-12-04T17:05:35.937-08:00David King Gave Me Worms! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This Saturday is the <u>last</u> installment of the Growing Food in SoCal work shop with <b>David King</b> for 2013! As usual we run from 10 to noon, in the classroom (or on the patio) of The Learning Garden, at the intersection of Venice Blvd and Walgrove Avenue (enter on Walgrove). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To get your New Garden Year off right, we are going to give away some WORMS and teach you how to care for them. WORMS are on a 'first come, first served basis;' we expect a good turn out for this and have only a limited amount of Red Wigglers to give. <b>BRING A YOGURT OR COTTAGE CHEESE CONTAINER </b>(not the 'single serving' size!) or something similar to take your worms and be prepared to make their bin in short order and give them some scraps or you could have dead worms on your hands. Yuck! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Everyone will learn how to care for their worms and how to make an inexpensive worm bin to keep them - they are perfect for apartment dwellers and others who can't have a real live compost pile! Thye are easy to care for and keep recyclable material out of the waste stream. And they make a wonderful fertilizer for your plants! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On this last class of the year, we have a lot to cover – if it's as cold as they say, we'll have hot coffee and tea to help you stay warm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As usual, $20 at the gate or in advance by PayPal to greenteach@gmail.com. Thanks!!! </span>David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-42360673800567263822013-08-22T12:24:00.000-07:002013-08-22T12:24:04.206-07:00Thank You LA City Council! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From Left to Right: Mike Bonin, David King & Paul Koretz with the<br />Letter of Appreciation for The Learning Garden.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This last Saturday, August 17th, The Learning Garden hosted a new organization's launch in Los Angeles: Seed Freedom LA. Seed Freedom was conceived in November 2012 in a meeting of many Los Angeles activists and Dr. Vandana Shiva to carry on with 'what's next' for the anti-genetically modified community in Los Angeles. The organization's goal is to spear-head the drive to have Los Angeles City Council declare LA a GMO Free Zone - it will be illegal to grow genetically modified plants in Los Angeles in a way that non-GMO plants could be contaminated with the pollen of genetically modified plants. In the past, industrial agriculture has maintained if their pollen spreads to your plants you are guilty of 'stealing' their technology when in truth most farmers who do not have GMO plants consider it a form of pollution. This law will protect organic gardeners in their school, community or home gardens from having to wonder if their food has been contaminated with this untested technology. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">City Council Members Mike Bonin and Paul Koretz spoke to the several hundred folks gathered in the Garden and pledged their support for legalizing bee-keeping in Los Angeles and presented The Learning Garden with a Letter of Appreciation from LA City Council. David King, the gardenmaster, noted in accepting the letter that it was addressed to the community of The Learning Garden and not to any one person and stressed that is how it should be as the garden is a community of many and it has taken everyone's effort to make the garden the success it is today.</span><br />
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<br />David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-36598048305953990642013-03-07T08:18:00.000-08:002013-03-07T08:18:29.322-08:00Would You Buy Some Plants From This Guy?<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Two </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">March</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Events for your calendar...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">Veggies, herbs, flowers,
succulents and much more… lettuces and tomatoes; heirloom
varieties, SLOLA seedlings, squash, cucumbers, </span><span style="text-align: center;">roses, </span><span style="text-align: center;">sunflowers, fruit trees, and medicinal plants</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Six Packs and Individual
plants priced from $1 to $4 .Proceeds from sale go directly to grow
and maintain the Learning Garden. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>March 23</i><i><b>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spring
is officially here, it is time to plant and rejoice in another new
growing year. Join us for lunch, music, live art,
presentations, demonstrations, continued plant sale, garden
tours, yogic dance and more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Presenters include:
David King; gardenmaster, educator, author and seed saver. Sasha
Rovin; founder of Better, local nonprofit that is open sourcing
engineered permaculture to create DIY sustainability curriculum. Matt
Van Diepen; grower, Home Grown Gardens, local activist. Jim Tate, Our
Time Bank – neighborhood service and skills share and trade group.
Musicians Include Lokah with Bhakti music Percussion and Yogic Dance.
Arianna Solare, singer, songwriter harmonium maestro. Sweet Beets, with David King and KZ G and Special Guests. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As usual,enter on
Walgrove and park on the street! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Check back for additional updates; we're still adding stuff! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">david </span>David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-17792184833050406002013-02-06T16:45:00.002-08:002013-02-06T16:45:44.639-08:00No Potluck This Friday, February 8th<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>David Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532504319077300026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691346808443422905.post-88598043890949959162012-12-28T15:16:00.003-08:002012-12-28T15:16:33.458-08:00Mar Vista Farmers' Market Pest Control Handout<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2Ja-29GW145pHlDPKzcmhKJ8uqyX2xq1dUHoWiyOOGWQd7p0GAaocDwjWjBsogXy0L7MFXRYsQrI-EJk4JmUoy4aBTnOv9Hr8-sF4xbbW_DBLyBXFU-zWa-eanmjQt_73xjqFwqt6haC/s1600/MVFM+Lady+Bug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2Ja-29GW145pHlDPKzcmhKJ8uqyX2xq1dUHoWiyOOGWQd7p0GAaocDwjWjBsogXy0L7MFXRYsQrI-EJk4JmUoy4aBTnOv9Hr8-sF4xbbW_DBLyBXFU-zWa-eanmjQt_73xjqFwqt6haC/s320/MVFM+Lady+Bug.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">An adult lady bug from The Learning Garden</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Insect
Con</b></span><b style="font-size: large;">trol That Really Works</b></span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Stop
spraying poisons </b>– especially 'organic' ones – organic
pesticides are 'full-spectrum' meaning they kill a wide variety of
insects the entire time they are active. They do not discriminate
between your harmful insects and lady bugs, honey bees or other
insects we rely on for help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Have
plants in bloom throughout the growing season</b> – in our part of
the US that means something in bloom 365 days a year – to provide
adult beneficial insects with forage so they will stay around.</span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Set
your own personal 'threshold limits'</b> of acceptable damage to
your produce – the higher your threshold limit, the least
intervention you will do. The threshold limit will vary by crop –
if you are desperate to have loads of peppers, you will allow less
damage to the peppers than to broccoli which you might be ambivalent
about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Patrol
your garden frequently</b> to spot harmful insects in their initial
stages before they are a bigger problem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Use
barriers</b> to prevent infestations before they start</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Yank
plants</b> that refuse to thrive or use them as pest attractants to
build up populations of beneficial insects by providing them with
available food.</span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Patience</b>,
which is free, is more valuable than a ton of poison.
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Using
insecticides</b></span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Supports
the oil industry</b> – all those pesticides are formulated in
oil-based products.</span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Makes
you at war</b> with nature – and you can never win!</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Kills
the biology</b> in the soil even if it fails to control the 'bad'
insect.</span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Probably
kills more beneficial</b> insects than the ones you are targeting.</span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Leads
to the unreal expectation</b> of 'perfect food' which is often just
a visual lie.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aphids and Gardenmaster From The Learning Garden<br /></span></td></tr>
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