Goodbye Chalkboard- Hello Wrigley Garden

Huge thanks to everyone for making the Chalkboard such a success. I wanted to let you all know that this site will remain here for archive purposes but we are moving to http://wrigleygarden.org

Wrigley Garden will be the new spot for garden updates, food exchange info, tree planting projects and anything else we need to cover.

Please visit our new home on the web.

The Chalkboard will be archived so no need to worry about that Limoncello recipe, it is still there waiting for you.

Food Exchange This Monday

Aloha Gardner's-

Don't forget co-op swap this Monday night. I'll be bringing red leaf lettuce and some other goodies.

I'm hoping to pick up some citrus from someone. I had to buy lemons at the market this week, not only did they look plastic and processed but they were very expensive. Boo on that!

See you Monday, happy growing!

Food Exchange Tomorrow!

Hello fellow gardeners tomorrow is another co-op swap. Its growing season so I hope we have good things to share or at least stories of things to come.

Sorry to say I might not make it to the swap. Please have a great time and send pictures if you happen to take any.

and to Lisa and Mauna, I can't wait to hear about your tree planting adventure.

Thanks,
Sasha

Art Tonight In Long Beach

Welcome A New Member

I would like to welcome Adriana to the Chalkboard. She has been a big part of the co-op but now she will be helping me to maintain this blog. She hosted our monthly food swap last week. I heard it went well, sorry to have missed it.

Your crops should be planned and ready for planting season. Or if you are like me you are still trying to figure out what you are going to try this year. Either way I hope we have a great 2009 with the Chalkboard co-op, keep up the great work.

Happy growing!

January Food Swap

Happy New Year to all my Wrigley Farmers!

I hope you all have been having a wonderful holiday season. The weather has been perfect for all our root vegetables. Hopefully you have all had a nice winter harvest.

Few things to mention. We have still been having activity on the Chalkboard. Please remember, food exchanges can happen at any time, not just the first Monday of the month. We have had postings for citrus. That would be so refreshing right about now.

And speaking of the food swap I need your help. This is what will make this truly a co-op. I have been unable to make the meetings and I'm sorry to say that its not looking good for the new year. If anyone is willing to set up the table before the Wrigley Association meetings, your help would be appreciated. If you are interested let me know.

The set up is very simple and you do not have to "attend" the table. It runs itself. Let me know and i'll explain the basics to you.

Thanks for your interest in this program and if you are available to help with our table that would be great. Next swap is this monday the 5th.

Have a great New Year!

Press Telegram

We are still getting comments on our article that ran in the Press Telegram.

Please read the article and the comments.

Thanks for all the nice words.

Thanks For Last Night

Big mahalo to everyone for coming to the exchange last night. We were a great success. Not only do I now know what lemongrass is suppose to look like my tomato bowl has been refilled.

The seed bin had a big dent taken out of it. I hope to see all those fruits and veggies back on the co-op table next season.

There was great participation from all parts of our community. Hopefully our exchange will grow with each growing season.

Thanks again and happy growing.

Bananas

I had fresh Wrigley bananas in my cereal this morning. Thanks to Lisa for growing them and thanks to Candy for dropping them off.

They are so good.

Mahalo

Big thanks to everyone who participated in the first "official" food swap. I think we were a huge success. Our table was rockin' and we had a great assortment of veggies up for grab.

Thanks to Adriana and her hod, Dave and Carol for the mint, Rachael for the chard, parsley and yummy tomatoes. Also thanks to Annie who brought a huge the bowl of golden tomatoes and a bunch of oregano that I have drying in my kitchen.

See you all again on August 4th.

Many Thanks

I wanted to take a minute and say thanks to everyone for your participation. The Food Exchange has been a total success.

We are looking forward to seeing what the upcoming growing months have in store. Hopefully all of you have thrown out some seeds or picked up some starter plants. Now is the perfect time to get your crop in the ground (or box).

If you have any suggestions for our "official swap" on May 11th let's hear it.

Again, thanks and it wouldn't be a Co-Op without you. It would just be a Chalkboard.

-Sasha

WELCOME

Aloha everyone! Welcome to the Wrigley Neighborhood Food Exchange. I like to call it the Co-Op. I have started this forum for us to have an easier time swapping the goods.

Please email me privately for your items to be posted. I will try and keep it as simple as possible to make the exchange. So far so good.

Our first 2 exchanges happened last weekend. I passed along herbs and received avocados and some nice little Mexican limes.

I will update this as often as I receive info from you guys. I don't want your hard earned picking going to waste.

Again, thanks for your participation and I can't wait to eat your food!