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.

Summer Crops

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Wrigley Farmer- Summer

Wrigley Garden- We Can Dig It!

Wonderful news for all my gardening friends and neighbors. 1950 and 1960 Henderson Avenue has been approved for us to start our Community Garden.

Today we will be out there measuring and checking out the property. We heard that this land was once Indian land, so amazing. If you are interested in reserving a plot please let us know. You can email me @ chalkboardcoop@mac.com. This lot is huge so there will be plenty to go around.

We want you to know now though that there is a catch with the property (but of course) we will be able to farm here for 2 years only. We must move out January 31st and return the property to the city. But the good news with that is they will be building Habitat for Humanity housing there and by then we will have found a permanent piece of land. Think of this as a practice run.

Anyway, its all very exciting. I'll let everyone know when its time to dig.

Thanks for all the help and support this is going to be great!

chalkboardcoop@mac.com

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!

Wrigley Is Going Green Makes A Garden

The city council meeting was a success. The motion was granted for Wrigley Is Going Green to enter into a 2 year lease with the city to turn the Henderson property into a community garden.

Big thanks to Lisa, Mauna, Jenny and Annie, who even offered to pay the water bill. What a great start to a great summer.

I'll keep the facts posted here on the Chalkboard.

Happy growing indeed!

City Council Meeting Tonight

On tonight's agenda is the proposed community garden in Wrigley.


Taken from the Press Telegram:

The Long Beach City Council meets at 5 p.m. today at City Hall, 333 W. Ocean Blvd.The meeting can be viewed live on Charter Communications Channel 8 or online at www.longbeach.gov.

Among items on the meeting agenda:

Andrews also is requesting that the Long Beach Housing Co. enter into a two-year lease with the Wrigley Is Going Green Association to use 1950 and 1960 Henderson Ave., a few blocks east of the Los Angeles River and just north of Pacific Coast Highway, as a temporary community garden.

First Harvest

Its not enough to share but its a lot to be excited about. Its the first summer squash I have ever grown. The plant is very compact and does not even need the trellis I put up. The tomato's probably needed another day or so but I was scared something was going to eat them. I ate them 2 seconds after I took this picture.

Happy growing!

Plant Sale In Long Beach

Myself, Adriana, and Fern will be at the Long Beach City College plant sale this Friday. Its my first time going to this sale. I've heard its great. I sure hope so. I can never have enough_____(fill in the blank here).

Annual Plant Sale at PCC April 08 - 11, 2009 Thousands of plants will be on sale April 8 – 11, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., as the Long Beach City College Horticulture Club presents the 37th Annual Open House and Plant Sale in the Horticulture Gardens of the Pacific Coast Campus, 1305 E. Pacific Coast Highway (at the corners of Orange Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway). Available for the public to purchase at low grower prices will be: · Tree & Bush Roses · Shade & Sun Shrubs · Fruit & Shade Trees · Annual & Perennial Bedding Plants · Tomato, Vegetable and Herb Plants · Cacti & Succulents and more! For more information please call David Frattalone at (562) 938-3092 or the Greenhouse at (562) 938-3192. Joining the Horticulture Club for the fourth year will be the Sheet Metal Club selling their metal plasma art, copper planter boxes, copper waterfalls, copper birdhouses, wrought iron furniture, bar-b-ques etc. The sheet metal and wrought iron projects range from yard art stating at a couple of dollars to a wrought iron patio table and chairs for $350. Call Tim Shoemaker at 562-938-3051 for more information. Proceeds from all sales assist with scholarships, field trips, student projects and support.

For more information, please contact the Office of Community Relations & Marketing at (562) 938-4353 or (562) 938-4846.

Last Night's Exchange

Big thanks to everyone who participated. I gave away lots of lettuce and I gained an eggplant seedling and tons of lemons. I will use them all.

After the meeting adjourned there was some talk of people building raised beds and getting rid of their lawns. Its such great news. Eat more homegrown, love that.

Looking forward to next month. I wonder who is going to be the first one with tomatoes. I hope for bushels and bales.

Long Beach 2030 Community Meeting

We have attended quite a few of these meeting. I hope we can make it to this one.

Long Beach 2030 Community Meeting
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 6:30 p.m.
The Grand Event Center
4101 E. Willow Street, in the Monarch Room

Please join us on Tuesday the 28th for a community meeting to discuss Long Beach 2030, the General Plan update project. This is your opportunity to continue the discussion about the future of City as a whole and about how your neighborhood should evolve.

We will be discussing opportunity areas (the 15 percent of the City's land area where change is being targeted) and placetypes (the neighborhood development patterns that make up the entire City).

For the next few months, the LB2030 Team will be taking this project out to the community. If you represent a neighborhood group or organization and would like a presentation for your group, the LB2030 Team is ready to come to you. Please contact us to make arrangements. Feel free to forward this message. Our goal is to have people from all over the City at the meeting to discuss our collective future. Hope to see you there!

For a flyer with more information about the meeting, click: http://www.longbeach.gov/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=20588

If you have any questions, please call Steve Gerhardt, Senior Planner at (562) 570-6288, Steve_Gerhardt@LongBeach.gov.