[Sosfbay-discuss] Fw: Re: An Idea

[Tian Harter]

I don't want the book, but I do want to report that the first tomato
to turn red on my vine is almost ready to pick. After its gone down my 
throat I'll be inviting the neighbors to drop by and pick one sometime.
The pot gardening on the porch I do is easy, and just about anybody can
do it!

The grassroots energizing that comes from picking and eating something
yourself is the real thing! Today I had a couple of delicious plums from
the rust colored trees at tenth and San Carlos in San Jose. Delicious!

Tian

Andrea Dorey wrote:
> Caroline/Fred
> I LOVE Fred's idea!  A place for everyone who wants to plant a small 
> garden!   YES, YES, YES!!!   
> 
> AND how much better would it be to have all these corners and fronts to 
> businesses now given over to lawns to be gardened by suburban farmers!! 
>  Do you think businesses that only greenwash might feel they have to do 
> this for good publicity?
> Andrea
> 
> On Apr 2, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> --- On *Thu, 4/2/09, Caroline Yacoub /<carolineyacoub at att.net 
>> <mailto:carolineyacoub at att.net>>/* wrote:
>>
>>     From: Caroline Yacoub <carolineyacoub at att.net
>>     <mailto:carolineyacoub at att.net>>
>>     Subject: Re: An Idea
>>     To: "Fred Duperrault" <fredd at freeshell.org
>>     <mailto:fredd at freeshell.org>>
>>     Cc: "Caroline Yacoub" <carolineyacoub at att.net
>>     <mailto:carolineyacoub at att.net>>
>>     Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 10:45 AM
>>
>>     My neighbor across the street gave me a book to read called "Food
>>     Not Lawns". I haven't had time to read it yet, but since its
>>     subtitle is "How to turn your yard into a garden and your
>>     neighborhood into a community", I think one of us should. Would
>>     you like to borrow it?
>>     Caroline
>>
>>     --- On *Thu, 4/2/09, Fred Duperrault /<fredd at freeshell.org
>>     <mailto:fredd at freeshell.org>>/* wrote:
>>
>>         From: Fred Duperrault <fredd at freeshell.org
>>         <mailto:fredd at freeshell.org>>
>>         Subject: An Idea
>>         To: "Caroline Yacoub" <carolineyacoub at att.net
>>         <mailto:carolineyacoub at att.net>>
>>         Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 12:27 AM
>>
>>         hello Caroline,
>>
>>         Here is what I think I suggested for a possible GPSCC project:
>>
>>         First, research what and how much space some local cities and the county  have
>>         already designated for public gardens.  If it seems that there is a definite
>>         need for more gardens in any of these communities, the GPSCC could publicly urge
>>         (lobby) the particular city councils to provide more gardens for their
>>         constituencies.  (The party would have to state a good case for doing so,
>>         however.)
>>
>>         The citizen gardeners, the environment and the community would be the
>>         beneficiaries of  "A Garden for Everyone Movement."
>>
>>         Also, it would be great if individual home owners and condo complexes would
>>         convert some of their water sucking lawns into  productive gardens that would
>>         probably use less water and would be just as - or more - beautiful.
>>
>>         Yipes, it's after Midnight.
>>
>>         Nighty night,
>>
>>         Fred
>>
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The guy from Do Something said that all of the towns businesses have
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