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What’s with all that soil?
Posted by Jen James on April 15, 2008 at 10:46 am
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Compost Delivery-North Shore

It can take a lot of soil and compost to create an urban farming site.  This is Jess Liborio, one of our urban growers watching a truck unload its gold onto the Ingalls School farm site of The Food Project.  I am posting this picture because of the largeness of it.  While you may see a lot of soil, I see a lot of work and a lot of hands coming together to do that work.  On this site alone, we will work with hundreds of volunteers to make food grow.  Those helpers will be schoolchildren, adults from corporations, folks who want to farm, and neighbors who stop by to lend a hand (or two!).  Thanks to all of you who help The Food Project do what it does best–growing and distributing food to those in need.

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Our Annual City Farm Fest Saturday the 26th, from 12pm - 3pm
Posted by Joanna Winkler on April 14, 2008 at 12:55 pm
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Update: when first posting this, I got my Saturdays confused and wrote a misleading title. The 26th isn’t this coming Saturday, but the one after. — Joe

Our annual City Farm Fest is Saturday April 26th, from 12pm - 3pm.

Do you have a garden? Do you want your plants to grow big and strong without using chemical fertilizer? What you need is compost, and we’re giving it away for FREE! We are holding our annual City Farm Fest on April 26 from 12pm to 3pm on our West Cottage lot in Dorchester. We will distribute FREE compost to neighborhood gardeners and information about healthy soil, reducing lead exposure, and tips on safe gardening in urban areas. In addition, there will be food and live music! We will also have a plant sale with vegetables like tomatoes, collards, and peppers that you can plant in your garden.

A new feature of City Farm Fest this year is our workshop called Square Foot Gardening: Tips for Maximizing Space. The workshop is from 12:30 to 1:30 and is open to anyone who wants to learn more about gardening in a limited amount of space. Additionally, we will have a tour of the Dudley Street neighborhood and its gardens at 1:45.

Please stop by for good food, good music, free compost, and a celebration of spring!

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