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AZHomegrownSolutions - Sparking the discovery, implementation and sharing of local solutions for food and water security, resource conservation and community well-being while having fun and respecting the natural environment. A program of Arizona Community Tree Council

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Find a Community Garden Workday Near You (Valleywide) at Phoenix Metro Area

September 3, 2010 at 8am to September 30, 2010 at 7pm

See all community garden workdays HERE Community Garden Workdays by Location Scottsdale Community Garden Workdays Central Phoenix Community Garden Workdays South Phoenix Community Garden Workdays South Central Phoenix Community Garden Workdays Nor…

5 hours ago

Linda Schilling and Nick are attending Nayeema Eusuf's event

Tranition Discussion: Grey Water at Chandler Sunset Public Library

September 20, 2010 from 6pm to 7:30pm

PRESENTATION: GREY WATER REUSE It's a shame to irrigate plants with drinking water when they would just as easily prefer water with bits of compost (organic material) in it. Why not have that water do double duty? By setting up a simple grey water…

7 hours ago

Hunter commented on Ericka Cero Wood's blog post 'Our Cistern Runneth Over'

Thanks- I'm considering and will keep your comments in mind. For me right now, it will be this initial cost for a paticular size cistern vs results. Your intent of utilizing the cistern water for the fruit trees is something I had not considered. Pu…

7 hours ago

Hunter and Ericka Cero Wood are now friends

8 hours ago

Nicole Haas, Savas Evsen and Wende Mueller joined AZHomegrownSolutions

yesterday

An event by Nayeema Eusuf was featured

Tranition Discussion: Grey Water at Chandler Sunset Public Library

September 20, 2010 from 6pm to 7:30pm

yesterday

Admin added a discussion

Lowe's "Toolbox for Education" grants for school projects INCLUDING GARDENS

Deadline: Oct 15th or whenever 1500 grants are received - whichever comes first.Please see details here: http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/hta.html The most successful educational programs are those that are homegrown. They reflect the schools th…

yesterday

Nayeema Eusuf added a photo

Squash Blossoms 2

yesterday

Admin commented on Arin Carlson's blog post 'Oleanders = can I compost?'

The reality is that it can be composted but do you WANT to. I'm not an expert but I am following the advise of several people who are and they tend to keep oleander out of their compost heaps. I know one person who has a large tract of land and he…

yesterday

Lisa Taylor commented on Lisa Taylor's blog post 'Keep baby predators in your garden!'

Yeah, they can catch large house flies, plant hoppers, crickets... They are like tiny lions. Only cuter.

on Tuesday

Admin commented on Lisa Taylor's blog post 'Keep baby predators in your garden!'

When you say "attacking and eating almost anything that moves...", is there a size limit? Should I fear for my life? Kidding. Seriously though, I've seen these guys take down prey that's at least triple their size. Lisa caught one spider in my gard…

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Nick commented on Lisa Taylor's blog post 'Keep baby predators in your garden!'

Go healthy ecosystems!!

on Tuesday

Charles Calbom commented on Lisa Taylor's blog post 'Keep baby predators in your garden!'

Great post thank-you

on Tuesday

Lisa Taylor added a blog post

Keep baby predators in your garden!

This is a public service announcement on behalf of the good bugs in your garden. If you have a lot of brush, dead leaves, or old dead weeds in your garden (even Bermuda grass), you also likely have a lot of baby jumping spiders on the way. This is…

on Tuesday

Nayeema Eusuf commented on Charles Calbom's photo '101_3892'

Great photos, and love the commentry:)

on Tuesday

A video by Admin was featured

Nuestro Barrio video by Working for Green

Nicholas Cortez decided to take up gardening in some of the worst growing conditions in America. It was not because he needed a new hobby. It was because he needed to survive. Cortez lives in a place called Nuestro Barrio southeast of Phoenix. It wa…

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4 photos by Charles Calbom were featured

on Tuesday

Charles Calbom added 11 photos to the album 'Late August 2010 A Hadley Farmship Update'

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Arin Carlson updated their profile

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Arin Carlson added a blog post

Oleanders = can I compost?

Tons of information out their on this plant, many say "do not compost" I also ran across some UC Davis studies that suggest you can..........?Considering I am a "newbie" in a sense (container wise), does anyone have any feed back on this topic?I hav…

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Harvest the RAIN!

Vote for 4 Water Harvesting Cisterns to Find Good Homes at Local Non-Profits!

Pitch in and help win $20,000 from Tom's of Maine to install 4 water harvesting cisterns at area non-profits, provide green job training for underserved populations and free water harvesting classes for the public. Click HERE and vote for Arizona Homegrown Solutions, a program of Arizona Community Tree Council.
**Vote once each day until Sept 10th**