Alameda Sun – Tuesday, March 2, 2021 by Kristen Smeal, ABG Board member When Girl Scout Leader Jill Proffitt learned of the Alameda Backyard Growers (ABG) Free Seed Library, she saw an opportunity for the Girl Scouts to help. Girl Scout Troop #33373 of Alameda, which includes eighth-graders Jennifer Proffitt, […]
by Kristen Smeal, Garden Science teacher at Saint Philip Neri and ABG Board member Last March, just a week before the Shelter-in-place orders, students at St. Philip Neri were busy planting radishes, snap peas, kale, broccoli, and lettuce in the school garden. Some plants were started in cups and pots, […]
by Marla Koss, ABG Board member Last November, while researching soil improvement advice for an article slated to appear in the December 10th issue of the Alameda Sun, I interviewed Greg Dupuich, owner of Encinal Nursery, and Ploughshares Nursery’s General Manager Jeff Bridge on their recommendations. In an intriguing turn […]
by Margie Siegal Old plum tree bent and gnarled All at once opens one blossom, two blossoms, three, four, five blossoms, uncountable blossoms, not proud of purity, not proud of fragrance; spreading, becoming spring, blowing over grass and trees… — Dogen Zenji, 13th century Japan The world outside has gone […]
by Ron Limoges, ABG Board President Although I am a Founding Board Member and, currently, President of Alameda Backyard Growers I really dislike gardening. I tried it twice: both times large furry deer and small-ish furry rodents ate every green sprout before I could get from my back door to […]
