Gardens Of Gratitude

Its not Long Beach but its super cool...

http://www.gardensofgratitude.org/howitworks.html

Wrigley Garden- Oh Yeah!

I'm a little embarrassed to admit I have 2 blogs. This one is about the house and a little bit about our city, Long Beach. I originally started this blog so our friends and family all over the world could see what we were up to. It has definitely evolved, its really great to look back at all the progress. Its amazing we have come this far in such a short amount of time. Its a beautiful house.

The 2nd blog is something I started as a forum to share homegrown crops, food trader if you will. We call this blog the Chalkboard. My thought was that the 'menu' will forever be changing and it can be posted on the 'chalkboard' once its gone we wipe it clean and start over. Forever new and exciting.

So speaking of new and exciting. Today's posting on the Chalkboard is really something special. We have been approved to start our community garden. Its a huge step for not only the street that it sits on but the neighborhood as a whole. Henderson Ave where the garden will be is a sad state. Its about a block from our house but such a world away.

Please check the Chalkboard if you are interested in following the Wrigley Garden story or if you would like a plot please email me and I'll put you on la lista.

Thanks for all the support. Yay for veggies grown in the LBC.

chalkboardcoop@mac.com

City Council Meeting- Take 2

The first city council meeting I attended went so well (not) I thought I would go for it again. This time we the poeple got what we wanted. I posted the Press Telegram article on my co-op blog so I will skip that part of the story.

This version goes something like this, short version. The president of our neighborhood association approached me over a year ago to help her start a community garden. There is a parcel of vacant property attached to the back of her property that was once a crack house. They had the building demolished (before our time but no small feat i'm sure) and now stands a vacant lot.

Since I work ridiculous hours I enlisted another neighbor to help me with the project. We found a separate piece of land on our 'main street' and decided to pursue that land instead of the Henderson property. We liked it for the profile and thought it would really help out with the 2030 Long Beach General Plan.

Anyway, that land owner was very interested but she wanted some sort of tax incentive, I do not blame her one bit. The board we approached to be the umbrella for this garden was not interested in her proposal. And that is where the garden died, or so I thought.

Since I am currently in between shows I thought it would be the perfect time to start up the garden project again. Plus something warm and fuzzy about spring it really makes me want to 'get my stuff done'.

Well I guess someone else had the garden torch going all along because at about noon today I was told that the original property was on the agenda for the LB city council.

Long story a little shorter. It passed and now we are on the road to corn!

Thank goodness someone is paying attention.