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Neighborhood Food Party
Raw milk? Homemade yogurt? Homemade sauerkraut? These and more local treats were on the menu last night at the inaugural meeting of the 1000 year old food club.
Local Activist Maps Gardens in African-American Community
Local C-U activist (C-U Citizens for Peace & Justice) and gardner, Aaron Ammons is covered in a new community initiative’s blog (C-U Fit) for his efforts gardening for justice in Champaign-Urbana!
The Pancakes Have Landed
Our family-style (or neighborhood-style) pancake breakfast was a success! Sunday lived up to its name and we had at least 40 neighbors and friends of neighbors sitting at our improvised banquet table. And Sam’s syrup was a hit! Yeah Maple trees!
Lynn Street Syrup Sunday!
The big day is almost here. Our blocksteady neighbor, Sam V. worked hard all spring to tap the maple trees of pre-historic East Urbana. Sam working under the incredible ratio of 40:1, that’s 40 gallons of sap to 1 gallon of syrup, pulled it off. This Sunday we can all share in the fruits of [...]
May Day Weekend Events
Swing on over to Lynn St. this weekend for a garage sale, water workshop, and maple tree taping documentation! GARAGE & PLANT SALE TO SUPPORT THE HOME BIRTH SAFETY ACT This two-day garage and plant sale is a fundraiser to help support HB 226 which: “Creates the Home Birth Safety Act. Provides for the licensure [...]
Cold frames (quick guide to building your own)
Sam the pink-haired Wine Punk, and a neighbor who knows how to block steady, asked me to make a post about cold frame construction. I put mine out a few weeks ago and am still making them. We are still a month away from being able to plant outside, so there is still time for [...]
Lynn St. Syrup
The process of making syrup from Lynn, Wabash, and Fairlawn St. Trees.
The neighborhood farm is emerging… the Wine Punk taps our maple trees
Our neighbor and collaborator – working with Block by Block Cooperation to increase ultra-local food production in our hood – the Wine Punk (aka Sam Vandegrift), tapped the two silver maple trees in our (Let’s Re-Make) front yard this week as well as many other trees in the neighborhood.
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