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  1. #Composting program to provide #Everglades with soil for #CommunityGarden

    by Martin Vassolo, March 12, 2025

    "Your #FoodScraps could be used to help support the Everglades through a new partnership between the village of #PinecrestFL and the #MiccosukeeTribe.

    "Instead of dumping #FoodWaste into crowded #landfills, which produce #methane emissions, the #EvergladesEarthCycleProject will expand Pinecrest's residential composting program and deliver nutrient-rich soil to the #Miccosukee Tribe.

    "Driving the news: The project, funded with a $400,000 federal grant and other contributions, calls for installing four new #CompostingBins in Pinecrest and three around #MiamiDade County District 7.

    "The initial phase of the program will supply compost to the #SwampyMeadows #CommunityGarden, which grows vegetables just outside the Miccosukee Indian School.

    "Another proposal that's been floated is adding new soil to the Everglades' tree islands, though that would need tribal approval, says the Rev. Houston R. Cypress of the #LoveTheEverglades Movement, a partner in the program.

    "Cypress told reporters on an airboat ride through the Everglades last week that the tribe teaches 'the essence of being in harmony with nature is giving back to it.'

    "'With the Everglades Earth Cycle Project, we're giving back clean and healthy soil; we're giving products that might eventually improve the water quality out here, but we're also giving directly back to local indigenous communities here,' he said.

    "Pinecrest already has two free public composting bins, one at the Pinecrest Public Library and another between the Community Center and Pinecrest Gardens."

    axios.com/local/miami/2025/03/

    #Composting #CommunityGardening #FoodSecurity #ReducingFoodWaste #SolarPunkSunday

  2. HamiltonONT - #UrbanGardenClub Club - EcoHouse

    Start: Monday, Aug 10 at 5 p.m.
    End: Monday, Aug 10 at 6:30 p.m.

    #EcoHouse
    22 Veevers Drive, #HamiltonON, Canada

    "Our EcoHouse sits on 2 acres, featuring Hamilton’s first #CommunityGarden , a mini-forest, #RainGardens, #SolarPanels, #PermeablePavers, and more. These grounds require ongoing maintenance to continue serving as an ecological demonstration space for the community.

    In this session, we will learn about any of the following:#PlantIdentification, #biodiversity in the local community, plant science, local green infrastructure initiatives, and more! Gardening tasks can include #invasiveSpecies removal, #mulching planting, #watering, seed sorting, aerating the soil, and other maintenance.

    No experience required! All tools provided, but you may bring your own.
    We will be meeting every Monday from 5:00 pm-6:30 pm!"

    greenventure.ca/ecohouse_stewa

    #SolarPunkSunday #Ontario
    #BuildingCommunity #BuildingResiliency
    #PreserveNature #ClimateChangeResilience

  3. The electric fence and shiny pie plates seem to be working at the #CommunityGarden, and my simple wire fence (with bells attached) seems to be working in my #HomeGarden.

    Low-Cost Ways to Keep Deer Away From Ripening Crops

    July 25, 2026

    "A garden full of ripening tomatoes, beans, peppers, and melons can look like a five-star restaurant to a hungry deer. The frustrating part comes when a gardener checks the garden in the morning and finds half-eaten tomatoes, trampled plants, or a neat row of bean plants that suddenly looks like a salad bar with legs.

    "Protecting crops does not always require an expensive fence or a complicated gadget. A few inexpensive changes can make the garden less inviting, more confusing, or simply harder to reach, and the best results often come from combining two or three methods instead of relying on one magical deer-repelling trick."

    Learn more:
    frugalgardening.com/low-cost-w

    #SolarPunkSunday #HomeGardens #Gardening #DeerRepellents #GrowYourOwn #GrowYourOwnFood

  4. I met two more plot neighbors at the #CommunityGarden today, and harvested some new potatoes. I have one more potato plant left there (that's not ready for harvesting but close), and more in containers at my #HomeGarden. Leaving the dirt on the harvested potatoes, and storing them for a week or two before we eat them. I may plant some more in the community garden and might be able to get a second harvest before the season is over.

    #SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #GrowYourOwn #GYO #GrowingPotatoes #MainePotatoes

  5. Meanwhile, at the #CommunityGarden, the one remaining #MammothSunflower towers over the #Zinnias, #Cosmos, #Squash, #Beans, #Potatoes and a few other miscellaneous flowers and veggies I planted. It was nice to have an "overflow" for plants, even if it means the seeds will be hybrids. Anything I want to collect seed from, I'm growing at home. Next year, I'll only plant veggies in half of the garden, and will plant buckwheat and clover in the remaining half, then do the same with the veggie plot the year after that.

    #SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardens #CommunityGardening

  6. Update: Old composter has been emptied! I have a 5 gallon bucket full of nice, loose, brown soil (vermicultured, not thermophilic) that I'll use to amend my gardens (I brought a small amount to my community garden plot today). Back is still a bit grumpy, so the 5 gallon bucket is staying in place for another day.

    #SolarPunkSunday #Composting #CommunityGarden #HomeGarden

  7. Spent some time at the #CommunityGarden. I planted a couple of sunflowers (Mammoth type) and some butternut squash seedlings (since I decided to focus on summer squash and cukes in my home garden). The black beans were a little beat up from the stormy weather, but the potato plants are loving all the extra space (I moved them from containers) and rain.

    Some of the flowers (Indian Blanket and Cornflower) are starting to come up. Grabbed some manure from the pile for my home compost pile (and yes, there's plenty to go around and I checked with the garden organizer).

    The water tank has been filled up, so now I can bike over to weed and water (and just drive over when I have stuff to transport). I had thought about hooking up a metal grocery cart to my bike, but I'll have to look into the best way to do that. No pics because I left the phone at home. No neighbors today (but it's been drizzly). A little rain never stopped me from puttering around in the garden! 🌧️

    #SolarPunkSunday #GrowYourOwn #CommunityGardening

  8. Well, it looks like I don't have to water my plot at the #CommunityGarden for a few days. Luckily, I only planted black beans, yellow onions and some flowers (Indian Paintbrush and Blue Cornflower), but not the sunflowers. The sunflowers I planted in the #HomeGarden (and were staked up before the storm) survived, but I might have to plant more squash (mildew). The beans and corn are doing okay (the corn likes some moisture early on). We'll see what survives. Wildflower patch is doing well, and there's some Hen of the Woods action going on at one of our tree stumps (one good thing about rainy weather).

    #SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #GardeningForPollinators

  9. #Maine & #NewHampshire - Map of Certified Pollinator-Friendly Gardens

    Bagley Pond Perennials
    Open to the public.

    Bedford, New Hampshire (Farm)
    Farm

    #BelfastME #SoupKitchen
    Public

    #BridgesHouse (#NHGovernor’s House)
    Open to the public. New Hampshire
    Governor’s House.

    #BrownfieldME Public Library (Municipal)
    Public.

    Canterbury, NH (Farm)
    Petals in the Pines Farm.

    Center for Northern Woodlands Education
    Open to the public.

    Children’s Garden at #FortWilliams Park (Municipal)
    Public.

    #CurtisMemorialLibrary Children’s Garden (Public)
    Open to the public.

    Dedham, ME (Farm)
    Open to the public.

    #Elkins Public Library (Municipal)
    Public.

    Frisbee Field
    Public.

    Georges River Land Trust, Cushing, ME
    Open to the public.

    Grace Episcopal Church, Concord, NH
    Public. Church garden.

    Hancock Town Library (Library/Municipal)
    Public

    Haney Hillside Garden, Coastal Maine Botanic Gardens-Organization
    Public.

    Law Farm Nature Trails
    Open to the Public. Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District.

    Libra Sun Flower Farm
    Farm.

    Lincoln, Maine (Historical)
    Open to the public for viewing.

    McLaughlin Garden and Homestead
    Open to the public.

    Merrimack, New Hampshire (Business)
    Business.

    New Gloucester Fairgrounds, ME
    Open to the public.

    New Gloucester Public Library (Library)
    Public library

    Nottingham, New Hampshire (Farm)
    Farm.

    #PollinateNewEngland Garden at Wells Reserve at #Laudholm, #WellsME
    Public.

    #PollinatorGarden at NH #Audubon Center Massabesic, Auburn NH
    Public.

    #TheSustainabilityInstitute- James Hall Pollinator Garden
    Public.

    Thornton Oaks Retirement Community
    Public.

    Tom Settlemire #CommunityGarden- Brunswick
    Community Garden

    #TrentonButterflyGarden (Municipal)
    Public.

    #UMaine Gardens at #TidewaterFarm, #FalmouthME
    Open to the public.

    #UniversityOfMaineCooperativeExtension, Oxford County
    Organization.

    #WalesPark Pollinator Garden
    Open to the Public. Belfast, Maine.

    FMI:
    extension.umaine.edu/gardening

    #SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #MaineGardens #NHGardens #ButterflyGardens #PollinatorGardens

  10. #SolarPunkSunday has turned into #ActionMonday!

    Today's achievements?

    - Got the phone number of the person organizing the #CommunityGarden.
    - Gently nudged neighbor select board member about ordering #composters and #rainbarrels (and praised all the good work he's doing)
    - Dropped off a condolence card and photo mug to another neighbor who recently lost a feline friend
    - Helped to fix a PDF file for the local #library (remotely), then asked if they had any "#NatureBackpacks".

    I'd say I've done some #SolarPunk things today! (#BuildingCommunity is something I consider a major tenet of all things Solarpunk!)

  11. #SolarPunkSunday has turned into #ActionMonday!

    Today's achievements?

    - Got the phone number of the person organizing the #CommunityGarden.
    - Gently nudged neighbor select board member about ordering #composters and #rainbarrels (and praised all the good work he's doing)
    - Dropped off a condolence card and photo mug to another neighbor who recently lost a feline friend
    - Helped to fix a PDF file for the local #library (remotely), then asked if they had any "#NatureBackpacks".

    I'd say I've done some #SolarPunk things today! (#BuildingCommunity is something I consider a major tenet of all things Solarpunk!)

  12. #SolarPunkSunday has turned into #ActionMonday!

    Today's achievements?

    - Got the phone number of the person organizing the #CommunityGarden.
    - Gently nudged neighbor select board member about ordering #composters and #rainbarrels (and praised all the good work he's doing)
    - Dropped off a condolence card and photo mug to another neighbor who recently lost a feline friend
    - Helped to fix a PDF file for the local #library (remotely), then asked if they had any "#NatureBackpacks".

    I'd say I've done some #SolarPunk things today! (#BuildingCommunity is something I consider a major tenet of all things Solarpunk!)

  13. #SolarPunkSunday has turned into #ActionMonday!

    Today's achievements?

    - Got the phone number of the person organizing the #CommunityGarden.
    - Gently nudged neighbor select board member about ordering #composters and #rainbarrels (and praised all the good work he's doing)
    - Dropped off a condolence card and photo mug to another neighbor who recently lost a feline friend
    - Helped to fix a PDF file for the local #library (remotely), then asked if they had any "#NatureBackpacks".

    I'd say I've done some #SolarPunk things today! (#BuildingCommunity is something I consider a major tenet of all things Solarpunk!)

  14. #SolarPunkSunday has turned into #ActionMonday!

    Today's achievements?

    - Got the phone number of the person organizing the #CommunityGarden.
    - Gently nudged neighbor select board member about ordering #composters and #rainbarrels (and praised all the good work he's doing)
    - Dropped off a condolence card and photo mug to another neighbor who recently lost a feline friend
    - Helped to fix a PDF file for the local #library (remotely), then asked if they had any "#NatureBackpacks".

    I'd say I've done some #SolarPunk things today! (#BuildingCommunity is something I consider a major tenet of all things Solarpunk!)

  15. #TrescottME - #Scionwood Exchange & #SeedSwap

    April 11 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    In partnership with #HealthyAcadia and #MOFGA

    #CobscookInstitute
    10 Commissary Point Rd
    Township of Trescott, ME 04652

    All Ages
    Free (or by donation)

    "This by donation event will feature seeds for swapping and scionwood for grafting. We are also accepting seed donations for use in Cobscook Institute’s #CommunityGarden.

    Seed Swap

    Please bring seeds you’ve saved with descriptions for folks to share, trade and enjoy. We are also accepting seed donations for the Community Garden.

    Envelopes and labeling materials will be available.

    Scionwood Exchange

    Many Scions will be available for sharing with descriptions and instructions. Please feel welcome to bring scionwood that you responsibly collected to share as well, with the apple variety and description. Labeling materials and bags will be provided."

    Event page:
    cobscookinstitute.org/events?e

    #SolarPunkSunday #SeedExchange #ScionExchange #MaineEvents
    #GrowYourOwn #GrowYourOwnFood
    #GardeningForPollinators

  16. More of this, please!!!

    #RockportME - #Midcoast nonprofits team up to preserve historic #farmland — and build new #housing

    Maine Public | By Nicole Ogrysko
    Published November 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM EST

    "Two midcoast nonprofits are teaming up to preserve a historic dairy farm in Rockport — and build new affordable housing on site.

    #MaineCoastHeritageTrust has owned more than 160 acres south of Route 90 for the last 15 years. The #EricksonFieldsPreserve has #WalkingTrails and a #CommunityGarden, where students have learned to grow produce for nearby #FoodBanks.

    Recently, the Heritage Trust secured the farm's remaining six acres across the street, where the old farmhouse and dairy barn are located.

    When a family member living in the farmhouse passed away a few years ago, Aaron Englander with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust said the nonprofit began to think about how the property could be preserved for community benefit.

    Housing, Englander said, emerged as a clear need. The Heritage Trust acquired the six-acre property and plans to preserve five of them. It has donated the remaining acre to the #MidCoastRegionalHousingTrust, which plans to develop one and two-bedroom apartments.

    The housing shortage is being felt throughout the region, said Jonathan Goss, president of the housing trust. Knox County needs nearly 1,300 new homes by the end of the decade.

    'Services are being cut back or being lost because of a lack of employees,' he said. 'Everybody knows someone who either grew up here or had been living here who is not able to live here any longer.'

    The housing trust plans to renovate the old farmhouse on site for rental housing first, and then construct eight new apartments for working families there later on. Goss said these are families with teachers, public safety officers, nurses and others who earn too much to qualify for subsidized housing, but not enough to afford a median-priced home in the region, which now surpasses $450,000.

    Housing development is sometimes pitted against land and environmental conservation efforts. But Englander with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust said this project could serve as a statewide model for balancing those interests.

    '[This can] show people that yes, you can conserve wildlife habitat, you can conserve farmland, soils and agricultural know-how, and you can create access to public lands and outdoor educational spaces all in one property,' he said."

    Read more:
    mainepublic.org/business-and-e

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandPreservation #AffordableHousing #PreservingWildlifeHabitats #Farmland #Conservation #Maine #MainePublic #PublicBroadcasting

  17. An excellent resource from #EcoMaine!

    #FoodWaste and #Composting

    "Did you know that almost a third of what we throw away is leftover or spoiled food? If Maine is to achieve a 50% recycling rate, we need to recover our food waste, too – it’s worth the weight!

    "ecomaine added food waste recycling to our sustainable waste management solutions in order to help Maine reach its recycling goal. We continue to build food waste recycling capacity in southern Maine, serving as a central collection point for grocery stores, institutions, and participating cities and towns.

    "Collected food waste is transported to #ExeterME’s #AgriEnergy [#AgricycleEnergy] to be de-packaged and anaerobically digested to produce sustainable power, organic farm #fertilizer, and cow bedding for the #Maine family dairy farm #StonyvaleFarm. Any packaging removed from the food waste is delivered back to ecomaine to be burned for energy—keeping all of it out of our #landfills!

    "By making #composting, anaerobic digestion, and food waste recycling so easy, we encourage our communities to dispose of their waste responsibly.

    "For more on compost that’s 'Worth The Weight,' check out our informational pamphlet!

    #BackyardComposting

    "Backyard composting is one of the easiest ways to keep organic material out of the trash. It also has some other great advantages:

    - It doesn’t weigh your trash down as much.
    - It doesn’t get into ecomaine‘s waste-to-energy plant, making our combustion more damp and less efficient.
    - It’s easy – and “grass-cycling” (leaving clippings on the lawn) is better for your grass!
    - It saves Maine’s towns money on collection and hauling.
    - And it saves YOU money on trash bags!

    "There are no trucks or driving involved – no carbon emissions! You just walk it out to your bin, and that’s it.

    "In the end, composting produces rich #soil for flower and vegetable #gardens – without paying for it (again) at the store.

    Drop Off Locations

    "If you’re looking for a compost drop-off location, instead of putting it in your backyard, here are a few… If you know of one that’s not here, let us know! (Some facilities may be for residents only; we advise calling ahead if you’re not sure.)

    [I've found that transfer stations are usually residents only...]

    #BridgtonME Transfer Station
    118 Sandy Creek Rd, Bridgton, ME, USA

    #BrownfieldME Transfer Station
    Pequawket Trail, Brownfield, ME, USA

    #CapeElizabethME Recycling Center
    10 Cooper Dr, Cape Elizabeth, ME, USA

    #EliotME Recycling Center
    468 Dow Highway, Eliot, ME, USA

    #FalmouthME Community Park
    Winn Rd, Falmouth, ME, USA

    #FalmouthME Transfer Station
    100 Woods Rd, Falmouth, ME, USA

    #FalmouthME Village Park
    22 Hat Trick Drive, Falmouth, ME

    #FreeportME Recycling Center
    100 Landfill Road, Freeport, ME, USA

    #NorthYarmouthME Town Hall / #SamRistichNatureTrail, North Yarmouth, ME, USA

    #PortlandME: #BoydStreet #CommunityGarden
    2 Boyd Street, Portland, ME

    Portland: #BrentwoodFarms Community Garden
    Brentwood Street, Portland, ME

    Portland: #Libbytown Community Garden
    175 Douglass Street, Portland, ME

    Portland: #NorthStreetCommunityGarden
    195 North Street, Portland, ME

    Portland: Parkside/King Middle School
    In the back of the school near the Fitzpatrick Stadium parking lot
    92 Deering Avenue, Portland, ME

    Portland: #PaysonPark Community Garden
    Dropoff located on Front Street.
    Front Street, Portland, Maine

    Portland: #ReicheSchool
    Dropoff is on the Clark Street side.
    166 Brackett Street, Portland, ME

    Portland: #Riverton Community Garden
    45 Verrill Street, Portland, Maine

    #SacoME Dept. of Public Works
    15 Phillips Spring Road, Saco, ME

    Saco Parks & Rec
    75 Franklin St, Saco, ME, USA

    #ScarboroughME Public Works Facility
    20 Washington Avenue, Scarborough, ME, USA

    #SouthPortlandME City Hall
    25 Cottage Rd, South Portland, ME, USA

    South Portland Code Enforcement Office
    496 Ocean Street, South Portland, ME

    South Portland Golf Course Maint. Building
    221 Westbrook Street, South Portland, ME, USA

    South Portland High School
    637 Highland Avenue, South Portland, ME, USA

    South Portland Transfer Station
    929 Highland Ave, South Portland, ME, USA

    South Portland: Redback Community Center
    95 Macarthur Circle West, South Portland, ME

    #StandishME Transfer Station
    150 Moody Rd, Standish, ME, USA

    #SurryME: #ChickadeeCompost
    Jill's Lane, Surry, Maine www.chickadeecompost.com

    #VinalhavenME Transfer Station
    178 Round the Island Rd, Vinalhaven, ME, USA

    #YarmouthME Transfer Station
    659 East Main Street, Yarmouth, ME, USA

    Curbside Collection

    And if you’re really not into the backyard thing, there are some companies who will pick it up for you!

    - #WeCompostIt! (Greater Portland)
    - #GarbageToGarden (Greater Portland)
    - #ScrapDogs (Greater #CamdenME-#RockportME)
    - #MrFoxComposting (Southern Maine & #NH)
    - #ProjectEarth (Lincoln County)
    - #ChickadeeCompost (All of #BlueHillME Peninsula, #DeerIsleME, #EllsworthME)
    - #OneEarth Composting (#HampdenME)
    - #AgriCycle Energy (Collection from businesses & organizations for anaerobic digestion – all over!)

    Other Compost Resources:

    Maine Department of Environmental Protection
    207-592-0455

    University of Maine Cooperative Extension
    207-581-3188

    Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine – Food Recovery
    207-581-3195

    Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association [#MOFGA]
    207-568-4142

    #WormMainea
    207-831-3752

    #MainelyWorm Bins

    #UncleJimsWormFarm
    1-800-373-0555

    Source (with links):
    ecomaine.org/food-waste-and-co

    #SolarpunkSunday #Composting #WormBins #ReducingWaste
    #Landfills #Maine #WasteToEnergy

  18. My 10x25' plot at the community garden. Currently 2 rows of fava beans, 3 rows of carrots, 4 rows of shelling peas, and 10 tomatoes. Central portion covered with bird netting to keep out the birds and the squirrels. #CommunityGarden #GrowYourOwn #allotment #garden #gardening #swarthmore #peas #fava #tomatoes

  19. Hey, my community garden made the news!

    kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/08/

    ...not for good reasons though. Wish this would stop happening every year. Glad we're finally getting some coverage of it though; you'd think after the arson last year there would've been at least some attention.

    #CommunityGarden #ComeUnityRoots #DowntownKitchener #DTK @waterlooregion #plantstodon #GardenersOfMastodon #gardening #vandalism

  20. Does anyone have resources on multilingual, intergenerational, community food gardening? With limited resources to pay for interpreters, any guides, tool kits, curricula, or just plain stories and suggestions based on experience would be very valued!

    #urbanagriculture #urbanfarming #gardening #intergenerational #multilingual #communitygarden #garden #communitybuilding #foodsovereignty #foodjustice #foodgrowing #languageaccess