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Welcome to our community garden Wiki!  Let me know what you think.  Blank pages have been added and we need your help and feedback.

 

2013-14 Garden Board members (click name to send email)

 

Jody Smith Williams     304-2064

Vicki Boguzsewski        509-2938     

Rick Smith                    890-6862 

Donna Froelich             294-5136  

 

Horticulture Advisor from UF/Monroe County Extension: 

Kim Gabel                   292-4501

 

Perennial Vegetables

 

  

 

 Questions about summer gardening?  Check out some useful info in this folder, including this new one from Echo 

 

 


Rugose Spiraling Whitefly
Pest Alert! The Rugose Spiraling Whitefly has been found throughout the Keys!  (a/k/a Gumbo Limbo Spiraling Whitefly) More...

Whiteflies in the Landscape
PDF document (68 pages; 9.51MB) on everything you need to know about whiteflies.  More...

If you have any further questions do not hesitate to contact me.

Kim Gabel, Environmental Horticulture Agent
UF/IFAS Monroe County Extension Service
1100 Simonton Street, Suite 2-260
Key West, Fl 33040
(305) 292-4504 phone
(305) 292-4415 fax

April 19, 2011: 

 

 

 

 

October 17, 2010

Thanks to all who came out for the talk on Pests & Diseases on Saturday!  I have heard this before but I always learn something new from Andres the expert.  I hope you all enjoyed it. 

 

The handout he went over is posted here Mejides Pest-Disease control.pdf

 

and another useful document from Andres on when to plant in South Florida is here Mejides S Florida planting schedule.pdf along with some other documents in the "Growing Tips" folder.

 

Andres teaches organic gardening at Miami-Dade College and writes for Organic Gardening magazine on Zone 10.

 

    

Find  10-11 membership forms and info here Membership

 

September 14, 2010

by Vicki Boguzsewski:

 

Welcome everyone to our third season! Last year we were blessed woth great abundance throughout the garden, everyone is excited about the coming year and the potential it holds. A few points to keep in mind if you would:be sure to complete orientation at the garden with a board memberlabel your plot with your name and a best contactlet me know by the weekend if you would like to be in on a group seed purchase from Eden's Organic Nursery in South Florida and by the end of the month (September) if you'd like to purchase an organic cotton CGKW t-shirt:     adults (white v-neck women's/stone crew neck men's) and youth (stone crew neck) available; $11.50ea for     members; non-members $15.00ea; sm, m, ,l, xl (payment due upon receipt of tee) seedlings will be available in the coming weeks, some online sites offer seedlings toowhen purchasing seed, try to go for     open-pollenated    heirloom    organics    look for zone 9 or 10, consider heat tolerance/salt tolerance and space needed: climbing and spreading things are best suited for communal areas, rather than individual beds; think about 'planting outside the box'

 

Jill and Kathryn will be demonstrating soil ammendments and the use of minerals soon, and they will offer samples.
Happy 2010-2011 Season to all CGKW members!

 

 

Family of Four Grows Their Food in a Swimming Pool 

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/08/garden-pool-family-of-four-grows-food-in-swimming-pool-arizona.php

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video from HOB students - 2009

 

Fliqz has shut down their service. To access this video, email support with this video id: 5d3e8e085ae3497c80a52a4439639b9d

 

Gisselle and her first beans Nov. 29, 2009

 

 

 

Check out the Keys Sunday article about the garden  - Keys Sunday 6-28-09.pdf

 

NY Times article on Growing Power (Jody attended this workshop in May)  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/magazine/05allen-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2

 

 

Bob & Hazel proudly model their t-shirts

 

Hazel & Bob proudly display their CGKW t-shirts!

 

CGKW membership details here Membership

 

 

Comments (27)

Jody Smith Williams said

at 8:46 am on May 31, 2009

Welcome to the Key West community garden Wiki. Check out the great video done by HOB students.

Tim May said

at 9:56 am on Jun 1, 2009

Jody this is terrific! Thanks so much for setting it up. I'll encourage everyone to check it out and use as a forum to post comments, questions.

supergirlkeywest@aol.com said

at 12:58 pm on Jun 4, 2009

I'm prouder to live here everyday! Nice job!

krisda0@yahoo.com said

at 4:16 pm on Jul 2, 2009

This is wonderful! Thanks Jody.

Tim May said

at 9:41 pm on Jul 13, 2009

Hey Jodi should we add the water lens study to the site? You are doing a great job keeping this up, so keep it up!

Jody Smith Williams said

at 1:30 pm on Jul 14, 2009

Water study is up! And this will only work if everyone visits and contributes to the Wiki, so have at it!!! Please share your successes, challenges, questions, resources.

keywestdebbi@... said

at 8:37 pm on Jul 23, 2009

Food Inc opens tomorrow night at the Tropic with a reception by Help Yourself. Is anyone interested in a first night viewing with Tom and I? We were thinking about the 6:30 viewing. We saw the previews last night and it looked pretty good.

Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, the USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) along with forward thinking social
entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms' Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms' Joe Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

Vicki Boguszewski said

at 1:47 pm on Jul 26, 2009

Greetings Gardeners! Summer heat is heavy around the garden, but not keeping those squash vines down. Kathryn has planted a variety of squashes in the common beds that are doing really well. There are butternut squashes along the fence on Seminary St. and you may notice a tshirt hanging from the fence in that area. That is there to support a very large and still growing Calabsa Squash. It had grown so large that it was taxing it's vine so Kathryn and I rigged up this little support system for it with room for it to continue growing. I still have plenty of seed if anyone wants to experiment with some new plants, sprouts, etc. The okra along the back fence seems to be very happy doing its thing. Some of the greens I was able to start successfully but then the plants got munched on by some critters. Update on CGKW TSHIRTS: our first order was received and they came out nicely. The shirts look good and are comfortable to wear. If you have placed an order with me already, then I have your shirt, if you have not and would like to order, please let me know what sizes and whether you prefer men's, women's, or youth sizes; they are preshrunk, but maybe run a little small. I have ordered some sponsor shirts, but not enough, and a few items that were meant to be in the last order were missed. SO: I will be ordering more tshirts this week! Be in touch asap, I can reorder often so sell some to your friends. Our minimum order is six so it is not difficult to put an order together. Peace and Love. Vicki

keywestdebbi@... said

at 8:44 am on Jul 27, 2009

We did see Food Inc. it was a very well done visual of the highlights from omnivore's dilemna and in defense of food. we would recommend it highly, but to be honest except for the section regarding Joel Salatin, it's a really depressing picture. We are getting mainly eating from annie's OBC, with the caveat that it comes from so far away.

also, we were on a road trip through Iowa a few weeks ago and brought back a bunch of seeds from the seed saver farm (a very cool place) which we will happily share.
debbi

Tim May said

at 10:59 pm on Aug 6, 2009

Hi everyone: quick note to add to the email blast I sent out about re-registration for the garden: we are again offering a "common plots" membership for a nominal low fee for people who don't want their own plot but are willing to help maintain our common plots. I think we said it would be about $40 but that is subject to clarification by other board members who were at our recent meeting. We are doing it a little differently this season - we won't have a specific common or communal plot, you'll belong to ALL common plots in the garden and help water/maintain them in exchange for the ability to harvest from them. Let me know if you're interested.

Also: VERY EXCITING NEWS: I had my first meeting today with people from Samuel's House and the Florida Keys Children's Shelter. They are super motivated to get a second community garden started right at the entrance to the Poinciana Housing complex off Duck Ave. If you are interested in being involved in helping get this set up, please let me know and I will add you to the email list for that burgeoning group. We have a lot of work to do in the next couple of months to get ready for planting in late Oct! Cheers, Tim

Vicki Boguszewski said

at 10:59 am on Aug 21, 2009

The Board of Directors welcomes Kathryn Depoo to the Board membership and the position of school liason!!!! Welcome Kathryn, thank you for all of your dedicated work and enthusiasm!!!!
Vicki Boguszewski- Member Board of Directors Glee Community Garden of KEy West

Tim May said

at 10:35 pm on Aug 22, 2009

Hey everyone. Things are heating up in the garden as we get ready for Season Two. We are taking the composting effort to the next level. We have decided to move the barrell and pallet piles away from the corner near the coconuts and over to a shadier spot under the mahogany. Pete, Jody, Michel and I got a start on it Fri/Sat. If you want to help that's great, we still need to move two more pallets plus contents over to the tree. The barrell already is moved and full of good stuff breaking down inside. We've got one of the pallets moved, too, and it's layered better than before, with a cushion of woody/tough weeds on the bottom, then some goopy veggie/fruit waste spread on that, then more woody/weedy/leafy stuff, and then succcessive layers of partially finished compost, fairly moist and well deteriorated stuff, on top of leafy/weedy stuff. It's packed tighter. When we move the other pallets, let's try for the same layering system. There's a bunch of good partially decomposed compost still in one of the two pallets left to be moved; we can layer that on top of the weedier, drier stuff. AND WE NEED LOTS MORE KITCHEN WASTE to layer in there. Let's try to keep getting the metal can filled with wet veggie/fruit stuff every day or two. We're getting good stuff from the new MARC kitchen and I know some of you are very dedicated about bringing your own kitchen stuff over, that's great, we'll need it to really start making better compost, faster. For more specifics on the new compost system, contact Pete or Jody.

Also: we had a very good renewal response; most folks are coming back for the second season. If you are one of the few who haven't responded, please let me know ASAP! I'll send an email blast reminder out.

Vicki Boguszewski said

at 2:03 pm on Sep 14, 2009

Hi everyone, Today I spoke with someone from the Mosquito Control Board Office. I am concerned about the spraying in our neighborhood and around the garden. Tim's property is on the "no spray" list, I had myself added today and asked how we could protect the garden and our food, by having them not spray at the property also. The person there was helpful and suggested the best way to expidite this would be to write a letter to the director, Mr. Fussell (you know the guy asking for a raise on the front page of the Citizen today). She suggested also addressing this letter to Mr. Mike Spoto. I will draft something this week and bring it with me to the Garden on Saturday.
It will be available for everyone to read and sign if they choose to do so. Anyone with input or suggestions for the body of the letter should email or call me by Friday, so that I can include your concerns.Home # 294-0882; cell 509-2938; email: vickikw5@yahoo.com.
If you think they are only killing mosquitoes when they spray, let me share something: In Decemeber I noticed 2 beautiful Monarch butterflies at the garden. They were attracted by the recently planted flowers so generously offered by the MARC clients and staff. By about the second week of December a lovely bright yellow butterfly had joined them. On a Tuesday evening, during that second week, I noticed the Mosquito Control Patrol come by and spray the neighborhood. The next morning was my first day at my then new, now current job. At approximately 8am I headed down Seminary Street on my bike, before I reached the corner of Tropical Street I saw the two Monarchs, locked in an embrace, fallen dead to the ground. About 15 feet ahead of them lay the bright yellow butterfly who had just come around. The chemicals used have also all but eliminated bees in Key West. There are always mosquitoes in my neighborhood, rarely butterflies, and never bees.

Jody Smith Williams said

at 7:22 am on Sep 21, 2009

WELCOME TO NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS! Have a look at the Wiki if you haven't already. If you have a garden partner who did not receive the invitation to the Wiki, it's because I didn't have their email address. They can request to be added on the home page.

If you haven't turned in all your forms (garden membership, GLEE membership and Member Agreement) or payment, please get them to Jody asap - to 1211 Watson St., Key West, FL 33040. Any questions email kwjody@yahoo.com

Vicki Boguszewski said

at 12:12 pm on Sep 28, 2009

Attention all members: I have posted the draft of the letter to the Mosquito Control Board under the "Pest Control" Documents. This letter requests that the garden be designated a no-spray zone. I will send the letter on Friday as is, unless members want to add to or edit the content. I can be reached at 294 0882 or via email vickikw5@yahoo.com. Peace

Jody Smith Williams said

at 7:47 am on Oct 25, 2009

Mealy Bugs, we have them! They are the white cottony looking stuff on many of the plants. A couple of suggestions:

1) spray with diluted biodegradable soap (Castille, Dr. Bronner's NOT detergent).
2) cut off infected parts but DO NOT COMPOST. This goes for any diseased or pest infected cuttings. Take them out of the garden and destroy them.
3) Attract other types of predatory insects, such as parasitic wasps (Leptomastix dactylopii), that will consume and control mealybugs. Grow their favorite plants such as dill, fennel, coreopsis and brightly colored flowers near the mealybug-prone plants.
4) Spraying compost tea on the underside of leaves is a good thing to do ongoing, to fertilize plants and attract beneficials.

Vicki Boguszewski said

at 11:00 am on Oct 27, 2009

Wow those gardeners with the tshirts look COOL!!!!!!
Our latest order is available. If you have ordered a shirt please make arrangements with me to pick it up. If you have not ordered and would like a shirt, please order before December 3, 2009 for the last order of 2009.
Peace,
Vicki

Vicki Boguszewski said

at 11:11 am on Nov 6, 2009

Please help us get as many people as possible to weigh in before it's too late. Ask your friends and family to Say No to Big Oil by sharing this link via email or on your social networks:
http://action.defenders.org/SayNo

Vicki Boguszewski
305.294.0882/305.509.2938/vickikw5@ayhoo.com

Vicki Boguszewski said

at 11:13 am on Nov 6, 2009

Greetings Gardeners,
Hope everyone is well and getting off to a solid start for the new growing season. Some of our communal beds need to be dug out, turned under and amended in order to begin productive planting in them. Anyone interested in digging in should contact myself or Kathryn de Poo. Some work and planting has been started and the watering schedule is in place, but there is lots to do and several seedlings nearing the ready to go into the ground.
Thanks. Looking forward to hearing from you. . .
Peace,
Vicki

Vicki Boguszewski said

at 11:15 am on Nov 6, 2009

OOPs! My email is at yahoo.com, not ayhoo.com - sorry!
Vicki

Jody Smith Williams said

at 7:04 am on Dec 1, 2009

Has anyone seen the broccoli seedlings in a small pot that was on the table where the basil is? I had two seedlings going, I'd appreciate having them returned. Thanks.

melissajeankw@yahoo.com said

at 8:23 am on Sep 13, 2010

I can hardly wait to get my plot planted!

socialworkerdenise@gmail.com said

at 8:31 am on Sep 14, 2010

Very excited to be involved in the garden-- and to get planting! :)

Vicki Boguszewski said

at 9:59 pm on Sep 14, 2010

Welcome new gardeners! Thanks returning members for your continued dedication. Everyone is looking forward to a great season! Happy planting! Be sure to complete orientation at the garden with a board member, label your plot with your name and a best contact, let me know by the weekend if you would like to be in on a group seed purchase from Eden's Organic Nursery in South Florida, and by the end of the month (September) if you'd like to purchase an organic cotton CGKW t-shirt: adults (white v-neck women's/stone crew neck men's) and youth (stone crew neck) available; $11.50ea for members; non-members $15.00ea; sm, m, ,l, xl (payment due upon receipt of tee). Seedlings will be available in the coming weeks, some online sites offer seedlings too. Jill and Kathryn will be demonstrating soil ammendments this weekend and the use of minerals, they will offer samples.
Happy 2010-2011 Season to all CGKW members!
Vicki
Member of the Board of Directors

Vicki Boguszewski said

at 2:32 pm on Sep 16, 2010

SLOW FOOD USA Supporting Good, Clean, and Fair Food
"Congress: make our food edible. We demand better control of and more accountability from our food industry to ensure the health of all Americans."
Check it out this petition and video called the "Inedible Egg"
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ERK8XR9wiK0LfPsttr0VpoejtSLAeZsL

Tim May said

at 9:39 pm on Sep 20, 2010

Dear gardeners: Thanks for coming out last weekend and working hard to get the garden spruced up, it looks terrific. Can you feel the weather changing - just a little cooler at night and the light has changed too - pretty soon it will be planting time. I wanted to give a special thanks to those who gave their time on the signup day to rip out all those weeds, fix the chipper, build the new compost bays and get rid of some of the clutter. The space feels really good in there now, ready for new veggies. The cisterns are full of water, hope it keeps raining. Please remember to take responsibility for the area around your bed - weeding, mulching, organizing. If we all chip in just a little, the space is easy to keep tidy and nice looking. Hopefully it will convince folks in town to get behind a couple of more gardens in other parts of the city. Cheers, Tim

Vicki Boguszewski said

at 3:25 pm on Nov 15, 2010

Very interesting perspective, some food for thought:http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_21957.cfm
Vandana Shiva: Time to End the War Against the Earth
"When we think of wars in our times, our minds turn to Iraq and Afghanistan. But the bigger war is the war against the planet. This war has its roots in an economy that fails to respect ecological and ethical limits - limits to inequality, limits to injustice, limits to greed and economic concentration. A handful of corporations and of powerful countries seeks to control the earth's resources and transform the planet into a supermarket in which everything is for sale. They want to sell our water, genes, cells, organs, knowledge, cultures and future."

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