Seedlings growing in West Oakland, California, in preparation for planting in the Victory Garden.
Plans for the Victory Garden show how the beds will be distinctively circular.
Chard seedlings for the garden.
Willow Rosenthal, founder of the Oakland, California-based City Slicker Farms, transplants seedlings at the Ralph Bunche School Nursery site.
Sod at San Francisco’s Civic Center is rolled up to prepare the site for construction.
Organic soil was donated by a landscaping supply store to build the garden.
The garden beds are constructed using rice straw bundles wrapped in fabric.
Volunteers fill the beds with dirt.
Volunteers help plant the roughly 4,000 fruits, vegetables, herbs, and grasses that will make up the garden.
Volunteers plant corn and squash.
About 150 volunteers work in teams at Community Planting Day.
Slow Food Nation Victory Garden designers and planners speak about the history of Victory Gardens. Alice Waters (third from right), Willow Rosenthal (second from right), and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (far right) are also on hand.
The garden is open to the public every day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Leafy greens like these are harvested by volunteers on Monday mornings to give to the San Francisco Food Bank.
We used to have an Artichoke plant that had decent yield and it died very suddenly one year.
It also helps if your dirt is devoid of clay but you can't find that on any of the houses built in the last decade since it takes a while to remove clay. Not like they have yards big enough to grow anything in anyways.
It's a great idea, it's just so hard to grow your own edibles in southern Arizona most of the year- you have to time it just right between the scorching heat and the frosty nights. Not always easy, and I think luck plays a big part.
calikoala-- I don't know how to make them, but the rice straw wattles used for the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden are from Earth Saver . Maybe you could contact the company for more information?
I am looking for something that shows how to make the rolls they used for those round spots. Anyone able to locate links or information on how to make them?
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It's mostly luck.
We used to have an Artichoke plant that had decent yield and it died very suddenly one year.
It also helps if your dirt is devoid of clay but you can't find that on any of the houses built in the last decade since it takes a while to remove clay. Not like they have yards big enough to grow anything in anyways.
It's a great idea, it's just so hard to grow your own edibles in southern Arizona most of the year- you have to time it just right between the scorching heat and the frosty nights. Not always easy, and I think luck plays a big part.
calikoala--
I don't know how to make them, but the rice straw wattles used for the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden are from Earth Saver . Maybe you could contact the company for more information?
I am looking for something that shows how to make the rolls they used for those round spots. Anyone able to locate links or information on how to make them?