Browsing Archive: April, 2009
Posted by Tayler Cox on Thursday, April 30, 2009,
April 26th, 2009
Danny and Peter from
DripTech installed a gravity-powered irrigation system at Hamm last week. All told it cost about $225 including the barrel and materials, but it'll greatly improve our water efficiency once we have crops over on that side. They actually do most of their work in developing countries with small farmers, but I thought it was a great, simple solution to our water needs as well.
I'm planning on spray painting the barrel green to make it less conspicious, but I'...
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Posted by Tayler Cox on Monday, April 27, 2009,
April 27th, 2009Wild mint is the bane of the northern California gardener, once it escapes your herb garden, there's no stopping it. That is, unless you live in a house with 26 people who love mojitos. The mint grows fast, but it doesn't stand a chance against Hammarskjold's appetite for fizzy, cold, minty, delicious, lime- and rum-filled cocktails.
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Posted by Tayler Cox on Monday, April 27, 2009,
April 25th, 2009As proclaimed by me, one of the organizers, the Stanford Garden Tour rocked! We had lots of people come out to see the gardens and a big potluck at the Community Farm after to celebrate. A special treat at Hamm was Rodney Perdew, who brough up some moringa trees and told us a bit about the miracle tree (more on these later) and Brian Bower who gave a tour of the trees he planted at Hamm back in 2000. More pictures to come!
Posted by Tayler Cox on Saturday, April 18, 2009,
A friend who saw it at the Stanford Cool Product Expo told me about it, and from the website it sounds awesome! This beats running outside every hour to take a picture of the garden so I can figure out how much sunlight each spot gets.
http://easybloom.com/
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Posted by Tayler Cox on Friday, April 17, 2009,
The first day of class was enrolled beyond capacity. It was really exciting to see all the people from around campus interested in gardens, and from all types of academic backgrounds. Took some snaps of the farm and class, Sarah and community plot holders have made a lot of improvements in just the short time she's been here this year.
Posted by Tayler Cox on Monday, April 13, 2009,
March 30th, 2009 - I saw something that warmed my heart today, at least six people from Hammarskjold all out in the garden working together. How glorious! It's really fun when we are all out there digging and watering and building. I think the occasion arose from the combination serendipity of no one having work yet from classes combined with the nice weather.
