Your weekly update on all things compost related! Happy Sunday! This week is very exciting because it’s the last time we’re going to see the garden for a bit! The family and I are taking a business trip, visiting other gardens in the south and will leave the garden to take care of herself forContinue reading “THE Com POST”
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Dat School Field Trip
I Dig It hosted our first field trip with the lovely students from Dat School! Dylan came along for the STEAM packed event and a good time was had by all! Aligned with the principles of self directed learning, children were given a tour of the garden, a lesson on plant life cycles and seedContinue reading “Dat School Field Trip”
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Compost update: we collected far less than usual this week, possibly due to rain. There’s really not much to report here. On a garden note, the sunflowers couldn’t be more beautiful!
THE Com POST
Your weekly update on all things compost related! Our collection from this week was a little lighter than usual. We’re still adding to our second bin to give our first compost pile time to do its thing. The good news is our second pile is looking (and smelling) great! It’s got an earthy smell andContinue reading “THE Com POST”
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Just wanted to thank everyone for this weeks compost collection! We are working in our second bin thanks to all your kitchen scraps! Our little helper is getting really curious about these bins that we take out in the morning empty and pick up in the afternoon full… a little too curious. Here’s a candidContinue reading “THE Com POST”
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Your weekly update on all things compost (and all sorts of other things going on at the Galvez Garden) Happy Sunday, y’all! So here’s the thing about working a community garden; some days are great, some days are less than great. What do I mean? Well, everyday something new happens. Sometimes the things that happenContinue reading “THE Com POST”
NOLA Artist Incubator is live!
We are thrilled to announce our newest collaboration with a great new project coming to NOLA, the NOLA Artist Incubator! I Dig it will be providing space for the new nonprofit to grow as they work to get established. We are so excited to associate with the Incubator and look forward to updating you onContinue reading “NOLA Artist Incubator is live!”
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Happy Mother’s Day! To celebrate we filled the children’s garden with a soft, thick layer of mulch, purchased more perennials for our permaculture beds, turned the compost, and collected two full bins to add to the pile. It’s official, our first compost bin is full! Way to go everyone who’s been showing up every weekContinue reading “The Com POST”
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Welcome to this week’s addition to THE Com POST! We’re excited to report we filled two more bins this week with food scraps diverted from landfills! We might be able to add one more weekend in our first compost pile, but it will be cutting it close! Just to be safe we’ll go ahead andContinue reading “THE Com POST”
Love The Boot Follow Up
Just got the news about the stats of the Love the Boot Week, Louisiana’s largest litter removal effort we participated in on Sunday. In total, over 280 cleanup and beautification events registered in 52 parishes! Oh how proud we are to be in that number!
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