2012 Community Work Days!!

Starting in May, Growing Lots Urban Farm will be hosting bi-weekly Community Work Days.. Us farmers here over at Growing Lots are seeking to expand our efforts into a greater sense of community support. And as we are consistently getting requests from friends and neighbors to come and dig in the dirt, we thought it was about time to do just that!

Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, come work side by side with your favorite urban farmers (then again, how could you not love every urban farmer?) from 9 am to 12 noon. Come for the morning, or for an hour, help pull some weeds, build trellising, put up a high tunnel... you name it, we will be doing it!!

The first Community Work Day will be May 5th, 2012 (again, from 9 am to 12 noon).

We have two farm sites one block from each other, but we will always plan to meet at our lot at the corner of 24th St / Minnehaha Ave (right next door to Coastal Seafood). Great street parking is available (so please don't use the Coastal Seafood parking lot, we love our neighbors!!)..

Any questions? Feel free to drop us a line!! And don't hesitate to contact us regarding what tools to bring.. but always bring a pair of gloves, some water, sun screen and bug spray if you so choose.. We will always try to have a bit on hand for those who don't remember.

We look forward to growing with you!!

Farmers Stefan and Mike

2012 CSA Sign-up!

Heads are scheming, crop plans are jiving, connections are happening, man these farmers are itching to get dirty! Bring it on, Summer 2012

Growing Lots Urban Farm is looking to expand our Community Share Members in 2012, and we want you to come along with us. There are many, many amazing farms out there to choose from and we honor and support them all.. and perhaps Growing Lots is the farm for YOU?!

Being located in the Seward Neighborhood of south Minneapolis, we are at the epicenter of urbanity. While this location may seem at odds with your vision of a farm, consider that this means you get to visit your farm every week to pick up your share. You get to talk with your farmers every week... you truly get to know who is growing your food and where the food is growing.. heck, we'll even let you name a couple of plants!!

Growing Lots specializes in sizing its shares smaller than a traditional share, which can at times be overwhelming for newcomers to CSA-style shopping, or even small households. We are able to sell cheaper and run longer for this very reason.. 22 weeks at $525 ($24/week)..

any questions, drop these farmers an email at growinglots@gmail.com .. we love talking veggies! Or even better, just print out this simple CSA FORM, fill'er out and mail it in!

Community Work Days!!

It is a sad thing to notice the last posting we managed to get on our website was the spring move, and here we are looking at the Fall move... sigh.. How does summer get away from us so easily??

Growing Lots is on the move once more... ! Ironically enough we are moving back down the block to the site we came from earlier this year... yep, we are indeed feeling a bit like yo-yo's. However, the move was necessary, and now we will have an expanded site available, a building with electricity (we know! watch out here we come :) , and at least a 3-4 years of stability. wheeew!

Growing Lots will be holding 2 work days for friends, family and community members to come help move the farm. We will have lots of jobs, and many hands make fun work, yes? Drop us an email (growinglots@gmail.com) for more information!!

Saturday, September 17th 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday, September 24th 10 am - 4 pm

Task List:

• Cleaning new site
• Leveling Soil
• Trimming brush
• disassembling chicken coop, moving and reassembling
• move shelving
  
• disassembling potato towers and moving fencing
• laying down plastic at new site
• spreading out delivered soil into new beds
• building compost bins
• moving soil/compost from current site to new site
• laying down straw/wood chips
• planting cover crops

What to bring:

• shovels
• gloves
• wheelbarrows
• heavy bristled push broom
• water bottle