http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com If you're in Logan Square, stop on by the community garden! Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:35:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Happy July!  There's a lot going on this month!  Read on for more details: 1 - Garden Tenders: We get a lot of people asking for volunteer days on the weekdays afternoon evenings.  We're trying to put together a schedule of community gardeners that would like to swing by and do ... http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/2010/07/july-at-the-corner-farm/ We had another successful day at the Farm last Saturday. We had another delivery of compost and many seedlings were placed in the ground: tomatoes, kale, broccoli, cabbage herbs and more! We will be having a meeting tomorrow (Tuesday May 24th at 7p) to discuss future planning and ideas for the rest of the summer ... http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/2010/05/community-farm-meeting-this-tuesday-524-7p/ [caption id="attachment_382" align="aligncenter" width="576" caption="May 15th, 2010 - Garden Day"][/caption] What a successful day!  Thank you to everyone who came out to help. Big Thanks to Amercorps Project YES! for helping us putting compost into our soil, providing snacks and tools.   We also had a generous donation of 3 yards potting ... http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/2010/05/may-15th-garden-day-success/ Hello Fellow Farmers!! oin us to celebrate Autumn, Halloween, and Day of the Dead with our neighbors. It’s a community work-day, and a celebration! Bring your kids! Wear your costumes! Come dig with us! Saturday, October 31st, 2009 10a – 3p at: Altgeld-Sawyer Corner Farm map:  http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/location/ TO DO: - put the garden to ... http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/2009/10/halloween-harvest-fest-sat-oct-31-10a-3p/ Archi-ASM is an After School Matters class about architecture, design, and the built environment. They have class twice a week at the community-based organization Voice of the City. On Wednesday Oct 21st they presented their proposed  bench and cold beds designs for the garden.  On Saturday Oct 24th the spent the afternoon constructing ... http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/2009/10/310/ We ordered 1500 adult Live Ladybugs from gardeningzone.com to help combat the Aphids that had been relentlessly attacking our Milkweed all summer.  The kids from Christopher House helped release them on Friday October 2nd and they seem to be doing the trick! [caption id="attachment_290" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Aphids on Milkweed"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_291" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Ladybugs eat Aphids"][/caption] [caption ... http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/2009/10/ladybugs-and-aphids/ Below are images from the Joyful Noise hand made paper installation: [caption id="attachment_274" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Joyful Noise"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_273" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Joyful Noise"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_280" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Joyful Noise"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_279" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Joyful Noise"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_275" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Joyful Noise"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_277" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Joyful Noise"][/caption] Below are images from Trail, a one day hand made ... http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/2009/10/art-on-the-corner-farm/ [caption id="attachment_258" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Paper Demo on the Farm"][/caption] Altgeld Sawyer Corner Farm will be a featured program in Chicago Artist Month 2009. We will be giving a garden tour, a hand made paper demo and natural dye demo by artists Amy Mall and Shayna Cohen.  Tours of the farm begin on ... http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/2009/09/chicago-artist-month-feature-program/ Weather Permitting [caption id="attachment_254" align="aligncenter" width="461" caption=""Joyful noise""][/caption] Altgeld Sawyer Farm is proud to announce a one-day, temporary installation of Laurie LeBreton's interactive, hand made paper, sound sculptures. We invite you to come explore the possibilities of hand made paper, to play and interact with this work! “Joyful Noise” is a series of 29 ... http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/2009/09/sunday-october-4th-from-2-5pm-joyful-noise/ [caption id="attachment_243" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Paper Sculpture Installation"][/caption] One day site-specific outdoor installation Friday, September 18, 2009 6-8pm at Altgeld Sawyer Corner Farm www.altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com Trail by JE Baker Trail is an installation that questions the place we call "safe." It illustrates the story of a dead doe, killed for her heart by the Huntsman and his hounds, ... http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/2009/09/trail-by-je-baker-at-altgeld-sawyer-corner-farm-friday-sept-18th-6-8p/ Viagra | Adderall | Viagra Online | Levitra | Free Viagra | Cheap Viagra