Sunday, October 4, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
IOWA CITY FARMERS MARKET CELEBRATES FARMERS MARKET WEEK
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has proclaimed August 2-8, 2009 as National Farmers Market Week. In celebration, the Iowa City Farmer's Market will offer the following activities on Saturday, August 8:
7:30 a.m. - noon: Master Gardeners (including myself) will be at our market this Saturday to answer all of your gardening questions (southwest corner of Chauncey Swan parking ramp).
9-11 a.m.: Musicians Aleta & Alan Murphy will be playing Country and Fiddle Tunes in Chauncey Swan Park.
9-11 a.m.: This week at Art In the Park:
Peat Pot Plantings
Vegetable Printing
Chalking on the sidewalk
Collaborative Watercolor
9 a.m.- noon: Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center Mobile Adoption Unit (Chauncey Swan Park)
9:30 a.m.: Chef Carmen Legaspi from La Reyna Restaurant in Iowa City will be our Chef at the Market this week. She will share her cooking talents with you at the south end of the parking ramp.
11a.m.- noon: Ceolas: Student musicians from Cedar Rapids Symphony School will play traditional Irish music as well as classical music with a Celtic Flavor in Chauncey Swan Park.
Also this Saturday at the Market--we have been selected by "Only at Farmers Markets" as the feature market for the month of August. Mike Lee of "Only at Farmers' Markets" says:
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
August 9th Homesteaders Social
Some of the group members will be camping out at Lake MacBride's Fox campsites next week and we will be hosting a potluck bonfire Sunday evening around 5 p.m.
Feel free to join us Sunday afternoon for hiking and exploring the Raptor Center as well. Stephany may talk a bit about herbs, wildcrafting and foraging, if anyone is interested in doing an herbwalk.
Feel free to join us Sunday afternoon for hiking and exploring the Raptor Center as well. Stephany may talk a bit about herbs, wildcrafting and foraging, if anyone is interested in doing an herbwalk.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Backyard Abundance Event
Saturday, August 8th
Mary Crooks
1482 Valley View Drive
Coralville, IA
get directions
Planting Abundance
In 2008, Backyard Abundance helped Mary Crooks design and lay the groundwork for her environmentally-friendly yard. At this event, you will learn how plants were chosen and can see their growth progress.
Mary Crooks
1482 Valley View Drive
Coralville, IA
get directions
Planting Abundance
In 2008, Backyard Abundance helped Mary Crooks design and lay the groundwork for her environmentally-friendly yard. At this event, you will learn how plants were chosen and can see their growth progress.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Second Line Funeral for the Iowa River
STIR (Save the Iowa River) will be hosting this event on July 4th and I just thought I would pass the information along.
This 4th of July, STIR is planning a funeral to mourn the death of the Iowa River.
The funeral will be a New Orleans style, second-line, jazz funeral march, complete with a casket, jazz musicians, and fun. We have permission from the City of Iowa City to hold the funeral during its annual Jazz Festival.
As of right now, we are asking everyone to meet just north of the IATL building, (Laser Facility) at noon. The North Parking Ramp is nearby. The exact route of the march has not been determined. We intend to stop in front of the main stage at 1:30, where Trombone Shorty, from New Orleans, will be playing. (Great show, by the way.)
We are doing this type of funeral to show support for the Louisiana Shrimpers and Gulf Clam farmers whose lives are being destroyed by the pollution in our river. Our farm chemicals have been traced all the way around Florida, up the east coast to Georgia.
We need musicians who play trumpets, trombones, saxophones, clarinets, banjos and tubas. Kazoos, accordions and tambourines are also welcome. (Possible songs-"Down By the Riverside" and "When The Saints Go Marching In") We will be filmed by a major feature film artist for his film about the Iowa River, and we hope to have TV news coverage.
If you are angry about how polluted our river is, bring a wooden spoon, (our symbol for STIR) and come join us. Show how much you care. Bring your families. Bring your pets. This river affects us all. Its pollution is affecting the whole world. We can make a difference, but only if we join together.
Send this notice to your friends. We are also in need of volunteer helpers. Please contact below.
Thank you for your help.
Joe@blueplanetgreenliving.com
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Iowa City Farmers Market Events for Saturday, June 27
9 to 11 a.m. Musician Jeffrey Morgan
9 to 11 a.m. Art in the Park
9:30-10:30 a.m. Chef at the Market: Chef Kurt Michael Friese and Kim McWane Friese
9-noon Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center (mobile adoption)
The Iowa City Farmers Market is proud to present local musician Jeffrey Morgan who will play songs and stories for all ages in the park from 9-11 a.m. Market Music is sponsored by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department and the University of Iowa Credit Union.
While listening to the music, the kids can have fun at Art in the Park. This is a free drop in program for kids of all ages held every Saturday morning, June through August, from 9 to 11 a.m. in Chauncey Swan Park. Be sure to wear clothes you can get messy! Art in the Park is sponsored by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department and the Optimist Club of Iowa City.
Starting at 9:30 a.m., Chef Kurt Michael Friese and Kim McWane Friese, Publisher and Managing Editor of Edible Iowa River Valley, and co-sponsors of our Chef at the Market program, will be the featured chefs at the Market. They will start the day by shopping for fresh ingredients at the Iowa City Farmers Market and will prepare a dish or two for everyone to sample. The event will take place at the south end of the Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp.
9 to 11 a.m. Art in the Park
9:30-10:30 a.m. Chef at the Market: Chef Kurt Michael Friese and Kim McWane Friese
9-noon Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center (mobile adoption)
The Iowa City Farmers Market is proud to present local musician Jeffrey Morgan who will play songs and stories for all ages in the park from 9-11 a.m. Market Music is sponsored by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department and the University of Iowa Credit Union.
While listening to the music, the kids can have fun at Art in the Park. This is a free drop in program for kids of all ages held every Saturday morning, June through August, from 9 to 11 a.m. in Chauncey Swan Park. Be sure to wear clothes you can get messy! Art in the Park is sponsored by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department and the Optimist Club of Iowa City.
Starting at 9:30 a.m., Chef Kurt Michael Friese and Kim McWane Friese, Publisher and Managing Editor of Edible Iowa River Valley, and co-sponsors of our Chef at the Market program, will be the featured chefs at the Market. They will start the day by shopping for fresh ingredients at the Iowa City Farmers Market and will prepare a dish or two for everyone to sample. The event will take place at the south end of the Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Home Ties Playground Project
The Home Ties Playground Project is looking for donations of plants.
If you have anything on the list, you would willing to dig up a bit of
contact Susan and let her know.
If you have anything on the list, you would willing to dig up a bit of
contact Susan and let her know.
Susan Gray4Cs Executive Director4Cs Child Care Resource & Referral--------------------------------------------------------- Spearmint-15Bee balm-15White cloverCreeping thyme-12Anise hyssop-15Grapes-1Juneberry-2Lingonberry-5Half-high blueberry-3Wintergreen-5Lowbush blueberry-5Red currant-4Creeping thyme-12Corsican Mint-35Johnny jump-ups-30Jostaberry-3Black currant-6Yarrow is on the diagram for the front fence but not on the plant list sodon't know how many are needed.
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