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Sod Cutting Spree–Lawns meet their Doom

Michael — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:11:53 +0000

Partl fund-raiser for SPRING INTO BED, and part to fulfill a long held fantasy of Michael Seliga (CEL co-owner), on April 24th 2010 Cascadian Edible Landscapes will be hosting a promotional day of Sod Cutting across Seattle.

About Sod Cutting Spree is:

We send a team, a truck, and a sod cutter out to cut the sod for all the willing neighbors in a neighborhood/community. We remove lawns for as many people in 1 day as possible.
We cut and roll up sod as quickly as possible.
- NOTE: We can cut several hundred square feet in a couple of hours.
Minimum charge will be $80 (2 labor hours) to make sure we cover transportation and admin.
- Removal of sod can be done on a different day for additional time/cost.
CEL tracks each team’s effort. Winning team will be awarded a prize (TBD)

All proceeds (after CEL covers costs), will go towards CEL’s $1000 contribution to Spring Into Bed (SIB). The $1000 contribution towards SIB will be used to build a (lower income) family a set a garden beds NOW, and will help another family get their garden going later.

If you and your neighbors would like to participate in this event and have sod ripped out, hooray for you and please contact us right away.

Thanks and talk to you soon,

CEL

Fruit Trees, Edible Landscapes, and Veggie Starts for a Year!

Michael — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:14:53 +0000

Give the gift that keeps on Giving ! We have 3 ideas:

1. PLANT A FRUIT TREE We will come to your loved ones’s place to plant a fruit tree in the winter January/February are the best times for the tree. We will bring the tree, compost, and micronutrients, as well as a care guide for your new friend. **Our beautifully designed gift certificate and the promise within will delight your loved one(s) on the holidays.

Types of Trees Available: Apple, Pear, Cherry, and Plum. All varieties will be chose for their hardiness on West (wet) side of the Cascades, and will be announced by November 15th. Tree Size: We will have 2-3 year old trees with DWARF (4-8’ tall at maturity) & SEMI-DWARF (10-15’) rootstocks available.

COST is $65 for the first tree and $45 for each additional tree.

2. VEGGIE STARTS FOR THE YEAR. Grow more food by Pre-ordering a share of Community Supported Plant Starts and have flats of ready-to-plant seedlings arrive in your community throughout the growing season (March-September).

Cost is $130 for four sucessions (flats) of crops.

3. BUILD YOUR DREAM EDIBLE LANDSCAPE. This could be simple veggie boxes or an entire landscape complete with trees, shrubs, planter boxes, herbs spirals, and medicine wheels. Cost is $500 on up.

Grow Year Round with Cascadian Edible Landscapes (Seattle Times Article)

Jake — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:49:54 +0000

Jake Harris and Michael Seliga, in the Seattle Times article on parking strips. July 25th 2009

We build Fall gardens, so you can get the most from the earth throughout the winter. Our Community Supported Plant Starts program is of great value to first time and long time gardeners, and is a sustainable way to cultivate urban farmers.

We Build gardens in the Parking Strip Check out our mention in the Seattle Times!

Farming sustainably in the city is about using every inch of every space that is available. Contact us and we can help you use that space more effectively including shade gardens and parking strips. You can have a beauti-full and bounti- full garden.

CEL’s 2009 Goals

Michael — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:29:00 +0000

Hello! Here are CELs’ Goals for 2009.

1. Focus on creating Community Scale Edible Landscapes, aka “Garden Nodes” AND teach classes in neighborhoods so people can learn in their own contexts. We are looking to move beyond individual landscape projects. Doing this will make managing projects (less admin.) and educating gardeners more efficient. Plus, we will be able to reduce our carbon footprint (drive around less). CEL is actively looking for community partnerships, individuals to help develop this concept, and promoters to spread the gospel.

2. Trade CEL’s work —building gardens in the community– for housing. That is, in exchange for subsidized or free rent, we will build gardens for low income individuals in the name of the sponsor. For every $500 of value in rent, we’ll provide $500 in labor (which is about enough to build 1-2 basic vegetable gardens and educate those gardeners).
3. Sustainably expand the Plant Start and Perrenial Plant sales. (A) Community Supported Plant Starts Program (30-50 members committed in February). (B) Selling at 2-3 Farmers markets in Springtime. (C) Attend Tilth Sales, WSU Master Gardeners Sale and other plant/local food events

4.Increase business to sustain three or four, ¾ time worker-partners, at living wages. Build long term partnerships with people, who share CEL’s vision.