tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86109711546778048212024-03-04T23:15:26.039-05:00Hazelwood HarvestHazelwood Harvest youth and adult volunteers cultivate and nurture organic fruits and vegetables into urban farms on what were previously abandoned and neglected vacant lots while gaining knowledge of about agriculture, environmental stewardship, and community development.Hazelwood Harvesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15492078320044557954noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610971154677804821.post-83314791931189428342009-06-24T19:15:00.003-04:002009-06-24T20:04:27.194-04:00The Beginning of a Productive SummerToday the kids came back to the gardens for the summer, and it was a welcome site to see some of the same ones I had seen from the year before....they all knew what they had done last year and just jumped right in!!! I could not have been prouder to see that they were still very much interested in getting things planted and started. They were quite surprised to find out that we had added some chickens and bees to our community garden which is quickly growing into an urban farm as we have expanded to an additional lot this year as you can see by the video slides. They were very much interested in holding and petting the chickens and insisted on carrying them around as if they were their pets...and the kids actually got to experience a taste of real honey that we had taken from the hive a couple of days before their arrival. It was a good day and makes it all worthwhile when you see the smiles and enthusiasm on their faces. It was hot outside, but that didn't stop them from working and taking a cool run thru the sprinklers..<br /><br /><object id="BLOG_video-FAILED" class="BLOG_video_class" contentid="FAILED" width="320" height="266"></object>Hazelwood Harvesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15492078320044557954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610971154677804821.post-21597491367593189202009-05-06T15:54:00.005-04:002009-05-06T17:37:09.255-04:0021st Century Publicity<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDH28NUccGRIKQJZIn_J1CLCgNlu6-j5fG60kIPGj7Rdk17fPbamXiZsUw9CsyCybdfiBDvM541XJPHqxOM8OxeV8qujBdqk21B20-5JRQ-qRjpYW2nIza7mOtqQWZpXxn6j76OQW5L9c/s1600-h/100_1855.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332824178360077442" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDH28NUccGRIKQJZIn_J1CLCgNlu6-j5fG60kIPGj7Rdk17fPbamXiZsUw9CsyCybdfiBDvM541XJPHqxOM8OxeV8qujBdqk21B20-5JRQ-qRjpYW2nIza7mOtqQWZpXxn6j76OQW5L9c/s320/100_1855.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">It is so nice to see this Hazelwood Harvest BLOGGER started. I cannot wait until the local young folks (AND the old folks) start putting their helpful hints onto the site. </span><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">We are receiving tomatoes at the church, hopefully next week. If the rain settles for a minute there is the possibility of the Lytle/Elizabeth site waking up to top soil from a new neighborhood source, so there will be a resting place for the many plants that have been started in folks' homes and churches.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">During one of my prayer walks in Hazelwood I came across a bamboo forest right here in the 'wood. I had heard about it, but did not realize the number or the size of some of the now bamboo trees. Some are upwards of 1.5" in diameter and 10 or more feet tall. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610971154677804821.post-89169239938098759982009-05-05T23:28:00.001-04:002009-05-05T23:30:57.439-04:00All in a days work....church volunteers from a well planned workday for Hazelwood Harvest...it was so much fun!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPNacTTZly93ZJl4fz63gkuytO8sOD0pPUfJ82HQBl3G7-bc8YkgQ21T9dlIy5kw6o05w4jWhj_GZUGzGgmv4YKoRvvTA4sPHaFTOzbd3jO0slhZwBnjAfjBVanoe2A-i71N2EJVklcgO/s1600-h/IMG00014-20090425-1415+00000.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPNacTTZly93ZJl4fz63gkuytO8sOD0pPUfJ82HQBl3G7-bc8YkgQ21T9dlIy5kw6o05w4jWhj_GZUGzGgmv4YKoRvvTA4sPHaFTOzbd3jO0slhZwBnjAfjBVanoe2A-i71N2EJVklcgO/s160/IMG00014-20090425-1415+00000.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0xibwI2rKlvE71CDoT8qLboh4S7YKhULLYGvU2qvMN-YuI-iJXR6ZmQwkSVPgfya3J9SbB4m-64XWa6-QWBpaS-cLBHgBl3XIgqmG3BsoCY0BV3phM8LjSnlqfS4q5BYJ-ldu7bJfTfo/s1600-h/IMG00015-20090425-1415.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0xibwI2rKlvE71CDoT8qLboh4S7YKhULLYGvU2qvMN-YuI-iJXR6ZmQwkSVPgfya3J9SbB4m-64XWa6-QWBpaS-cLBHgBl3XIgqmG3BsoCY0BV3phM8LjSnlqfS4q5BYJ-ldu7bJfTfo/s160/IMG00015-20090425-1415.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVfCBzOf82ynj5N7duffk3LE7V3Pg6w-HMExjhS7iLScCVybodRjyyPJPfwqkSNBKaj5H1Q4wXhVb8LPxybUECIPxmWQTsKMlg88-iXeChrp2e8MVk9g71C1Y1I_qXi4DNljjf6FdCUQ0/s1600-h/IMG00016-20090425-1416.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVfCBzOf82ynj5N7duffk3LE7V3Pg6w-HMExjhS7iLScCVybodRjyyPJPfwqkSNBKaj5H1Q4wXhVb8LPxybUECIPxmWQTsKMlg88-iXeChrp2e8MVk9g71C1Y1I_qXi4DNljjf6FdCUQ0/s160/IMG00016-20090425-1416.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGChHlVWlsf2Lub6prWplIuNtD3quvdvn1XsWHDnAb-n5FktbrC1mEp99meXd7bjPBYMEUS_k-9MymFAllY1X5zkQ5dmnzjQqhQiXiHRrOeOGuAYT8KHpvpDLKLbl3hoNalvufKLCfCZy/s1600-h/IMG00017-20090425-1417.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGChHlVWlsf2Lub6prWplIuNtD3quvdvn1XsWHDnAb-n5FktbrC1mEp99meXd7bjPBYMEUS_k-9MymFAllY1X5zkQ5dmnzjQqhQiXiHRrOeOGuAYT8KHpvpDLKLbl3hoNalvufKLCfCZy/s160/IMG00017-20090425-1417.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Hazelwood Harvesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15492078320044557954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610971154677804821.post-23780110315077071442009-03-29T18:15:00.004-04:002009-03-29T18:22:35.015-04:00Wish List For Hazelwood Harvest<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6zl4oR4xvR9moSZhKfjUqQuGp60Et9VE5KKvJBYX0oGeMZGA-dIvlGgVHuTs1LDP7woRzmnSl_gzNNISu7JQ5x0ZZSjaqzG9eGqleTjWDse85OrPJNW1w1YNV25F4YZOTItdYwmahR3Y/s1600-h/ChildHandWPlant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318738637400808354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6zl4oR4xvR9moSZhKfjUqQuGp60Et9VE5KKvJBYX0oGeMZGA-dIvlGgVHuTs1LDP7woRzmnSl_gzNNISu7JQ5x0ZZSjaqzG9eGqleTjWDse85OrPJNW1w1YNV25F4YZOTItdYwmahR3Y/s320/ChildHandWPlant.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Thank you for your interest in supporting Hazelwood Harvest Gardens programs. If you are a non-profit wishing to partner with our cause, please contact us. We'll be happy to discuss any ideas you may have. Donations from individuals are very meaningful to us, All donations are tax deductible. We sincerely appreciate your assistance in providing items to help offset the costs of our youth and community programs While these are some of the things we need, there are often items not on this list that would benefit us. If you are interested in donating an item listed below or anything else, please call Barbara Williams (412) 421-0571 or Chuck Christen (412) 965-7679 or email <a href="mailto:%20hazelwood.harvest@gmail.com">Hazelwood Harvest</a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br />Donated Office Space<br />Office Supplies for educational use<br />White /Colored copy paper<br />Graph Paper<br />Photo Paper<br />Markers<br />Laptop Computer (running windows xp at least)<br />Digital camera or Camcorder (for video history)<br />Tape Measures or Yard Sticks<br /><br />First Aid Supplies<br />Band-aids - all sizes<br />First Aid Kits<br />Disposable gloves<br />Insect Repellent<br />Sun Block<br />Anti Itch Ointment<br />Antiseptic spray or ointment<br /><br />Garden Volunteer Personnel<br />Garden Stewards (for lot locations throughout Hazelwood)<br />Mentors with experience in organic vegetable gardening<br /><br />Gardening Supplies Ongoing Need<br />Vegetable Plants and Seeds<br />Peat Pots for starting seeds indoors<br />New, durable gardening gloves (youth and adult sizes)<br />Watering Cans<br />Landscape Plastic<br />school size milk cartons<br />Bulbs<br />2-liter soda bottles<br />Gallon /Half Gallon Plastic Milk Jugs<br />Spray Bottles<br />Mulch<br />String<br />popsicle sticks, garden markers,<br />Stakes<br />trash bags<br />Paint brushes (all sizes including craft)<br /><br /><br />Major Garden /Program Equipment<br />New or gently used garden tools (spades, digging forks, hoes, rakes, shovels, etc.)<br />Greenhouse<br />Storage Shed<br />Produce Scales<br />Wheelbarrows and or Garden Carts<br />Lumber for raised beds<br />donated soil<br />Hand Gardening Tools<br />Pots and Garden Containers<br />Weedeater<br />Tiller<br />Loppers<br />Lawnmower<br />Garden hoses<br />Sprinklers<br />Pick up Truck<br />Fencing<br />Extension cords<br />Land or Real Estate</div>Hazelwood Harvesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15492078320044557954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610971154677804821.post-47842457711710100532009-03-29T16:12:00.003-04:002009-03-29T16:55:31.486-04:00Volunteers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_i1MW6S4yi2crptV5hCfPQNXLQ4jmBk46OFOQvS7e0GXJcvFd2pm4r8qcjnghw8fn2LOP6GarguKuKRpRywJVJzuF3rstzqQIzTBng9-GTbJs4hFob8uHX4fZ3Wv2_kLlAOEQJvU4-Jn/s1600-h/PH01778J.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318716108418602050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_i1MW6S4yi2crptV5hCfPQNXLQ4jmBk46OFOQvS7e0GXJcvFd2pm4r8qcjnghw8fn2LOP6GarguKuKRpRywJVJzuF3rstzqQIzTBng9-GTbJs4hFob8uHX4fZ3Wv2_kLlAOEQJvU4-Jn/s320/PH01778J.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><br /></strong>Hazelwood Harvest is requesting volunteers interested in providing a helping hand nurturing and caring for its urban community garden sites this spring and summer in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh.<br />Started last year with one site, the all-volunteer community garden engages children and teenagers from the neighborhood to grow nutritious produce for the community. Excess produce will be donated to food bank, and sold thru youth run market stand.<br />Hazelwood Harvest hopes to expand the community gardens to several additional plots this year. The garden 2009 season begins March 30.<br />For more information or to schedule your group to volunteer please call Barbara Williams at Hazelwood Harvest, (412) 421-0571 or <a href="mailto:%20hazelwood.harvest@gmail.com">email</a></div>Hazelwood Harvesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15492078320044557954noreply@blogger.com0