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Ypsidixit - 2007-09-02 19:54:15
We forgot a couple things, like oatmeal for breakfasts. But that should be affordable, with the $17 we have left. The pea-soup-with-bacon kickoff should make this venture more palatable due to its deliciousness.
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Ypsidixit - 2007-09-02 19:56:54
Next week's menu:

1. Split pea soup with a little bacon, bread (no butter!) on the side (start with a bang!�I love split pea soup)

2. Spaghetti with tomato sauce (mostly from garden)and a touch of ground beef

3. Collard greens (from garden) cooked with a little bacon, lentil-brown rice mixture flavored with a bouillon cube on the side

4. Chili with beans and remaining ground beef�cayenne to purchase

5. Curried (curry to purchase) lentil sauce with carrots (from garden) over brown rice with tomatoes on the side (from garden)

6. Baked chicken legs with rice flavored with drippin�s

7. Rest of package of spaghetti with sauce and, if any is left, meat.
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Anisoptera - 2007-09-03 09:33:12
Have been on welfare two different times growing up it is interesting to see the differences in what is available in grocery stores now then in the 60's and 70's. More selection so you see more of what you cannot have. As you have figured out it is imperative to have a garden (even if you live in New York City).
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Ypsidixit - 2007-09-03 22:50:12
Anisoptera: Yes, we'd be facing a bleak and starchy week without the garden. The cherry tomatoes went wild this year and the carrots are great fun, and so sweet. Collards are absolutely delicious. It's really worth all the work.
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Lisele - 2007-09-06 18:05:52
I saw some pretty interesting urban gardening links encouraging people with flat roofs to garden in wading pools and tires. Apparently, a city dweller can raise 40# of food in a wading pool: http://www.arts4all.com/elca/page2.html
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Ypsidixit - 2007-09-06 20:52:34
Wow! Thanks, Lisele! That page is amazing!

"The plastic wading pool is the most cost-efficient container available. At 6 feet in diameter and 12 inches deep, each one provides approximately 28 square feet of growing area for under $10, and is capable of producing up to 40 pounds of produce per growing season. Over a ten year period, if you accrue the total cost of everything you need ($30 for the pool, soil, transplants and seeds) it comes to 8� per pound of food grown!"
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lisele - 2007-09-07 12:35:31
I'm all for gardening as a way of helping to remedy "food insecurity" -- new buzz word meaning HUNGER because of poverty -- through gardening, which is what Growing Hope is all about. Weren't the pictures of all the blue & green wading pools pretty? Kind of made me think "worlds of veggies."
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Ypsidixit - 2007-09-07 13:02:07
"Worlds of veggies"...nice! They did look like that. Whoever dreamed this up is a genius. Cheap, easy to water, easy to store safely when the season's done, easy to move around each year if you want to. Great idea.
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