SF Urban Agriculture Resources

Hello Presidio Community Gardeners-

I wanted to pass along more valuable resources available to you. If you can't meet me when we have compost give-aways, here are more opportunities. I'm pretty sure you need to bring a way to transport the material (i.e. buckets, bins). -jean

Hello All-

We’re proud to announce that all three urban agriculture resource centers from the Urban Agriculture Program are up and running starting this month.  Get your gardens winter ready!  We’re providing compost, soil and mulch (plus other amendments and starts on a limited basis as they become available)  to the public  now on a regular basis.

Alemany Farm will be open for material pick up this Saturday, 11/8, and Adam Rogers Park / Girls 2000 Garden will be hosting the first in a series of temporary, popup resource hubs around the Bayview on Saturday, 11/22.

Monthly: Golden Gate Park CommUNITY Garden, 780 Frederick: November 1, 2014, December 6, 2014, January 24, 2015.  All dates 9am -12pm.

Quarterly: Alemany Farm, 700 Alemany Blvd: November 8, 2014, February 7, 2015. 9am – 12pm.

Mobile: Bayview Garden Resource Hub (pop-up series in partnership with the Girls 2000 of Hunters Point Family, Quesada Gardens Initiative, Recreation and Park Department, Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco Department of the Environment, with support from the San Francisco Foundation and the Convergence Fund).  More details to come and information

November 22, 2014, 10am-2pm, Adam Rogers Park, Ingalls and Oakdale

January 17^th, 2015, 10am-2pm, Quesada Gardens, 3rd Street and Quesada

March 14^th, 2015, 10am-2pm, Southeast Treatment Facility, 1800 Oakdale

You can find all the dates, times and locations here:

http://sfrecpark.org/park-improvements/urban-agriculture-program-citywide/urban-agriculture-resource-centers/

As always, thanks to Recology for the compost and Rec and Park for the soil and mulch.  Please spread the word to your networks, as the success of these centers and their long term viability depends on continued demand.

Hope to see you out there!

Thanks,

Hannah

Urban Agriculture Program Coordinator

San Francisco Recreation & Park Department  | Capital Improvement Division

City & County of San Francisco  | 30 Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94102

(415) 575.5604  |  hannah.shulman@sfgov.org

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From SF Urban Ag: free compost, IPM class

The Urban Ag Resource Center opening for October will be this Saturday from 9am to 12pm at the Golden Gate Park CommUNITY Garden, 780 Frederick St. Come get Recology compost, soil and mulch from the Recreation and Park Department for your fall gardens.  There will also be a class on Integrated Pest Management from 10am to 11am.  

10/4 – Integrated Pest Management for your Garden

Integrated pest management, or IPM, is a process you can use to solve pest problems in your garden while minimizing the impact on people and the environment.  Learn more about how to control weeds, pests, disease and other gardening troubles in a sustainable manner from the head of Recreation and Park Department’s Integrated Pest Management team.

This class will be taught by Kevin M. Woolen, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Integrated Pest Management Coordinator.  He has been in the IPM business for over 25 years.  Kevin is a Bay Friendly Landscape Designer and avid urban farmer.

You can always get the next dates for the Urban Ag Resource Centers here http://sfrecpark.org/park-improvements/urban-agriculture-program-citywide/urban-agriculture-resource-centers/.

Thanks,

Hannah

Urban Agriculture Program Coordinator

San Francisco Recreation & Park Department  | Capital Improvement Division

City & County of San Francisco  | 30 Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94102

(415) 575.5604  |  hannah.shulman@sfgov.org

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What to Plant: October, November, December

If you aren't battling birds or meadow voles, here are some ideas for what to plant in the fall/ winter:

October
Garlic: The 15th is the traditional day to plant garlic. Garlic should be purchased from a disease-free supplier like Territorial Seed Garlic is planted (pointy end up!) and grows over the winter. In early summer it starts turning brown and you have to stop watering so it doesn't mold. Then when the plant is about 50% brown you pull them and let them cure for a bit before cutting off the leaves or braiding them. Garlic is a fun crop and there are many varieties out there.
Artichoke (root-stock): You purchase a smallish root and plant it. Then you have a huge artichoke plant, so think about how much space you want to devote to this vegetable! Make sure it doesn't grow into the pathways- plant them in the center of the boxes.
Carrots (seeds): Always grow carrots from seeds! They do like warm soil, so we are getting to the end of carrot growing season, but give them a try. You need to sow fairly thickly and then thin, thin, thin the plants so you end up with about 2" between each carrot.
Fava beans- for food or as a cover crop
Onion (seeds)
Parsnips (seeds)
Radish (seeds)
Shallots (sets): What is a shallot set? Sets are bundles of small bulbs- you buy them for shallots and onions. Each small bulb should grow into a full sized bulb ready for harvest. I haven't had much success with shallots, but have had some great onion harvests- plant those in January.
Spinach: week 1 & 2
These may be worth trying:
Broccoli (plants): week 1 & 2
Cabbage (plants)
Cauliflower (plants): week 1 & 2
Chard
Leeks
Lettuce
Peas
Potato (tubers)
Spinach: week 3 & 4


November
Artichoke (rootstock)
Fava Beans
Garlic 
Peas (snap, sugar): This is it for fall pea planting! Protect the new plants from birds and snails- use a small plastic bottle or even a milk carton once the seed sprouts. You can start the seeds indoors 3 weeks before planting outside. Don't forget a nice sturdy trellis so your peas are happy and productive!! They need a trellis. 
Strawberry (plants): This is the best time of year to plant strawberries! The winter cold improves their ability to produce fruit. If you buy plants in containers, it's easy to plant them at the same depth as they were in the pot. If you buy bare-root plants it's important not to bury the crown (where the top meets the roots). Space 10" apart, keeping soil level around them, 6" from edge of garden box. Cut off any runners that grow to encourage the mother plant to develop and make more fruit.
Radishes
Shallots (sets)
These may be worth trying:
Cabbage (plants)
Chard
Leeks
LettuceMustard greens
Onion (seeds)
Potato (tubers)
Spinach

December
Radish (seeds)
Rhubarb (bare root)
These may be worth trying:
Artichoke (rootstock)
Chard
Fava Beans
Garlic
Leeks
LettuceShallots (sets)

Don't forget to visit your garden over the winter- the weeds will be growing even when you aren't there!