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Tricycle Gardens Planning a New Project

Looking for an opportunity to get in on planning a new community garden?  Tricycle Gardens wants YOU!

Tricycle Gardens is heading up the planning and development of a new
community garden, in partnership with Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market
and the City of Richmond, located next to the Humphry Caulder Community
Center, at the corner of Thompson St. & Patterson Ave.

The first planning meeting will be held September 11, 7 p.m., in the community center
and is open to all! Please join us. Call 231-7767 or email
lisa@tricyclegardens.org.

(Thanks to F.T. Rea, AKA my Dad, for passing this along to me)

The City of Richmond Wants To Help You Compost

(h/t to Tricycle Gardens   ):

The Richmond Clean City Commision will be holding a one day event to help Richmonders start composting.

On September 6, 2008 from 9am to 4pm go to the Compost Bin Truck Load Sale at the Willow Lawn Shopping Center located at 1601 Willow Lawn Dr. You’ll find them in the parking lot between Kroger’s and Gold’s Gym.

Get $100 value for just $35! The Earth Machine is an 80 gallon capacity composting bin that fits in any vehicle. Made of recycled materials, over 2,500,000 of these machines are in use across the country!

So I went and checked out the site for The Earth Machine and I have to say, this thing looks miles better than the bin I'm currently using:

Here's a pic of The Earth Machine (courtesy of their site):

Count me in!  I'll be at the event on Sept. 6 to pick up one of these babies.  I'll take pictures and post a follow up.  I'm really interested in the turn-out.  I'm glad to see the city doing this and also glad to see Tricycle Gardens promoting it, but I'd like to see the city doing more to get the word out.  I'll keep my eye out for some ads on TV or in the Times Dispatch.