Report: Slim Butte Agri-Dev Community Gardens, Plenty International
Mission: Make 2008 Enlivened Potting Soil and Start Spring Garden plants
by Dennis Limon
v March 2008 – White Bluff, Tennessee
Ø Wednesday, 12th. Mix compost and rock powders and load into tarp. Load coir, mixer, tubs and buckets.
Ø Thursday, 13th. Finish packing and head out. Travel 500 miles.
Ø Friday 14th. Eat and head out. Hit snow storm traveling up 385 to Chadron. Get into Tom Cook’s house about 11:30 pm. Say hello to the family, then Louie Cook heads us north to Pine Ridge. Cozy beds wait.
Ø Saturday 15th. Deb Cook welcomes us. We unpack, eat breakfast and head out, on Lakota time, to Tom and Loretta’s timber frame house. We slide down the road to the house and become acquainted with Pine Ridge “gumbo”. With our pants tucked into rubber boots, we unload the coir and compost. Over the day the snow melts, feeding the gumbo. First thing, get some coir soaked. Make a small pile of EPS, fill four trays and start the broccoli. Read More