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I’ve grown to accept it as a fact of life–the sky is blue, water is wet, and organic head lettuce is likely to contain a slug or two. We do our best to control slugs in the garden, but we can’t keep every single one out without spraying something toxic. Read more

By City Commons, 4 years ago October 11, 2014

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City Commons Pick Up Day FAQs: I’m running late/can’t get my share during pick-up time window. What do I do? If you are running late, let us know via phone or e-mail as soon as you know you will be late to pick up. That way we can keep the Read more

By City Commons, 4 years ago September 20, 2014

City Commons

2 days ago

Happy New Year!

Our resolution this year is, get to know the community that we service. We think of our gardens and farms as Outdoor Food Centers that are open, accessible and hopefully inviting to pollinators and people alike. Transparency and trust go hand in hand so having no walls to be behind serves as a benefit to urban growers like us who are stationed in highly populated areas.
We would like people to feel welcome at our growing sites and able to ask questions about how we manage these spaces within the City of Detroit. Aesthetic appeal is not a superficial issue for us but a key component in maintaining good relations with the Municipality, the neighbors around our spaces, members and potential members of the CSA, and the reduction of blight caused by illegal dumping in vacant spaces.
The see thru dynamic helps us to be prepared to offer explanations concerning our commitment to organic practices and also the efforts we make to be sustainable. Interested people can see how we source water to distribute over the growing spaces, and how we are constantly trying improve our rain catchments and move away from municipal water as irrigation.
Soil remediation is another constant task especially in urban spaces. Green manure composting helps us to get around the dependency and quality concerns of dealing with commercial soil sellers. This practice calls for us to dedicate space not only to compost heaps but also to space to grow the majority of the plant material that will go into the pile.
A trip to a City Commons site will also display how our spaces are organized to be cooperative. You will see space for animals, tree production, flower borders, market crops, rain catchments, hoop houses and even honey bees. There is always something to do. Hopefully, you will be able to make it out this year to catch us doing what we love.

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3 weeks ago

Now that winter has begun, the countdown to Spring has started. The production people at City Commons are using this time to review the pros and cons of last year in relation to new ideas to better serve our members as well as our communities. In January, we all get into the same room to share thoughts and plans and to synergize as a group
An important aspect of field planning for CSA shares is volume. We determine how much space our individual gardens and farms need to devote to particular crops and when each should be started in order to be available at the times and in the amounts that will satisfy our members for 20 weeks. Before even one seed is planted, extensive efforts are made so that every grower is cooperating with another grower. Individual strengths are recognized, and we are able to function as a unit to serve the growing number of people that support City Commons.
Winter work usually consists of animal husbandry, compost acceleration, tending to hoop houses, and double checking our seed stocks. Its hard work but we love what we do and we love doing it together. Thanks for 2018. We look forward to growing more and more as people, producers and as pals in 2019. ...

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