Liz Berry
 
Beautiful Garland Community Garden and Beautiful People
THE GARLAND COMMUNITY GARDEN IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE and the overwhelming majority of people who visit it are beautiful and like the garden itself, they teach me...
If Liz Were Queen     Aug 27 @ 4:51 pm
CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF STEALING FROM A COMMUNITY GARDEN
UPDATE AUGUST 23: We filed a Garland police report on them this morning. At the least it will establish an official record. We are hoping it will enable us...
If Liz Were Queen     Aug 21 @ 1:07 pm
ANOTHER THEFT AT THE GARLAND COMMUNITY GARDEN
ONCE AGAIN SOMEONE STEALS FOOD THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO THEM AT THE GARLAND COMMUNITY GARDEN. On May 22 of this year someone came and stripped 95% of the leaves...
If Liz Were Queen     Aug 21 @ 7:33 am
THERMOMETERS IN THE GARDEN
HOW HOT IS It REALLY? [As far as a vegetable garden goes, it's hot enough to water twice a day.] When I do things as I did yesterday, I soothe my bruised ego...
If Liz Were Queen     Aug 17 @ 6:32 am
Garland Community Event Saturday August 20 at 9AM
FOOD FOR HUMMINGBIRDS AND PEOPLE. BRING A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM. [canned goods; milk that is packaged for non-refrigerated shelf life; boxes of raisins,...
If Liz Were Queen     Aug 14 @ 9:58 am
GROWING POTATOES FROM A FIVE-GALLON BUCKET
EXPANDING THE CONCEPT FOR WHAT YOU CAN GROW IN A FIVE-GALLON BUCKET. You don’t need a lot of space to grow vegetables—even if you live in an apartment or...
If Liz Were Queen     Aug 13 @ 10:04 am
LOVING THE GARLAND COMMUNITY GARDEN
WHY DO I LOVE THE GARDEN SO MUCH? Everything that you need to learn about anything that is important can be found in nature. In an urban setting, the closest...
If Liz Were Queen     Aug 13 @ 7:17 am
HEMP IS LEGAL TO GROW IN THE USA
HEY Y'ALL, IT'S LEGAL TO GROW HEMP IN TEXAS! Actually, growing hemp is legal in all of the USA. President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill into law in...
If Liz Were Queen     Aug 11 @ 7:27 am
UPDATE ON THE GREAT OKRA EXPERIMENT
Okra and lots more to come! Notice the cut stems on the plant. This is where previous okra pods were harvested. I never thought about how an okra grows until...
If Liz Were Queen     Aug 9 @ 5:21 pm
EDIBLE WEEDS
EDIBLE WEEDS Sometimes it takes a long time for an idea to manifest into reality. And so it is with a brainstorm I had several years ago—create a bed filled...
If Liz Were Queen     Aug 3 @ 2:49 pm
WHAT’S UP WITH THE PUSH TO GET PEOPLE TO EAT BUGS?
Fried Insects are already available as street food in Germany By Wilhelm Thomas Fiege / insektenwirtschaft.de - Own work CC BY-SA 4.0,...
If Liz Were Queen     Jul 29 @ 12:33 pm
Seed Libraries
Libraries are great places where knowledge is stored and shared with communities. In the past few years the concept of library has been expanded. We now have...
If Liz Were Queen     Jul 26 @ 3:28 pm
GETTING READY FOR FALL GARDEN
100+ Temperatures and Thinking Fall Garden? Yep! I am! All the garden books I read tell North Texas gardeners to start planting seeds for your fall garden...
If Liz Were Queen     Jul 11 @ 9:55 pm
STEALING FROM THE GARDEN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
STEALING IS STEALING Whether from a Grocery Store or a Community Garden “Community” in the Garden refers to the community of the people who garden there--the...
If Liz Were Queen     May 23 @ 5:30 am
RETHINKING AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
Perhaps if we put more emphasis on working together and sharing instead of competition, we might all be better off. In addition, we might want to rethink our...
If Liz Were Queen     May 21 @ 7:59 am
PATRON SAINTS ABOUND AT THE GARDEN
We have many versions of Saint Fiacre, the Patron Saint of Gardeners--people who do good for our Garland Community Garden and for our community. Some, like...
If Liz Were Queen     May 10 @ 12:58 pm
GARLAND COMMUNITY GARDEN EVENT
PLANT EXCHANGE AND GARDEN CHAT GALAND COMMUNITY GARDEN 4022 NAAMAN School Road (Brand and Naaman School Road SATURDAY MAY 7 - 9AM TO NOON [If it rains,...
If Liz Were Queen     May 4 @ 9:42 pm
CONSIDER ADDING WHEAT
Now, more than ever, is the time for urbanites to grow some of the food they eat. . . and to even consider growing unconventional crops normally reserved for...
If Liz Were Queen     Apr 29 @ 8:13 am
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO THE GARLAND COMMUNITY GARDEN!
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO THE GARLAND COMMUNITY GARDEN! WE ARE 8 YEARS OLD! April 2022, marks the 8 th year for The Garland Community Garden For some...
If Liz Were Queen     Apr 22 @ 9:34 pm
GARLAND COMMUNITY UPDATE NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Girl Scouts in Garland enjoying the Garden A Great, Crisp Saturday in Garland! I saw bunch of people at the garden this afternoon as I drove by to the grocery...
If Liz Were Queen     Nov 13 2021
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