Nicole Niese

This is Nicole from the Grand Ave South Garden in Springfield. We've had a very productive week harvesting 10 pounds of green beens, planting a flat of donated lavender, unloading a third donation of mulch, and weeding like crazy. With the America in Bloom contest around the corner, we are rushing to get everything looking pristine! In our little freetime, we are also organizing a community meeting to set up a neighborhood association, neighborhood watch, and garden commitee as well as a huge end-of-the-summer Nieghborhood Celebration. There is a lot of work to do, but we're slowly chipping away at our list.

The video clip this week did not play on our computers, but I was able to read the article. The project going on in Belo Horizonte seems like an amazing idea and has clearly had some fantastic results. For a project like that to start up in the US would be great, but I have to agree with other bloggers that it seems really difficult to get large amounts of involvement. I think the biggest problem with the food crisis is the common belief that there is no real solution. Belief in a cause is a hard thing to come by and is definately the downfall to many great projects. Of course, I'm sure the people in Belo didn't think the project would turn out this great at the beggining either and look at what they have been able to do!