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Bill Merrill
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Banana corms
I have just dug up some very large fruiting banana plants in my back yard. I have a huge pile of banana corm that are too big for me to plant in pots but would make nice pieces to transplant into…Continue
Started Mar 6, 2010
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Plant cuttings
Hi, It's getting to be time to trim my landscape again. In the past I have offered it up to members who wanted cuttings of succulents, natives and Mediterranean plants. Anyone interested in helping me trim my landscape in exchange for some cool plant cuttings can email me at merrill.w@sbcglobal.net Bill MerrillSee More
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Beatrice Ross commented on Bill Merrill's event 'Basics of Seed Saving with Bill Merrill'
Hello Bill,
I'm with the "Master Gardener Program"on Thursday until 6:30pm. I might be able to leave early. Thanks, Beatrice Ross
Basics of Seed Saving with Bill Merrill at Ecology Center
April 8, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm
Learn Seed Saving basics. Historical and practical reasons for saving seeds. Why seed saving is important to our daily lives.Sliding scale $5. to $15.See More
Beatrice Ross might attend Bill Merrill's event
Basics of Seed Saving with Bill Merrill at Ecology Center
April 8, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm
Learn Seed Saving basics. Historical and practical reasons for saving seeds. Why seed saving is important to our daily lives.Sliding scale $5. to $15.See More
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Banana corms
I have just dug up some very large fruiting banana plants in my back yard. I have a huge pile of banana corm that are too big for me to plant in pots but would make nice pieces to transplant into some banana loves garden. These are both fruiting types, Orinoco and Sweet Heart (FHIA3). They have produced bananas in my Fremont back yard for years but I am remodeling and they need to go. No reasonable offer refused on the corms. Contact Bill Merrill, (510) 505-9275 or merrill.w@sbcglobal.netSee More
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Bill Merrill commented on Bill Merrill's blog post 'Flavors from the Garden'
I will be putting it into the voice eventually but LEAF and Tri-City Ecology get first viewing.
Bonnie Marzo commented on Bill Merrill's blog post 'Flavors from the Garden'
Excuse the typo, I meant "article", of course.
Bonnie Marzo commented on Bill Merrill's blog post 'Flavors from the Garden'
Inspiring artaicle, Bill. I hope you submit this to the Tri City Voice as well.
Flavors from the Garden
If you buy most of your produce from the supermarket then the joy of tree ripened fruit may not be part of your daily experience. While biting into a ripe apple from my orchard I have had moments when world melts away as my palette floods with flavor. It reminds me how lucky I am to have this joy in my life. The experience of biting into perfectly ripe produce can not be described; it can only be shared by offering a taste to others.The flavors of our food probably contribute to a child’s…See More
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Chickens in Berkeley?
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Vegetables Under Cover
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Bill Merrill's Blog
Plant cuttings
Hi,
It's getting to be time to trim my landscape again. In the past I have offered it up to members who wanted cuttings of succulents, natives and Mediterranean plants. Anyone interested in helping me trim my landscape in exchange for some cool plant cuttings can email me at merrill.w@sbcglobal.net
Bill Merrill
Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:00am
Flavors from the Garden
If you buy most of your produce from the supermarket then the joy of tree ripened fruit may not be part of your daily experience. While biting into a ripe apple…
ContinuePosted on March 1, 2010 at 6:42pm — 3 Comments
LEAF Values
LEAF was created in response to the need for community gardens and local food production in Fremont. It is the child of a global market society where our fruit is from Chile, our garlic comes from China, and nothing tastes as it should. Food comes to our markets with a huge expenditure of fossil fuel used both in production and in transportation. We are living in the era where the last tracts of open space are soon to be paved with asphalt and local food production will become impossible. LEAF… Continue
Posted on December 9, 2009 at 9:34pm
What is California’s Growing Season? by Bill Merrill
There are many ways to interpret the phrase growing season. Strictly it refers to the period of time between killing frosts. In the Bay Area that would be the period between mid March and mid November. Gardens that we grow during this season are possible thanks to man made water projects. With out this extensive water distribution network our frost free season would be a very dry and dusty time. The dry nature of our growing season is evident in the wild fires that burn the natural hillsides… Continue
Posted on December 7, 2009 at 11:11pm
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