Reflecting on the Inaugural Urban Farm Raising

WOW!   WOW!!  WOW!!!

I am simply floored by the incredible amount of support we had for the first ever AGG Urban Farm Raising!  Over the course of two days, nearly 100 people turned out to WORK–and I do mean WORK–at turning a weedy, rocky, under-appreciated 1/2 acre of Austin real estate into the beginnings of a community garden and urban CSA farm.

I cannot stress enough the gratitude we at the Austin Growers Guild–and Steve especially–feel(s) for being the beneficiaries of such an outpouring of community involvement.  I’m all warm and fuzzy!

Warm fuzziness aside, I’m also freakin’ pooped!  Temps over ninety degrees + that lovely Austin humidity + shovels and pick-axes and chipper-shredders and tillers = a welcome sense of physical exhaustion.  They also = mental exhaustion, and I know you’ll all excuse me for taking a couple of days to upload all the photos and give you a complete reflection on the weekend.  And let’s not forget the really exciting part–what’s next??  We’re working on that, too.  Believe me, there’s plenty of farming, gardening, and skill-building work within this community to go around!

There’s an Austin Growers Guild Shutterfly site in the works, so that anyone who wants can upload and/or download photos, order prints, and all kinds of other goodies.  I’m working on the overall content and organization of this site as well, so you can be sure things will continue to evolve.  Be sure to sign up over there on the right where it says “Keep me in the Loop!” & you’ll get notifications of updates.  Or something like that.

Again, THANK YOU!!!

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