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September 2007
Dear Patricia

Another insanely busy week here on the farm. I have had my nose to the grindstone working on the first videos for my partnership with Farmers Almanac TV. I should correct my previous email, because my deal is with Farmers Almanac TV, which is better because we are working on some great segments for their nationally syndicated PBS show! I am so excited you have no idea. What I especially like about working with them is that they "get it". Farmers Almanac has always been sustainable since their inception and our collaborations have been incredible.

It is time to wrap up my summer shooting schedule and start planning for fall. I will be editing all weekend so that I can get the first Farmers Almanac TV videos out to them on Tuesday. The tomato crop has been going strong, I had a almost record tomato, and the watermelons are delicious. I will be doing a presentation at the local community meeting next week, come by and check it out.

I also wanted to mention, check out a couple of my favorite blogs and websites where I get my inspirations from. And thank you all for forwarding the email around it is really working. My web designers are of course completely swamped with my creative, I shot over 10,000 stills this year, but building a web network ain't easy, so lets give them a prayer of strength to make it through.


Educational Visits

This week we had the great kids from Boston's own Food Project. What a great group, and they really know their stuff. The Food Project folks are real urban eco pioneers and my hat is off to them and the incredible work they do. Not only to the run a bunch of community gardens, but the offer educational programs and a Farmers Market. They are truly the real deal.

The best part is they already had some knowledge about Permaculture Design. So support the Food Project, they are fantastic, and I was able to have them do a bit of planting here as well.

This summers educational outreach was a great success, we had hundreds of people visit even a college class. These kind of visits make it all worth while for me. I am also thinking about doing some fall winter workshops on winter gardening. We will plant a garden bed from seed and grow during the winter! If there is any interest email me.










My Almost Placing Tomato

Every year Mass agriculture post the official results in the Tomato competition, and every year I like to check my Tomato's and see how they stack up to the larger farms in the competition. (which may or may not be organic)

My largest Tomato, from my Tiffen Mennonite plants, was 1.6 pounds, only one ounce away from making it into the top eight in Massachusetts! I will officially, and un officially, declare my Tomato the largest tomato grown in Boston until some one tells me otherwise.






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Please continue to share my videos and website with everyone. Thank you all again, from the sustainable home front. And don't forget it all started in a garden...

Besos(kisses),

Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl



Dear Patricia,

The Garden Gnomes house is retransformed back into the Fiber Cottage once more. I am shooting my from Rabbit to baby hat spectacular.

In this episode(it may be two episodes) I am shaving my bunny Paula, spinning her fur into yarn and then knitting her fur into a snug one of a kind baby's hat.








Links and Inspiration to Check out

www.gardenrant.com : I love this site. What I especially love is the Garden Rant manifesto. Check it out and do it yourself. They will be coming out with some video content that I can't wait to check out myself.

www.groovygreen.com : This is a great blog site edited by the visionary Michael D'Estries. It is a great portal for beginner to check out. Their motto start today and save tomorrow is on point.

www.echosherpa.com : This blog comes out of England and has quality coverage from a Euro perspective that I think is great.

www.peakoil.com : The Planning for the future section is where the truly informed and forward thinking hang out.

Don't be surprised if you see some of my videos on some of these sites in the future too! There are lots of places I will highlight in upcoming newsletters where I learn and share.





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