Gardener Terri

“I love to kick off my shoes and get in that dirt!”   Name: Terri Barna Birthplace: West Philadelphia Years Gardening: 42 years Years Gardening at Eastwick: 3 years Produce grown: Cherry Tomatoes, Grape Tomatoes, Plum Tomatoes, Early Girl Tomatoes, Big Boy Tomatoes, Beef Steak Tomatoes,  Watermelon, Basil Today, we Rebel Gardeners spent the day […]

Read More » | July 30, 2012 | Category: Eastwick Community Garden, Garden

Gardener Man

“Gardening should be about love.” Name: Man Lee Gardening at Eastwick: 2 months Produce Growing: Basil, Pepper, & Eggplant Amongst Eastwick’s diverse crowd, Man Lee has a story that lies beyond his garden. Mr. Lee is new gardener, he’s been at Eastwick for 2 months. Even though he hasn’t been gardening for very long, his […]


Rebel Harvest 7-26

On July 26th, some of our rebels went out and harvested produce and herbs, such as: zucchini, basil, marjoram, tomatoes, egg plants, and curly kale. We will be taking our produce to the farmer’s market today. Come see us at Clark Park from 3-7!

Read More » | July 26, 2012 | Category: Garden, Pepper Pride Garden

Market Harvest 7-19

Miriam harvesting rebel parsley Elise and the rebel sage Tiffany, Jayson, Miriam, and rebel herbs Rebel okra Rebel basil Rebel kale The Rebel Harvest!

Read More » | July 19, 2012 | Category: General News

How does our soil measure up?

Today the Rebel Gardeners tested our soil to make sure our plants are getting the nutrients they need. We spent some time learning about the importance of Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), and Potassium (K) in our soil and talked about how the pH of the soil can make it easier or harder for plants to […]

Read More » | July 17, 2012 | Category: General News

Gardener Stewart

Name: Mr. Stewart Birthplace: North Carolina Years gardening: 69 years (started when he was born!) Produce  grown: Okra, string beans, lima beans, bush beans, peppers, sweet potatoes,  corn, cabbages, peas, tomatoes, and sunflowers. Mr. Stewart learned how to grow food from his father on a farm in North Carolina. He helped during the growing seasons, […]


Rebel Gardeners Harvesting For The Market 7/12

On Thursday 7/12 a few youths from rebel gardeners was out in our garden harvesting so we can sell our product at the market. Here’s the harvest:    

Read More » | July 12, 2012 | Category: General News

Gardener John

“Everything you see in cans, in the supermarket, someone raised it.”     Name: John Young Born: Bethlehem, PA Years Gardening: 35 – 40 Years Gardening at Eastwick: 15 Produce Grown: Lima Beans, Corn, Tomato, String beans, Okra, Cabbage, & Cucumber   John Young is 86 years-old and he was born in Bethlehem , PA. […]

Read More » | July 11, 2012 | Category: Eastwick Community Garden, Garden

Gardener Don

“Gardening is not something you can walk away from; don’t give up.”   Name: Don Williams Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA Years gardening: 69 Produce Grown: Beets, lettuce, corn, chard, turnips, onion, okra, collard greens and cabbage. Mr. Don Williams has lived in Philadelphia his whole life. He has been living in Philadelphia since he was two […]


Rebel Mustard Greens

It’s early May and just about time to harvest the mustard greens we planted a few months ago. The insects and animals have been happily munching away on our cabbage and broccoli, but thankfully left our mustards alone. Although it sounds a bit goofy that we’re enjoying the food the deers left behind, there’s something […]

Read More » | May 13, 2012 | Category: Cooking, Garden, Recipes



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