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Water Street Commons, drenched in rain, begins to show signs of life

By Mark | May 29, 2013

It’s the first real rain since we seeded our acre of Water Street a few weeks ago, and I’m incredibly happy. I’d intended to go out this evening, with my friend Jeff, to dig up some spotted knapweed and put a few more transplants in the ground, but, seeing as how it’s raining, I thought [...]

Posted in Agriculture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Billy Bragg, Black Eyed Susan, Dandelion Bodies, Eben Mannes, flowers, forbs, hairy beardtongue, Iggy Pop, Jeff Clark, native plants, QR code, seed bombing, showy goldenrod, sound poetry, spotted knapweed, Teresa Gillotti, Victoria Emanuela Pozyczka, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project, weeds, Wild Ones, wildflowers | 12 Comments

The Seed Bombing of Water Street will happen on May 1

By Mark | April 13, 2013

On Thursday evening, the Ypsilanti Parks and Recreation Commission met, and considered our proposal to adopt an acre of Water Street right alongside Michigan Avenue, just west of South River Street. I don’t think it will be official until Monday, but the members present agreed unanimously with the project as I explained it. So, it [...]

Posted in Agriculture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged adopt a park, Bill Schneider, bio-remediatin, Black Eyed Susan, brownfield, call to action, Canada Wild Rye, catapults, Common Evening Primrose, Common Milkweed, Dairy Queen, ecology, flowers, forbs, grasses, Indian Grass, Jason Tallant, Michigan Avenue, native plants, remediation, River Street, Sand Tickseed, seed bombing, slingshots, spotted knapweed, trebuchet, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Wildtype, Yarrow, Ypsilanti Parks and Recreation Commission | 39 Comments

The seed bombing of Water Street… Who’s in?

By Mark | April 6, 2013

Since we last spoke about the idea of seed bombing Water Street, quite a bit has happened. Most notably, I’ve been in discussions with representatives of the City, as well as various people in the community who profess to know a thing or two about native plant species, bio-remediation, landscaping, and the like. What follow [...]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bees, brownfields, buckthorn, call to action, garlic mustard, guerilla bio-remediation, industrial waste, Jesse Tack, Lisa Bashert, May Day, Michigan Avenue, Michigan Botanical Club, MSU Extension Service, myco inoculant, native plants, nectar, seed bombing, teraforming, Teresa Gillotti, toxic environment, trees, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Water Street tree farm, Whole Culture Repair, Wildtype | 24 Comments

The trees of Ypsilanti and how you can do your part to help them on Saturday

By Mark | April 27, 2012

For the past several months, I’d been thinking about interviewing someone in City government about the trees that were planted along Cross Street as part of the recent $1 million streetscaping project. (I like trees.) For some reason, though, I’d kept putting it off until yesterday, when, in a fit of late night inspiration, I [...]

Posted in Agriculture, Food, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arbor Day, Arbor Day Foundation, berries, buckthorn, Casey Dixon, Common Bald Cypress, Corylus Colurna, crabapples, Cross Street, Department of Public Services, Depot Town, DTE, economic development, evil trees, fruit trees, Gilbert Park, Global Warming, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, healthy food access, Ivory Silk Japanese Tree Lilac, Jamie Nauta, MDOT, Michigan Works, mind control, nut trees, Park Street, Peninsular Park, pruning, Rachel Blistein, Riverside Park, streetscape, Syringa Reticulata, Taxodium Distichum, Teresa Gillotti, Tilia Cordata, tree of heaven, trees, Turkish Filbert, vermin, Ypsi Tree Nursery | 23 Comments

Invasivore efforts to install a nutria colony in Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park

By Mark | January 3, 2011

The New York Times Magazine had an interesting piece yesterday on the budding invasivore food movement. For those who missed it, here’s a clip: There’s a new shift in the politics of food, not quite a movement yet, more of an eco-culinary frisson. But it may have staying power; the signs and portents are there. [...]

Posted in Environment, Food, Global Warming | Also tagged asian carp, Canada goose, coypu, Eating Aliens, ecology, garlic mustard, giant rodents, Huron River, invasive species and how they taste, invasive species diet, invasivore, Jackson Landers, Kentucky tuna, kudzu, lionfish, locavore, Louisiana, mouse-beaver, Myopotamus coypus, nutria, Rachel Kesel, Riverside Park, rodents, White Castle | 31 Comments

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Water Street Commons, drenched in rain, begins to show signs of life

The Seed Bombing of Water Street will happen on May 1

The seed bombing of Water Street… Who’s in?

The trees of Ypsilanti and how you can do your part to help them on Saturday

Invasivore efforts to install a nutria colony in Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park

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