Hamtramck Star

[lightbox http://defcode.com/wiki/images/thumb/1/15/Gallon.jpg/800px-Gallon.jpg][/lightbox] Hamtramck never ceases to amaze me with it's diversity and abundance of interesting, inexpensive, high-quality food. Right in our neighborhood, for sale are big… more »

Two recycling events are coming up that Hamtramckans can participate in. Residents will be able to drop off glass, paper, cardboard, aluminum, and #1 and #2 plastics on June 28th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the city parking lot on Caniff at McDougall. T… more »

If you've been wondering what was so important that I haven't worked on transcription of the city council meeting, here it is. I finally harvested my worm bin. [lightbox http://defcode.com/wiki/images/thumb/6/60/DSCF0454.jpg/800px-DSCF0454.jpg][/light… more »

I've been wanting to compost garbage for awhile, but with our little yard, I wasn't sure where we were going to put the composter. Then a friend passed along a video about worm bins. Unbelievably, worms can live in a plastic tub in the basement year roun… more »

Thanks to the generosity of our Knights of Columbus, the Hamtramck Heights Community Garden broke ground last Saturday. Membership in the Detroit Agriculture Network is providing seeds, soil testing, soil, and seedlings. Volunteers removed some invasiv… more »

On Saturday, a handful of Hamtramckans attended an event sponsored by the Garden Resource Program Collaborative at the 4H center on McClellan in Detroit. The program is a collaboration between Detroit Agriculture Network, The Greening of Detroit,… more »

If there are enough interested people, there will be a community garden or two in Hamtramck this summer. We are looking for residents to participate in a community garden. All tools, seeds, and gardening equipment will be available for use on schedule… more »

via The Detroit Pree Press Applications are due by Feb. 3 for this year's Urban Roots community gardening training program. The nine-week course, which begins Feb. 18, educates Wayne County residents about community gardening strategies and how to… more »

via Phill Kwik, President of Preserve Our Parks: Replant Hamtramck! Join community volunteers to plant 35 trees in 4 hours on Saturday, November 5, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. We will meet at Kosciuszko Middle School, on Casmere and Fleming. The pl… more »

Being that it is our first year gardening, I've been looking for ideas by admiring the gardens being tended by our neighbors. These Hamtramckans have gone all out. I love their choice of stakes. Many people garden vertically. I believe the… more »

Early Girls are just coming in. Mountain Prides for later in the season One of 2 habenero peppers. Green peppers, later found to be homes to slugs. Bush beans suck. I was waiting to have enough for dinner when some of them turned hard. Swee… more »