We are in our third year of backyard gardening here at Grow Morristown. Still, on a few basic levels, we are experiencing some firsts. This year marks our first being able to fully take advantage of the facilities at Central Services. Our top resource distribution, including plants and seeds and timed with workshop three, was
One interesting thing about the pandemic - I had a lot more photos being sent to me. It turns out that running a garden program remotely via email & Facebook creates a digital archive in real-time. That's a pretty nice thing to have when it's time for blogging or bragging. The mile-high stack of
Growing anything is incredibly rewarding. Growing something that made Shaquille O'Neal puke on live TV ... that sounds extra rewarding, let's grow some of that!! A growing trend in backyard gardening is growing hotter and hotter varieties of peppers. Once exotic, Ghost Pepper - Carolina Reaper - Scotch Bonnet, are commonly known peppers now
Ok, I'm back again with more from our Facebook group. It's something I'm really proud of. These photos are great and the comments are great but the time frame is worth noting as well ... these snapshots are anywhere from minutes to only a couple of weeks old. Its a fast group - we
We're in our second year here as Grow Morristown. The decision has been made to cap the program at two years participation. With a two year cycle we can reach more gardeners over time. But with that, half of our twenty members will become alumni next year. The thought of "graduating" these second year
One thing that's really grown this year is our private Facebook community. It can only grow so big in numbers because it is restricted to our own gardeners. However, the level engagement and the way our gardeners are using it is proving to be a tremendous asset for me as the site coordinator! Not
I am a second year, very grateful, Grow Morristown participant. After a very successful summer garden, we had the opportunity to plant Cabbage, Broccoli, Onions and Garlic during the Fall and Winter seasons. I was extremely hesitant to plant anything during this time of year because I thought it would be impossible to keep
One really neat thing about being in our second year with the garden grant, is that we have examples from last year to draw on. As it turns out, it's way easier to talk about garden plans with first time gardeners if you have a bunch of examples of garden plans!! Drawing on last
As I sit here writing my 1st blog of 2021, I can't help but think about what it was like to write our first blog of 2020! What was going through our minds exactly one year ago, during our first year as a garden grant recipient and Covid was not even a thing yet? We
Things are coming to an end and as I take time to reflect, one thing I’ve noticed… just like plants want to grow, a community wants to grow. This year was tough but not everything was an uphill battle. Some things seemed to know what to do with little more than providing the right
