Greetings from Cincinnati! With the frost coming early this year, we have already been busy clearing and replanting our garden beds with cool-weather vegetable crops and dragging season extension materials from the shed. Winter is right around the corner! As we finish up another season, I’m happy to share that it has been one of the
Hello Grow Appalachia friends! Since our last entry the season has turned over to fall, and we are now busy removing the old tomatoes and peppers and adding in new vegetable plants like cabbage, kale, lettuces, peas, radish and many cool weather flowers and tulip bulbs. Garden Club is still meeting up twice a month,
Hello Garden Friends, Since my last blog entry I was asked,“How does the garden make you feel?” As I began to ponder this question, I felt a wave of warm emotions run through my heart. Quick flashes of some fond memories came rushing to my mind—like the time a young summer camper exclaimed, “Carrots are
Hello from Over-the-Rhine People's Garden! We are in the thick of summer and the heat and humidity is trying to slow me down but it just isn't happening! What is keeping me the busiest this time of year hasn't been watering and weeding, but Garden Summer Camp! We are in
Happy Spring from Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine People’s Garden! Cincinnati, Ohio— We made it through the Ohio frost date and are planting our seedlings furiously! We are headed towards the beginning of summer and I feel like I can already tase the tomatoes and peppers. Outside of planting, weeding, watering and top dressing our garden beds
Happy Earth Day Grow Appalachia friends! It is a beautiful day here in Cincinnati, Ohio, despite having cold temps and snow last weekend. Hoping we are finally saying goodbye to the winter temperatures and our warm up is here to stay. The tulips that are grown as a part of our market section of our
Hello garden friends, March is full of growing madness! Madness meaning, starting hundreds of seeds, hardening-off plants, and finally getting vegetable and flower plugs into the ground. Mother Nature provided a bit of weather madness too. Like highs in the 70’s, lows in the 20’s, and snow! But the gardeners and I welcome Spring's arrival
Covington, Kentucky ---- Here it is, already October, a transitioning time for our Victory Gardeners and a chance for us to reflect on the program, its outcomes, and its future. How is it possible that this year can feel like both the longest and shortest ever all at the same time? Starting our gardens in
Happy Fall from Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine People's Garden! Cincinnati, Ohio--- We made it through another season! A season like nothing I have ever experienced—gardening through a pandemic. But, none the less, it was fabulously successful and fun. We are now headed into my favorite time of year— Autumn. The peach tree and apple trees are picked
Covington, Kentucky ---- Here we are at the end of summer and I am proud to say that we have not lost any of our Victory Gardeners to defeat! Ok. Maybe this seems like a low bar for success. But just two months ago we had to work quickly to get this program created from
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