Peace from Cincinnati, Ohio! Autumn is in full swing in the inner city community garden, Over-the-Rhine People’s Garden. What makes it feel so much like fall, at least for me, is the Three-Sisters garden newly planted this year. Gardeners Jill and Kendra planted a true three-sisters garden filled with just the right ingredients—corn, squash and beans.
Peace from Over-the-Rhine - Cincinnati, Ohio! The summer days have been long and hot. The rain has been MIA for weeks, and yet, we are still smiling. Over-the-Rhine People’s Garden has been busy this summer providing free classes focusing on how to grow your own food, how to prepare and cook your own harvest,
Hello Grow Appalachia followers! Cincinnati, Ohio-- Summer is heating up and the garden is producing so much food! I am cooking with produce from the garden for breakfast, lunch and dinner--it's amazing! For breakfast, try adding greens to a fresh smoothie, potato hash, or your scrambled eggs, or all three! Lunch these days is usually
Hello Grow Appalachia friends and followers! Spring is in full gear and we are busy bees here in Grow Appalachia's urban partner site, Over-the-Rhine People's Garden. The new Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati's pilot program, Hub Gardens, is off to a great start in Over-the-Rhine People's Garden (OTRPG)! A Hub Garden is a Community
Happy Spring! April has been a good month for Over-the-Rhine People's Garden. We are well into spring and the garden is filling up with shades of green from the plants started under lights in our homes back in February. Our garden provides a menu of flowers, herbs, and food that changes with the season. The
Peace from Cincinnati, March is full of gardening madness! Madness meaning, turning the soil, spreading seeds, hardening-off plants, and getting vegetable and flower plugs into the ground. Mother Nature provided a bit of weather madness too. Like tornado sirens, highs in the 70's and lows in the 20's. But the madness has been a good
Hello friends! Most of February in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine People's Garden has been bitterly cold. But on a few rare occasions, Mother Nature provided balmy days that gardeners took full advantage of. Season extension over a few of the raised garden beds have been great against the cold. Garden Club with the Wesley Chapel youth
Happy New Year! As we embark on our sixth season with Grow Appalachia in 2019, we can’t help but reflect upon all the positive experiences and knowledge we have gained over the past year. First of all, gardeners Chris and Jill took over growing most of the vegetables in the garden and they were able
It's the celebration of the fall equinox! You know, the time of year when the sun shines right on the equator and the length of day and night are nearly equal. But it's also the time of year for fall planting and planning. So go ahead and harvest. Then remove your summer plants--or whats left
Happy summer Grow Appalachia friends! This summer has been filled with so many highlights I don’t know where to even begin! So I will just start. First up, victories from the Summer Sprouts “Grow Your Business” class. I created a 5 week course where I taught students the basics of how to start a business,
