Gardening: A worthy endeavor!
Gardening is a wonderful & worthy endeavor. What other pastime can you participate in with such rich end results?! Some of our gardeners are confident and bold in their participation
Off and Running in the Community Gardens
Off and Running in the Community Gardens and the folks are loving it! We've focused on container gardening in four of our Community Gardens and folks are getting excited to
Garden Season has Officially Begun!
Garden season has officially begun! We've held our first two meetings at the Floyd County Extension Office signing up 29 participants, as well as arranging classes for 4 Community Gardens
A Season of Rest
REST! Now begins a season of rest and we all need rest; even our earth needs to rest for a season. We're clearing our gardens, sowing cover crops to replenish
Happy Fall, Not Busy at ALL!!
BUSY doesn't even begin to describe how this time of the year has been. Harvests are piling in, everyone is canning, freezing, dehydrating, and soon St. Vincent will be freeze
Sunflowers and Gratitude abound here!
Sunflowers and Gratitude! This has been the year for sunflowers! They're growing over 14 feet tall and hardy! We handed out seeds at the beginning of the season and people
Dog Days of Summer
The Dog Days of Summer are upon us and we're all feeling the weight of weed pressure and disease. It's been an especially hard year for our new gardeners, but
Garden Visits AND Return visits!
Garden visits have begun with vigor, but I've heard said that we could have waited until June to plant and they'd be just as big by now. The soil was
Summertime Planting: A warm hug!
Summertime Planting! We've begun our gardening with enthusiasm and we're barely into May. Our gardeners have been holding off as long as they can, but now the race is on.
Finally, Spring!
It looks like spring might finally have shown up. The ground is drying up and we're getting gardens tilled. We're still expecting a hard frost or two, but our seeds
