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
The fifth month of the 2022 garden program has arrived at St. Vincent Mission! The start of this month was met with a large outside donation of 75 tomato plants, which were given out to the David School to aid students with their garden. The beginning of the new month also marks the end of
As I have been planning my garden this year, ordering seeds from my favorite companies far away, preparing soil, adding in beds, and all the other things I’ve learned you do before planting time, I have been trying to be mindful of my remaining real modern day gardening problems I’ve had the last couple of
Well hello, there my little pretties. Taken right out of the mouth of one of our gardeners on Grow Appalachia. All of our gardeners have been anxiously awaiting the time to plant their gardens and see their rewards. Many are actually seeing those rewards now by taking advantage of early planting in hopes of not
This spring has been a whirlwind of activity as the Settlement School slowly returns back to business after the pandemic. It seems though, Spring was late this year. The overwhelming green has just started, nearly a month later than normal. I am late as well, just now realizing I have missed last month’s blog.
April Showers bring May Gardens. Now that the sun is starting to hang out with us longer, the ground is warming up. Spring showers are coming and going. The seeds are becoming very happy. All of our participant’s gardens throughout the county have popped up and making all our hard work pay off. They have
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
The fourth month of the 2022 garden program is right around the corner at St. Vincent Mission! We have monthly meetings with participant aid, tilling jobs, fertilization of new gardens, and a class discussing the “how’s” and “why’s” of garden maintenance. At this month’s meeting, participants were presented with plants, seeds, and greenhouse vouchers. Some
It's interesting how badly you can hate a particular invasive species and yet still acknowledge its utility. Such is the case with bamboo. Bamboo can be categorized as clumping or running. The clumping bamboos don't spread as widely, but they aren't very cold-tolerant and often can't survive our winters. The running bamboos are another story
