Preparing for Fall
It's hard to believe the first week of September is here! While we enjoy the peak of harvest, we are also busy preparing for fall. We have cool weather
It's hard to believe the first week of September is here! While we enjoy the peak of harvest, we are also busy preparing for fall. We have cool weather
After some unfortunate vandalism in May, we were certain this year's potato harvest from our community gardens would be pretty uneventful. Much to our surprise, the remaining seed potatoes
Every summer, the LPH Community Gardens program hires 4 teenagers from our neighborhood to work as garden apprentices. It's an opportunity for them to learn about growing food and
It’s been a busy month in the LPH Community Gardens program. We’ve planted in community garden spaces and home gardens, hired teen garden apprentices, kicked off weekly workdays, and
There are many similarities to farming your own space and growing food in a community garden, but there are some major challenges that separate the two. When growing food alone,
Lem was skeptical when his family moved to Lower Price Hill a few years ago. His grandfather passed on a passion for gardening, and he was accustomed to living
The wait is over. Spring has arrived here at the Owsley County Farm To School Gardening Program. The dogwoods are blooming, the crappie are running and the fields are plowed,
Lower Price Hill is a dense, urban neighborhood where most residents live in multi-family rental units, lacking space or permission for personal gardens. Community garden spaces offer these families
Participant Surveys Our Home Garden participants come from diverse backgrounds with different interests, reasons for growing, and experience. Because of those differences, we've realized they also often need different
As the seasons start to change, both home gardeners and neighbors engaged with our community gardens start to dream about all the ways to use the late summer harvest.