Category Archives: community gardens
First Farmer’s Market
This past Saturday marked the first Clinton County Farmer’s Market of the season, and the first one ever in its new location in the mural parking lot downtown. The turnout was a little better than expected, and the 8 vendors … Continue reading
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Urban Gardening in the Times
Even though I’ll be in Indianapolis until Friday afternoon for VISTA orientation and I hadn’t planned on blogging while here, I saw this article in the times this morning before heading out for the day. “Urban Farming, a Bit Closer … Continue reading
Filed under backyard gardening, community gardens, Rooftop Gardening
Community Garden Harvest
Yesterday after the sustainable agriculture presentation we went over to the community garden plots and did our weekly weeding, harvesting and planting. Because the only plants that have been ready to harvest these past two weeks have been leafy greens … Continue reading
Sustainable Agriculture at W.C.
Last night, Ohio Agriculture Director Robert Boggs and Senior Program Manager for Ohio Sustainable Agriculture Amalie Lipstreu addressed a crowd of almost 100 community members at the Kelly Center on the Wilmington College campus. The presentation, as I mentioned in … Continue reading
Clinton County Fresh Network
Tonight I, along with local farmers, fellow VISTA volunteers and community members involved in the Grow Food, Grow Hope Garden Initiative, will be attending a dinner presentation at the college about the benefits of building a homegrown, locally sourced food … Continue reading
Dispatch: More People Getting Hands Dirty in Community Plots
The Dispatch ran a good story on Sunday about the growing appeal of community gardening (pun intended), especially in Columbus and central Ohio. “More People Getting Hands Dirty in Community Plots” 5/24. It’s great to see this type of interest … Continue reading
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Garden layout
To better visualize the seemingly unconventional layout of the garden, I made a diagram to keep my memory fresh without having to stake out the garden itself with markers. Here’s the basic layout: I … Continue reading
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Backyard Gardening: Day 1
Since graduation in March, I’ve been keeping a pseudo-bucket list of goals I want to accomplish when I move back here to Wilmington. It’s tentative, and mostly kept by memory, but it reads something like this: get … Continue reading
Filed under AmeriCorps*, backyard gardening, community gardens
