Hello all! Hoping your new year is starting out splendidly! Sorry it’s been a while since you’ve heard from us! You’ll understand why after you read below. This is a 2 part post. First, please read the following long, wonderful article by Patrick O’Neill about Garner Grows, and what it means to us (it’s pasted…
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9/2/20
Community and Garden Grows The community is growing along with the garden. Friends and families come together, and different cultures appreciate each other. Herbs Vegetables, fruits and flowers are not everything at Garner Grows. There is knowledge and skills to teach and learn. Carpentry, plumbing, propagation, seed starting, painting, landscape, accounting, design, media/computer and pruning…
4/8/20
“even from 6 feet away from each other love is felt at your community garden!”
1/13/20
Kids were happily swarming around, playing in the branches and mulch pile…
5/28/19
Memorial day is a time of remembrance but can also be downtime to enjoy with friends and family. If either or both of those is scarce, come to your community garden and make your own. Carlos (bbq chef extraordinaire) does great burgers, brats and dogs as well as portabellas and corn on the cob. On…
10/30/18
Sorry it’s been so long since there’s been an update! Been a busy couple of months. Cool season at the garden is my favorite garden time. Mosquitoes and ants are minimal and it is not as uncomfortable. Some winter crops have been started already. Kale, arugula, mustard, lettuce, spinach, radishes, beets, onions, carrots, kohlrabi, broccoli,…
7/16/18
The July meeting was light on business and heavier on fun. Carlos grilled burgers, hot dogs, brats, and portabellas. A beautiful yellow watermelon, cucumber salad and chimichurri sauce came from the garden. George’s home made ice cream, a peanut butter and fudge cake as well as coca cola cake were some…
7/1/18
The heat of the summer is upon us. If not for the crew of the community garden (and their near constant watering), all plants would be lost. Due to their hard work Joe says he has never seen it grow so well. Pam’s working on getting the parts for the irrigation system. Hopefully we’ll get…
6/2/18
One saturday i gave a visitor a quick tour of the garden and later realized that everybody doesn’t know a few things. We make our own excellent compost, in addition to compost now’s contribution to the garden. Coffee grinds and leaves are picked up by hardworking members. Table scraps (minus meat products or oils) are…
4/16/18
Spring has arrived and the garden shows it! There is an abundance of luscious greens and blooming beauties all around. This last Saturday, 4/14/18, was the most productive combo fundraiser to date. Nearly all members were able to contribute either time or donations or both. That trend predicts a good harvest for the year. A…
3/10/18
It was a beautiful and productive day for our garden community. All of the leaders welcomed new member Kelly with a tour. Many of us worked on extending the compost bin that is made from salvaged cement blocks (thanks Pam!). Bhavana sprayed fertilizer on seedlings which will happily gobble it up. Tammy and Kelly inventoried…
