This Missourian article is all about a new affiliate garden being started at the Salvation Army Harbor House.
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Save money by planting a vegetable garden
Sarah Linsenmeyer and daughter Pearl Zwingle, 4, work at Westwinds Court, a neighborhood garden in Columbia, Mo. Credit: University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
The link below takes you to a MU Extension print and video media piece featuring Westwinds community gardeners and CGC president and gardener, Bill McKelvey.
Making the most of clay soil
During last weekend’s warm and dry weather, I finally had the chance to turn over and work up part of my garden plot at the Ash Street garden. To my disappointment, I discovered that my plot is full of heavy, sticky clay. I suspect the soil had been disturbed when the three houses that used to reside on the garden were removed. If you’ve ever worked with heavy clay soil, you know that it can be quite challenging. On the other hand, it offers the chance to use some good gardening practices to turn poor soil into productive soil… if you’re up for it. Continue reading
Community Gardening Webinar
A webinar (on line teleconference) will be held on Thursday, April 23, from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, to introduce a new University of Missouri Extension publication titled “Community Gardening Toolkit.” The toolkit provides tips, steps, resources, and tools for starting and managing a community garden. A PDF of the toolkit can be downloaded at http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/miscpubs/mp0906.htm.
To register, contact Casi Lock at LockC@missouri.edu or 573-884-3794. Once registered, you’ll receive information about how to to tune in and take part from your home or office computer. The webinar is sponsored by University of Missouri Extension Healthy Lifestyle Initiative. Bill McKelvey will be the presenter.
Composting Workshop Saturday
This Saturday, April 11, come to a free workshop on composting starting at 10 a.m. at the St. Joseph garden.
The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture will show you how to manage backyard compost piles for your home and garden. Come see some tricks of the trade, and learn how to optimize your efforts to yield high quality soil amendments!
Freeze Expected Sunday & Monday Nights
Gardeners are advised to cover up plants in the ground and take potted plants and seedlings inside Sunday night through Monday night. Frost and possibly even a hard freeze are in the forecast! http://www.kmiz.com/weather
Farmer's Market Community Round Up
The Columbia Farmer’s Market and MU Extension are hosting an afternoon of free presentations about local food production this Saturday, April 4, 1-4 pm at the Unity Center. Get more information and read about all the great speakers and sessions.
Gardeners: Order Cool Season Plants Now
A limited quantity of cool season transplants (broccoli, red and green cabbage, lettuce and parsley) will be available to community gardeners this weekend. You have until this Friday, March 27 to tell your garden leader how many you could use!
(Thanks so much to Jenny Grabner and Heartland Family Nursery for growing seedlings this year!)
Broadway Christian Organizing Meeting
Broadway Christian Church gardeners will meet this Saturday, March 28 at 11 am in the church’s fellowship hall. Contact Don Day if you want to garden there, but cannot attend.
Benton-Stephens Up and Running
The Benton-Stephens garden reports on it’s new web site that they have had good success so far getting things planted.
We now have the following vegetables and seeds in the ground:
Peas, Lettuce, Spinach, Carrots, Radish, Beets, Onions, Swiss Chard
They have work days currently scheduled every Thursday from 3:30-6:30 pm and every Saturday from 12-4 pm
Community Garden Coalition 