Community Garden Coalition

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. read more »

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 [at] missouri [dot] 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.

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!

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