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 »

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

Read about the Benton-Stephens Garden in this Missourian article.

Sunday, February 15 • 2 p.m.
1601 Windsor St. (Kip’s house)

It is that time of year again! (Time to begin the planning for this next garden season.) All those who are interested in having a garden spot, please contact me. We are also looking for people to take a leadership role in coordinating garden efforts. I will soon have a list of leadership roles to be filled. One part of this will be co-coordinator of the garden. There is much that can be done this year to increase yields. Our initial meeting will be to assign garden plots, assign roles, and set garden work-days for the early spring. I invite all who are interested to attend this meeting.