Seeds in the Ground at Stoddart Avenue Community Garden

We had a productive weekend on Stoddart Avenue. Bill valiently re-tilled the garden, and unearthed even more construction debris in the process. On Saturday morning, a few volunteers (including Dwain, Jeannie, Alysha, Mike & Beth) reinforced the fence, spread compost around the fence perimeter, dug out flower beds in front of the fence and constructed platforms for the rain barrels (to be installed on Friday) from the construction debris we unearthed from the lot and a few extra cinder blocks.

We also marked off the garden plots and have started planting in our individual plots.

I've included pictures of our rain barrel platforms and a rear view of the Garden (from the west side).

None of this would have been possible without

• Dwain and the neighborhood kids digging out the embedded debris;


• Rayna and Jeannie installing the fences and Mitch and Mike pounding them in;


• Mike, Frank and Mitch filling wheelbarrows with mulch and compost;


• Jeannie, the neighborhood kids, Betty, Cassandra, & Barbara spreading the compost and mulch;


• Rayna helping me to measure and mark out the paths and to keep the kids sugared up;


• Frank and Mitch chopping down the weed tree, and


• Frank and Barbara loaning us tools, including a wheel barrow and a light-weight "chick" pick so that Dwight could dig out debris.

Seeds in the Ground at Stoddart Avenue Community Garden

We had a productive weekend on Stoddart Avenue. Bill valiently re-tilled the garden, and unearthed even more construction debris in the process. On Saturday morning, a few volunteers (including Dwain, Jeannie, Alysha, Mike & Beth) reinforced the fence, spread compost around the fence perimeter, dug out flower beds in front of the fence and constructed platforms for the rain barrels (to be installed on Friday) from the construction debris we unearthed from the lot and a few extra cinder blocks.

We also marked off the garden plots and have started planting in our individual plots.

I've included pictures of our rain barrel platforms and a rear view of the Garden (from the west side).

None of this would have been possible without

• Dwain and the neighborhood kids digging out the embedded debris;


• Rayna and Jeannie installing the fences and Mitch and Mike pounding them in;


• Mike, Frank and Mitch filling wheelbarrows with mulch and compost;


• Jeannie, the neighborhood kids, Betty, Cassandra, & Barbara spreading the compost and mulch;


• Rayna helping me to measure and mark out the paths and to keep the kids sugared up;


• Frank and Mitch chopping down the weed tree, and


• Frank and Barbara loaning us tools, including a wheel barrow and a light-weight "chick" pick so that Dwight could dig out debris.

Buckeye Yard & Garden Online newsletter

The Columbus Community Garden site (linked on the right side of this site) had a good tip for area gardeners. A resource you should all know about is the Buckeye Yard and Garden on-Line newsletter, which is published weekly from April to October, and provides information about Ohio growing conditions, pest, disease, and cultural problems. BYGL is developed from a Tuesday morning conference call of Extension Educators, Specialists, and other contributors in Ohio. From my perspective, it gives information about soil temperature, etc.
BYGL offers:

• Weatherwatch

• Hort Shorts

• BugBytes

• Disease Digest

• Turf Tips

• Industry Insights

• Coming Attractions

• Byglosophy

Check it out online at: http://www.bygl.osu.edu/. BYGL is available via email. To subscribe, contact Cheryl Fischnich at fischnich.1@cfaes.osu.edu. Additional Factsheet information on any of these articles may be found through the OSU fact sheet database http://plantfacts.osu.edu/

BYGL is a service of OSU Extension and is aided by major support from the ONLA (Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association) http://onla.org/ ; http://buckeyegardening.com/ to the OSU Extension Nursery, Landscape and Turf Team (ENLTT).

BYGL is available online at: http://bygl.osu.edu/, a web site sponsored by the Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and Crop Sciences (HCS) as part of the "Horticulture in Virtual Perspective." The online version of BYGL has images associated with the articles and links to additional information.

In This Issue:
WEATHERWATCH
HORT SHORTS: GDD (Growing Degree Days); Crabapples: Boom or Bust?; Vegetable Gardening 101; and Plants of the Week - Perennial of the Week (Spring Bulbs), Woody Plant of the Week (Pawpaw), The Weekly Weed (Lesser Celandine)
GREEN SHORTS: Lady Beetle Chronicles; The Cincinnati Area Professional Green Infrastructure Network (CAPGIN); and Hamilton County Extension and Collaborators Win Conservation Award at The Cincinnti Flower Show.
CLINIC CLIPS
BUGBYTES: Sawfly Leafminers Fly; The Two Faces of Pine Bark Adelgids; Safari Saves Sensitive Situations; Bees in Walls; and Flea Weevils Return
DISEASE DIGEST: Silver-oddo on Tree Bark and Meltdown in Pachytown (Volutella Leaf blight)
TURF TIPS: Fairy Rings Not Celestial Beings!; Keeping it on the Level; The Invasion of Dandelions Has Begun; and Winter Pests Still Active.
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: Making New Plants: International Plant Propagator Society Meeting in Cleveland in October and Biz Buzz - "Stranger in a Strange Land."
COMING ATTRACTIONS: Wood Packing Materials Workshops; Plant Diagnostic Academy (PDA); and OSU Arbor Day Event to Honor Veterans.
BYGLOSOPHY

Buckeye Yard & Garden Online newsletter

The Columbus Community Garden site (linked on the right side of this site) had a good tip for area gardeners. A resource you should all know about is the Buckeye Yard and Garden on-Line newsletter, which is published weekly from April to October, and provides information about Ohio growing conditions, pest, disease, and cultural problems. BYGL is developed from a Tuesday morning conference call of Extension Educators, Specialists, and other contributors in Ohio. From my perspective, it gives information about soil temperature, etc.
BYGL offers:

• Weatherwatch

• Hort Shorts

• BugBytes

• Disease Digest

• Turf Tips

• Industry Insights

• Coming Attractions

• Byglosophy

Check it out online at: http://www.bygl.osu.edu/. BYGL is available via email. To subscribe, contact Cheryl Fischnich at fischnich.1@cfaes.osu.edu. Additional Factsheet information on any of these articles may be found through the OSU fact sheet database http://plantfacts.osu.edu/

BYGL is a service of OSU Extension and is aided by major support from the ONLA (Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association) http://onla.org/ ; http://buckeyegardening.com/ to the OSU Extension Nursery, Landscape and Turf Team (ENLTT).

BYGL is available online at: http://bygl.osu.edu/, a web site sponsored by the Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and Crop Sciences (HCS) as part of the "Horticulture in Virtual Perspective." The online version of BYGL has images associated with the articles and links to additional information.

In This Issue:
WEATHERWATCH
HORT SHORTS: GDD (Growing Degree Days); Crabapples: Boom or Bust?; Vegetable Gardening 101; and Plants of the Week - Perennial of the Week (Spring Bulbs), Woody Plant of the Week (Pawpaw), The Weekly Weed (Lesser Celandine)
GREEN SHORTS: Lady Beetle Chronicles; The Cincinnati Area Professional Green Infrastructure Network (CAPGIN); and Hamilton County Extension and Collaborators Win Conservation Award at The Cincinnti Flower Show.
CLINIC CLIPS
BUGBYTES: Sawfly Leafminers Fly; The Two Faces of Pine Bark Adelgids; Safari Saves Sensitive Situations; Bees in Walls; and Flea Weevils Return
DISEASE DIGEST: Silver-oddo on Tree Bark and Meltdown in Pachytown (Volutella Leaf blight)
TURF TIPS: Fairy Rings Not Celestial Beings!; Keeping it on the Level; The Invasion of Dandelions Has Begun; and Winter Pests Still Active.
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: Making New Plants: International Plant Propagator Society Meeting in Cleveland in October and Biz Buzz - "Stranger in a Strange Land."
COMING ATTRACTIONS: Wood Packing Materials Workshops; Plant Diagnostic Academy (PDA); and OSU Arbor Day Event to Honor Veterans.
BYGLOSOPHY

Christ The King Church Has Community Garden on Livingston Avenue near Bexley

Now in its third season, Christ the King Church has a community garden near Bexley at 2777 East Livingston Avenue largely dedicated to supplying its St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. Although three beds have been reserved for individual neighbors (who also share in garden maintenance), and a nearby school gardens two beds, the remainder of the 22 garden beds are maintained by a church gardening team. This Garden Was Selected as the Outstanding Community Garden in Central Ohio for 2008 by the Growing To Green Program in September 2008.

Individuals interested in reserving a garden bed need to contact Marjorie at 237-0720 in the Fall.

Dills Nursery is also supporting the St. Vincent De Paul food pantry this season with its own large vegetable garden at its HQ (between Groveport and Canal Winchester).

Christ The King Church Has Community Garden on Livingston Avenue near Bexley

Now in its third season, Christ the King Church has a community garden near Bexley at 2777 East Livingston Avenue largely dedicated to supplying its St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. Although three beds have been reserved for individual neighbors (who also share in garden maintenance), and a nearby school gardens two beds, the remainder of the 22 garden beds are maintained by a church gardening team. This Garden Was Selected as the Outstanding Community Garden in Central Ohio for 2008 by the Growing To Green Program in September 2008.

Individuals interested in reserving a garden bed need to contact Marjorie at 237-0720 in the Fall.

Dills Nursery is also supporting the St. Vincent De Paul food pantry this season with its own large vegetable garden at its HQ (between Groveport and Canal Winchester).

Compost Has Been Spread at the Stoddart Avenue Community Garden

With the help of our core volunteers (Dwain, Rayna, Mike, Mitch & Jeannie), we finished spreading the giant pile of black gold compost donated by Kurtz Brothers (in Grove City) at the Stoddart Avenue Community Garden. Three inches were spread on all of the garden beds. We also finished hanging the fence. Although we're all dog tired, it was more pleasant today without the sun and heat. Of course, we're still suffering from the sun burns we received yesterday. I also managed to staple my own hand. OUCH!

We plan to meet again at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday to build the rain barrel platforms, dig out the front flower beds and spread mulch around the fence border (to keep the weeds and grass from growing into the fence and garden beds. It will not be a long day.

Weather permitting, Bill will be able to re-till the garden beds and then I can mark off the plot borders. Then, each gardener can begin planting.

Compost Has Been Spread at the Stoddart Avenue Community Garden

With the help of our core volunteers (Dwain, Rayna, Mike, Mitch & Jeannie), we finished spreading the giant pile of black gold compost donated by Kurtz Brothers (in Grove City) at the Stoddart Avenue Community Garden. Three inches were spread on all of the garden beds. We also finished hanging the fence. Although we're all dog tired, it was more pleasant today without the sun and heat. Of course, we're still suffering from the sun burns we received yesterday. I also managed to staple my own hand. OUCH!

We plan to meet again at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday to build the rain barrel platforms, dig out the front flower beds and spread mulch around the fence border (to keep the weeds and grass from growing into the fence and garden beds. It will not be a long day.

Weather permitting, Bill will be able to re-till the garden beds and then I can mark off the plot borders. Then, each gardener can begin planting.

Sunday's Schedule at SACG

We will work today until it pours. Although we can't spread the compost if it's muddy, we can stil hang fence:) (In fact, it might be easier in the rain;)

Sunday's Schedule at SACG

We will work today until it pours. Although we can't spread the compost if it's muddy, we can stil hang fence:) (In fact, it might be easier in the rain;)