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Join neighbors and community leaders for a Fall Harvest at 4th Street Farms this SATURDAY, Sept 23 from 1-3 located at 1377 N. 4th Street. All are welcome to harvest what you will eat (or donate to the garden to distribute) and give back what you can. It’s a great opportunity to meet neighbors, enjoy the outdoors and engage in our community. Garden goals are to … Continue reading Fall Harvest & Garden Prep
Last Friday we took a team of agricultural, environmental, and architectural researchers on a tour of several Weinland Park gardens and the bird sanctuary. One of the experts was Joe Kovach from OARDC–Wooster, who we had earlier driven up to go visit and learn from in collaboration with our partners at Knowlton School of Architecture. He focuses on urban agricultural research, using high tunnels to … Continue reading From the Soil Up
So since the last posting, we’ve been very busy. Here are some of the points of interest to share: We’ve met with Amy Yersavich of the EPA and have submitted paperwork with Waggenbrenner Development to get 4th Street Farms lot priority testing for contaminants. We are not sure when that test will happen, but do want to assure everyone that we have no intention of … Continue reading Baby Steps
We’ve always had a garden and this year because of construction on our house, we decided it wasn’t a good idea to plant there. We’d already been thinking of expanding into a local vacant lot… so when we found out we could lease it we jumped at the opportunity. Right now it’s growing burdock and 40’s! Continue reading Humble beginnings
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