2015 Calendar of Events

The Harvest of Hope (HOH) 2015 Calendar of Events is detailed below.  Unless otherwise noted, all classes/events are to be held at:

Harvest of Hope Community Garden, 130 W Charlemont St, Kingsport, Tn

• Feb 4th 4pm - Quilt Trail Dedication.  See blog post titled:  "Grandmother's...Quilt" 

• Feb 7th  8:30am - 12:30pm - Vegetable Gardening 101: Family Fun, Healthy Foods
  Location: First Presbyterian Church, Kingsport.  Registration is encouraged. To register contact RLnetmga@charter.net  or call Robert at 276.492.1722 or Dave at 423.929.2233.  More details on event are posted on Vegetable Gardening 101 post

• Feb. 24th 6:30 pm - Meeting for MEMBERS to discuss bed assignments, rules/regulations to garden or work in HOH gardens (all should attend).
  Location: First Presbyterian Church
•  March 21st 10:00am - Early Spring Veg. Planting Class at HOH
• April 18th - Class TBA
• May 16th - Summer Vegetable Planting at HOH
• June 20th 10:00 am - Cooking Your Vegetables ( by TN Agricultural Extension)
• July - TBA
•  Aug 15th 9:30am? - Fall Vegetable Planting class
• Sept. - TBA
• Oct. 24th 10:00am - Clean up & Cook Out (Members Only)

Image courtesy of staticsquarespace.com

Possibly more events on April-July-Sept to come TBA. There will be a How to Build/Use Rain Barrels one month.

A garden requires patient labor and attention.  
Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions
 or to fulfill good intentions.  They thrive
because someone expended effort on them.

-- Liberty Hyde Bailey

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary....

... How does your garden grow?
with weed fabric, and chat gravel,
and pretty raised beds all in a row.

Image from Artfire.com

New Raised Beds on Gravel

[HOH] Harvest of Hope Garden (picture taken from inside garden facing southeast towards expansion)

Above, you can see how the Harvest of Hope Garden (recently expanded to the east), now has weed fabric added, chat/gravel, and new raised beds. More fabric and gravel will be added to cover grass area (future).

The Shed

Below is a picture of how the shed looks now, before it is expanded to double the size (future construction). HOH gardeners say that the shed expansion can be done for under $300 !!  This shed currently stores tools, supplies, a wheelbarrow, etc.  With the HOH Garden expansion this past year and continuous raised bed constructions, the shed is well overdue for enlargement as well to support the efforts of the gardeners.

Lumber sits (to the right of the shed) where the shed will be expanded.
Weigh Station is on left, partially shown.

Upcoming Events

Mark your calendars for a few upcoming events:

• Planting Fall Vegetables CLASS:  Aug. 23rd. at 9:00 am at HOH.  What to plant and 'how to' will be discussed.
  
• Kingsport Pepper Fest to be held at the Farmer's Market downtown on Saturday, September 13th from 9-4pm.  The Farmers Market is located at the corner of Clinchfield and Center Streets, near the new Food City.
  
• Fall/Winter CLEANUP will be Oct. 18th. at 10:00 am.

Pictures

Enjoy these recent pictures, taken from left to right, of the Harvest of Hope Garden. With all of these wonderful improvements to the garden and over five-hundred (500) pounds of produce harvested so far this season, one could say that "... your HOH Garden grows quite well, Mary!"

Happy Gardening :)