Photos from March Workshop and Future Plans

Early Spring Vegetables Workshop

Here are some photos from the HOH March 21st Class on Early Spring Vegetables.
 Instructor: Phil Ramey.

There was a great turnout! Master Gardener Phil Ramey (center, with tool) instructed the class.

Jim checks out the seeds & seedlings before they are planted

Potato Planting

Seed potatoes are cut before planting

Onion Planting

Closeup of onions before planting

Broccoli, Cabbage, and Kale planting was demonstrated too.

Jerry, behind the scenes, going over paperwork.

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Hoop Houses

 Doug Hilton showed gardeners how to make raised bed Hoop Houses.  Hoop Houses act as temporary greenhouses to keep frost from killing seedlings.

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Future Happenings at HOH

Future:   Planter for an Herb, Sensory Garden for children of all abilities & disabilities.

Future:    Water Line to run from middle of garden to the west, so that gardeners will have access to hose and water from that side of the garden. 

Also possibly in the future....
HOH, along with United Way, Kingsport Housing, City of Kingsport, D.B.H.S. FFA Volunteer Agriculture class, and others hope to help Lee Family Learning Center build a children's garden near Lee apartments. This garden would be a great interactive and learning activity for children as well as providing families with fresh produce. This idea fits perfectly into Harvest of Hope's mission

Harvest of Hope Community Garden helps individuals and families in Kingsport, Tennessee grow food for themselves and their community.

Thank You's

Home Depot donated these :)

Evergreen helps HOH with seedlings for HOH :)

Thank you to all those who donated or discounted items for today's workshop. Thanks to alll of the HOH sponsors too!

"How to Prune Your Tomato Plants" CLASS

Y HYPE Teen Camp Partners with HOH

On May 29th, the Kingsport YMCA 'HYPE Teen Camp' visited the Harvest of Hope Community Garden.  The teens' service work included: weeding, digging, moving soil, and generally making the garden a welcoming place for all.  There certainly was a lot of service, leadership, and learning, but most of all they look like they just had fun!

Thank you Y Hype Teen Camp for all your efforts and making HOH Gardens beautiful !!

Here are some more photos :)

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Read more at Kingsport Times News community online article.

A 'RAD' Workshop

A pair of RAD kids with a pair of RAD-ishes.
ps. RAD means 'cool'

On May 17th at HOH, a Gardening Workshop was held to demonstrate the planting of summer vegetables and to help members plant various seedlings.  Vegetable seedlings planted included cucumber, tomato, and bell peppers.

Tomato Seedlings root/stem can be planted horizontally
 to provide better support for plant stem (ie. deeper).

Cucumber Tree

Cucumber Seedling

Bell pepper seedling's roots are loosened before planting.

Members also harvested various Spring crops such as radishes (top photo and below), kohlrabi. [Also peas, broccoli, etc. - not shown]

Radishes (without the cool kids)

Can you say Kohlrabi?             kohl·ra·bi

Kohlrabi being peeled; can be eaten raw...yum!

Below, member gardeners harvest their crops, plant their seedlings, and weed and maintain their beds. 

 

Other interesting crops!

Celosia flowers

Sage

Early Blackberries

 Happy Gardening!   Keep it RAD :)

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Class Learning Implemented at Home...

Raised Bed

Raised bed built at home.

On March 1st, a class was held on how to build raised beds. One of the participants, Sally Richard, took what she learned and put it into action by building a raised bed of her own.  Way to go, Sally :)

Peas Germinating

Alaska Peas germinating in moist paper towels inside vented ziploc.

Here is another example of how one of our HOH participants implemented at home (here shown in photo, April 23rd), what they learned previously at Spring Vegetable Gardening Class (April 12th).  This photo was submitted anonymously.

Happy Gardening!  

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