2014 Kingsport Pepper Festival PHOTOS

Here are a few photos from the1st Annual Kingsport Pepper Festival (website)

held Sept 13th at the Farmers Market.  Enjoy!

Ghost Pepper Plant - one of the hottest peppers you can grow

Buffalo Wild Wings

Pepper Class

H.O.P.E. Teen Volunteers

Dobyns Bennet FFA (Future Farmers of America) Volunteers

Pepper Pot Toss

Pin the tail on the pepper (above photo & below)

A Few Tidbits for Garden Members

Happy Spring!

Here are a few tidbits of information for our Harvest of Hope (HOH) Community Garden Members.

   



 
• Master Gardeners (MG's) will be on hand at the HOH Community Garden at 10am-ish in the mornings on:
  
  Mondays, Wednesdays, & Saturdays.
  [May possibly be available some Saturday evenings (TBA)]

• A Bulletin Board is up on the left-hand side of garden shed for any announcements, current info, forms, etc.
• Got Questions?  Go to the Garden on the above days to talk with MG's in person.  If you have a question, and cannot meet at those times, leave a message on the bulletin board on the left side of the garden shed.
• In addition to weeding, watering, and maintaining your own
  
  raised bed(s), Volunteer Garden Members are asked to maintain the space surrounding their raised bed by weeding the gravel area (& disposing the weeds/trash).

    

• Garden Compost Bags recently donated by Lowes [Thank you]. Available for member use.

• NEW!  Raised Bed Labeling
  
  

• Coming Soon: Weigh Station
  This will be put in a covered area next to existing shed. Although members can take home some of produce that they grow for themselves, they are encouraged to log (see forms by bulletin board) and donate some of these foods to the Food Pantries, etc.  See FeedKingsport.org.    The weigh station will be used to weigh vegetables that are donated.

Happy Gardening !

Photos from Spring Vegetables Gardening Class (4-12-14)

 Enjoy these photos from last Saturdays' Spring Vegetable Gardening Class/Workshop with instructors Earl Hochin and Phil Ramey.

Earl Hochin, an HOH Volunteer and Master Gardener, demonstrating today's class (left).
 Judith, participant, on right.

A few seeds/seedlings that were planted:
Brussels sprouts, peas carrots, broccoli, lettuce (not shown)

BROCCOLI

Measuring about 18" between broccoli plants

               Broccoli (closeup)                                               Don't forget to water :)

PEAS

Peas (closeup)

Peas that had germinated
 (in paper towels/ziploc- a few weeks prior)

Planting of pea seeds

 

Participants in the class learned a lot today 

Last, but not least... a Master Weeder

Enjoy listening to a cute tune about Broccoli: The Broccoli Boogie by Sam Jones...

And here's one about peas: Goober Peas by Johnny Cash And Burl Ives :)

Happy Gardening!

Spring Vegetable Gardening Class

Join us for a 

Spring Gardening Class/Workshop

10am Saturday April 12th 2014

at The Harvest Of Hope (HOH) Community Garden

The class will be taught by an HOH Master Gardener.

*Bring outdoor/folding chair if desired.

See the Calendar of Events for more Class/Workshop dates and times. Happy Gardening :)

Top Photo (vegetables in basket) Credit: cdn.sheknows.com
Bottom Photo (Gloves around plant) Credit: web.extension.illinois.edu

The Demonstration Award PRESENTATION !

In a December blog article, we told you about Harvest of Hope (HOH) Community Garden in Kingsport being named recipient of a Tennessee Master Gardener Search for Excellence Award.  On Thursday, Feb 20th HOH received that award in Murfreesboro, TN.  Congratulations to the HOH team for first place in the Demonstration Garden category!

A few HOH Master Gardeners receive the award on behalf of the HOH Master Gardeners Team

HOH Director with award (shovel) and demonstration exhibit

Harvest of Hope Representatives with Commemorative Shovel

"[The] ...purpose [of the Tennessee Search For Excellence (SFE) program] is to recognize outstanding Master Gardener projects throughout the State of Tennessee... All projects receiving SFE Awards must demonstrate overall excellence, high levels of learning and community outreach."  read more in the mastergardener.tennnessee.edu website. 

It was a great day for
 Harvest of Hope Community Garden!
WTG!!