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!

'Vegetable Gardening 101' Workshop: Sat, Feb 7th

Be sure to read the bottom of this blog article for listing of radio

 & TV shows to be aired soon; shows will feature info about the workshop.

* SCHEDULE

The Vegetable Gardening 101 workshop is designed for new vegetable gardeners in East Tennessee but will offer learning opportunities for everyone. The workshop will include an opening speech, "Vegetable Ventures-Early Consideration for the Home Gardener," by Dr. Natalie Bumgarner, the University of Tennessee Residential and Consumer Extension Specialist.

Sessions will follow on Raised Bed Gardening, Container Gardening / Small Space Gardening, and Growing Super Vegetables; Earl Hockin (MG), Phil Ramey(MG), and Jennifer Banks (Nutritionist) will be leading these sessions, respectively. Sessions will cover soil, the basics of plant requirements, site selection, garden design and layout,…

Space is limited to first 120 participants, so early registration is encouraged; see flyer above for contact info. Workshop location is the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Kingsport, TN (directions). 

Registration packet pickup is at 8am, followed by the workshop sessions which will run from 8:30am to 12:30pm. Participants are invited to view the Harvest of Hope Community Gardens, located across the street, after the workshop from 12.30pm to 1.30pm. 

 Look for more information to be aired on television and radio in the coming week(s), various channels:

• Jan 22nd - WKPT, TV Ch19 (ABC) 6-7am NEWS, "How to" Segment 
• Jan 22nd - WKPT RADIO, Station AM1400 10am, The "Dave Light" Show   Listen
• Jan 26th - WCYB, TV Ch5 (NBC) 12pm Noon NEWS
• Jan 28th - WKPT RADIO, Station AM1400 10am, The "Dave Light" Show   Listen
• Jan 29th  - WKPT, TV Ch19 (ABC) 6-7am News, "How to" Segment 
• Feb 2nd:  WJHL, TV Ch11 (CBS), Daytime Tri-Cities Show

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Class on Raised Beds: Saturday, October 11th

'HOW TO' and 'WHY TO' 

Build a Raised Bed for Your Garden

CLASS

 Saturday Oct.11th at 10:00 am

at Harvest of Hope,

 130 W. Charlemont St, Kingsport Tn

 Weather allowing. Bring a chair (optional).

Questions?
Contact Doug Hilton:  howlatthemoon1775@gmail.com

Fall Planting Class / Workshop: Saturday, Aug 23rd

"How to Prune Your Tomato Plants" CLASS

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!  

Helpful Links:

More Gardening Class(es)        Garden Member Info

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!