Opening day for the Macomb Community Garden

June 2010 – site #1 - new recreational complex on East University Dr.

Container gardens were also established at Eisenhower Towers (Macomb) and Fitch Manor (Bushnell) in June 2010.

Many crops grow very well in wading pools filled with yard waste compost

Crops can also be grown in compost piled on asphalt

Growing Power garden in Chicago

Macomb Community Garden Site #2 East Wheeler St, East of Prairie View Housing Project

Spring 2011 – present

About 40 families had individual plots in 2012

We also had community plantings of Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet corn,

onions, melons, carrots, pumpkins and a few other crops

Purple sweet potato cookies

End of season picnic – Fall 2012

My two favorite heirloom tomatoes are Amana Gold and Cherokee Purple

These were picked green due to an

imminent frost but nearly all ripened

over about a month