plant a row for the hungry - cleveland, ohio

Community Gardening Plant a Row Project Update P L A N T E X T R A ! P L A N T E X T R A ! P L A N T E X T R A !

Please Help the Hungry. The new Master Gardener Community Gardening Committee is looking for gardeners to

participate in the Plant a Row for the Hungry Project. This project is a national program that has contributed millions

of pounds of fresh produce to hunger centers across the country and we want Cuyahoga County Master Gardeners and

Community Gardeners to be a part of this effort. We need YOU to plant an extra row of vegetables for the hungry of

Cleveland. The need is greater than ever because of the current economy. When planning your garden please plant

extra for the Cleveland Foodbank and local food pantries!

There are three ways to help:

� Plant, harvest and deliver your fresh produce to the hunger center of your choice. Please weigh the produce and report the amount you donate to Master Gardener Gwen

Morgan at [email protected] or 440-823-1591 (cell) or 440-423-0225 (home) so we can track how

much we give. Your donations are tax deductible. Contact Gwen for a receipt.

� Plant, harvest and deliver your fresh produce to a drop-off point in your area. The volunteer at the drop-off point will deliver contributions to the Cleveland Foodbank and/or food pantries. This volunteer will also weigh all

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Cooking in the Garden by Becky Orenstein, Student Position

H alf of the fun of gardening is enjoying the fruits of your labor. We all love gardening, but do not always know what to do with our vegetables when harvest time rolls around. Fresh

vegetables are always delicious when eaten on their own, but we often run out of ideas on how to

prepare our produce once it is picked. Who better to give suggestions than a chef? There will be

two “Cooking in the Garden” workshops this summer, each featuring a chef who will give a free

cooking lesson! Not only will you be able to sample professionally prepared food, you will learn

how to make it at home! Each dish prepared will highlight a

vegetable and give you creative ideas on how to make the most of

your hard work in the garden. In addition to the cooking portion

of the workshop, there will be an informative section focused on

the health benefits of different fruits and vegetables. We often

forget how valuable the nutrients in fruits and vegetables are to

the proper functioning of our bodies. Each “Cooking in the

Garden” workshop will include a potluck meal so you will have

the opportunity to showcase your favorite dish prepared with fresh

fruits or vegetables. Last year, gardeners brought everything from

zucchini soup to tomato wine. Bring your recipe and swap with

your fellow gardeners!

There will be two “Cooking in the Garden” workshops:

June 18th (East Side) August 27th (West Side)

6:00-8:00 p.m. 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Paul Revere Garden El Sol Garden

10334 Gay Ave. 3202 Woodbridge

Come to one, or both! Last year’s “Cooking in the Garden” workshops featured great food and great company. They are

the perfect opportunity to mingle with fellow gardeners, see a garden you might not have seen before, and pick up some new

information!

Summer 2009

The Community Gardening Newsletter Published by the Community Gardening Program of Ohio State University Extension, Cuyahoga County

Joy at Garfield Garden July, 2008

Chef Andy at Brighter Side Garden August, 2008

The Communit y Garden ing News let ter Summer 2009

Cleveland Public School students use team work in their victory garden, May 1942

Healthy Eating, Active Living in Ward OneHealthy Eating, Active Living in Ward OneHealthy Eating, Active Living in Ward OneHealthy Eating, Active Living in Ward One by Amanda Block, Program Assistant

OSU Extension (OSUE) and the Harvard

Community Service Center

are delighted to announce

five new community gardens

in Cleveland’s Ward One.

This project is made possible

through a grant from Kaiser Permanente’s Healthy

Eating Active Living (HEAL) program. The goal for

OSUE is to provide research-based education,

resources, and support to residents in order to

establish and maintain quality gardens in Ward One.

HEAL was implemented to reduce obesity rates

and promote improvements in nutrition and physical

activity in targeted neighborhoods. Data from the

City of Cleveland’s Department of Public Health, as

well as other sources, indicates significant health

disparities in Ward One. For example, statistics have

shown that rates of both heart disease and stroke are

about two-times higher in Ward 1 than in the rest of

the City of Cleveland.

The community gardens will increase access to

fresh and nutritious food, while stretching the food

budget, as families put local food on the table. In

addition to the nutrition, the gardens will also create

opportunities for exercise and introduce residents to

a lifelong hobby.

The sites for the gardens have yet to be determined,

but they will be located in areas that demonstrate

community support. A core group of dedicated

gardeners is essential to the sustainability of these

gardens. The aim is to build gardens throughout the

Ward and put in place infrastructure that will facilitate

the building of more gardens in upcoming seasons as

the community drives them. In an effort to encourage

residents to take on the management of garden projects,

OSUE will host workshops in Ward One on topics

pertaining to building community gardens. As the

gardens are developed OSUE will be excited to share

updates with the Cleveland

gardening community!

Grant Opportunity Gardenburger™ Community Garden Grants

This program provides necessary support to

organizations looking to sustain or create a community

gardening project in their neighborhood that will provide

community residents and neighborhoods with improved

health, vitality and quality of life that comes from access

to fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains. All 501(c)3

organizations may apply. The deadline is June 30, 2009.

Contact: Gardenburger™ Community Garden Grants at

www.gardenburger.com to download the application form

and the terms and conditions.

http://healwardone.com/

Open in the Thomas F. Campbell Gallery,

CSU Levin College of Urban Affairs

Feeding Cleveland—Free and open to the public

A recurring theme in 20th century Cleveland that

continues to the present day is that during difficult

economic periods communities of people have come

together to raise food crops on city land.

The working man's farms during the Great

Depression, the victory gardens during World War II,

community gardens established during the years of

urban renewal, and the present day market gardeners

of the local food movement, all provide examples of

revivals of urban agriculture as a response to

economic difficulties. As more and more people try to

stretch their budgets during this recession, some are

turning to the backyard as the place to look for food.

The exhibit features images of commercial

greenhouses, victory gardens, work relief gardens,

community gardens and Cleveland Public School

Horticulture Program. More photographs, ebooks and

other information is available at:

www.clevelandmemory.org

The Exhibit runs from May 1 through August 31, 2009 in the Campbell Gallery

Gallery hours are 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday

Feeding Cleveland Exhibit

Summer 2009 The Community Gardening News let ter

Garden Leader Corner Garden Leader: Tom Sargent

Garden Name: Benjamin Franklin Community Garden

Location: Located on Spring Road behind Ben Franklin Elementary School

How long have you been a garden

leader? I have been the garden

leader since 2001, so 9 years. Before

that, I helped Barney (previous

garden leader) out for 5 to 6 years

running the garden.

How long have you been

gardening? All of my life! I grew

up in southern West Virginia, so I

had been doing mountainside

gardening all my life; that is just my

culture. That is the Appalachian

culture.

What is the biggest benefit your

garden provides? We have 5 acres

of land, and I believe we are the

largest community garden in the county, possibly the state.

What is the biggest challenge your garden faces? The biggest challenge is managing gardeners who do

not maintain their plots. A lot of the time when that happens, it is because gardeners do not understand the

attention gardening demands. We have a delicate rule system here because of that. I do not want it to seem like

a gulag, but there is a delicate balance between having too many rules and what is needed to keep the garden

maintained. There are a lot of different gardening styles in the garden. We have more than 200 gardeners

involved, some are first time gardeners. But the committee is becoming very active and they have been really

helpful with this issue.

Tell us something special or unique about your garden and its gardeners. Our crew is relatively

diverse. We have some really good gardeners involved, some are Master Gardeners, and they are really helpful.

We also work with the Benjamin Franklin School, which makes us unique. Plus, we donate a good amount of

food. Last year we donated between 6,000 and 9,000 pound of fresh food.

What do you keep in mind to be the best leader you can be? I try to keep in mind that we are a diverse

group, and we have different gardening cultures. Like me, we have gardeners from Appalachia, we have

African American gardeners, we have first generation gardeners, and we even have gardeners from South

America. All those different cultures mean there are a lot of different ways things are done, and there is a great

opportunity to learn. I really enjoy seeing all of those different styles of gardening.

Anything else you would like to share? I have been very happy with the support that the Garden Committee

[Ben Franklin] has been providing.


Secret Hideaways and Fun Structures Author: National Gardening Association

S ecret hideaways, garden playrooms, and special structures are enticements for involving kids in the garden, and they can transform the garden into a fantasyland and refuge. This project can make your garden the most kid-friendly place on the block.

Planting a Sunflower House

You'll need:

• a garden spot, with good soil, that receives at least 6 hours of sun daily

• seeds for tall sunflowers, such as 'Mammoth' or 'Paul Bunyan'

• seeds for medium-height (about 5-foot) sunflowers

• seeds for a colorful, flowering annual, such as zinnias

• seeds for morning glories

• string

1. With your young gardeners, decide on an exterior shape and dimensions for your house. You'll need at least a 4- by 6-foot house, but an 8- by 8-foot space is more generous and looks more convincing when fully grown. Allow some extra space so you can walk around the building to tend to the plants. When you've decided on an outline, have your child mark it on the ground so the seeds don't get stepped on accidentally while you are waiting for them to grow.

2. Plant seeds for the tall sunflowers in a row to mark the outline, starting at the corners. Help your child plant the seeds about a foot apart. Then between the tall ones, plant the mid-height variety. Then plant a colorful flowering annual such as zinnias all around the outside. (Using these different heights will make the walls seem more solid.)

3. Another colorful way to fill in the walls is to plant morning glory vines to climb the sunflowers. (Soak the seeds in water overnight to hasten germination.) Help your child train the vines to climb the tallest sunflowers by directing the early growth toward the sunflower stems. Your child may be fascinated to see that they only twine in one direction! Once the vines have found the stem, they will twine their own way up.

4. To encourage the morning glory vines to form a "roof," help your child weave a network of string or yarn across the open top from sunflower to sunflower. Add the string when the sunflowers are about four feet tall. The sunflowers will raise the roof as they grow.

5. Finally, to keep down weeds and make a cleaner surface for your child to play on, use a thick layer of mulch to carpet the interior or cover it with flattened cardboard boxes. You could even add a beach towel for a rug or even some small-scaled furniture.

Your sunflower structure could be the most popular hangout on the block!


To the Garden We Grow! by Becky Orenstein, Student

D uring the summer months students often put education on the back-burner to make room for having fun and enjoying their free time. What is often forgotten is that having fun can be incorporated into learning! To make sure that these summer months don’t go to waste, the horticulture department and nutrition educators will be joining forces to teach the “To the Garden We Grow” program. For the second year, we will be visiting youth in Cleveland to teach lessons focused on nutrition and gardening basics. While we are returning to many sites from last year, we will be meeting a lot of new faces this summer. This year, each group in the program has a garden at their site, which will enable the students to obtain hands-on experience. Each lesson will include information, activities and opportunities for the students to try new things. There are six different lessons that will be taught this summer: Building a Good Base for Health, Plants Eat Too—Understanding Roots and Seeds, The Foods We Eat from Parts of the Plant, Worms are Wonderful!, Cleveland: A Green City on a Blue Lake, and Keeping Foods Safe to Eat/What’s Up with that Bug? Included in these lessons, students will be able to plant avocados, see worms in a compost bin, learn why both humans and plants need water, sample new foods, and much more! Each lesson will have physical activity and gardening time, ensuring that the students get exercise and don’t get bored! To the Garden We Grow is just as helpful to the educators as to the students. The lessons are great reminders of things we might forget about on a daily basis, such as the importance of reusing materials (not just recycling), or of choosing water over more sugary beverages. In addition to reminding ourselves about basics of nutrition and gardening, OSU Extension educators love the opportunity to meet students from all areas of Cleveland. After creating great memories last year, we are excited for another year of nutrition in the garden. For more infor-mation on this program, contact Lauren Melnick at 216-

429-8200, ext. 229.

Summer Student Positions Join the OSUE Community Gardening Team We are pleased to share that three Student Positions will be enhancing our educational

outreach efforts to community gardens. Becky Orenstein (rejoining us from last summer),

Mike Auerbach and Bryn Adams will be out visiting gardens, planning special network-

ing events, assisting with workshops, and helping to implement a new children’s program

that blends nutrition with gardening, “To the Garden We Grow.”

contributions and report the

amount to Master Gardener, Gwen Morgan at

[email protected] and provide you

with a tax-deductible receipt, if desired.

� Volunteer to be a gardener who is willing to accept donations throughout the harvest period at your home

or garden location from other Master Gardeners and

Community Gardeners; weigh and deliver produce

weekly to Cleveland Foodbank and/or local food

pantry. We NEED about 10-15 people around the

city to serve as drop off points for donations.

Contact Gwen Morgan for more information at:

[email protected] (preferred), 440-823-1591

(cell) or 440-423-0225 (home).

The following Master Gardeners have already agreed to

use their homes as drop off points for vegetables grown

by fellow Master Gardeners and Community Gardeners.

Thank you!

Plant a Row Drop off Locations:

PLEASE CALL BEFORE DROPPING OFF PRODUCE

Jo Bredt 440.331.1955 Fairview Park

4093 West 214th Street

Carolyn Hufford 216.521.4431 Lakewood

Lakewood Public Library

Wednesday evenings ONLY

Marianne Sachs 216.371.1440 Cleveland Heights

3236 East Fairfax Road

Linda Dole 216.486.5625 Cleveland

18308 Canterbury Rd.

Gwen Morgan 440.823.1591 Gates Mills

7900 Old Mill Road

Caroline DeLamatre 216.896.0317 Orange Village

4459 Brainard Rd.

Sharon Klimm 440.248.8567 Solon

5490 North Woods Lane

We do not have any drop off points in the southern and

southwestern areas of the county. If you live in any of

these areas please contact Gwen to help.

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Beans in the Goose’s Craw? by Lisa Lewis, BS in Dietetics, University of Akron

Student Intern, Family Nutrition Program

Have you heard of ‘goose beans’? They were reportedly

taken 100 years ago from the craw (prior to digestion food-

storage-pouch) of a wild goose that a hunter had shot. It is one of

many seeds known as heirloom seeds. Goose beans are delicious, whether eaten as a green bean or later cooked as a dry bean.

Beans - also known as legumes, peas, pulse and vetch - have been around for a l-o-n-g time. They were among the first

cultivated crops, with a history dating back to around 7,000 BC in regions of Asia (soybeans), the Middle East (chickpeas,

lentils, fava beans), and the Americas (haricot bean: runner beans, kidney beans, lima beans). The shape of the seed helps

distinguish beans from peas and lentils, with beans being kidney-shaped or oval, peas round, and lentils as flat disks.Beans are

a sustainable food, as we shall see by looking at their attributes both nutritionally and in the garden.

Beans are part of the Meat and Beans Group, which is the protein group of the USDA’s MyPyramid Food Guide. Being

much less expensive than meat, they contribute to the sustainability of your wallet! They are in the Vegetable Group also,

and are high in fiber (helping to reduce cholesterol), high in complex carbohydrates, and low in fat (about 2-3%). Their other

nutrients include folate, manganese, magnesium, copper and iron. Of concern for vegetarians, most beans are high in lysine,

an amino acid undersupplied in most grains. Hence, the development of various recipe combinations, such as lentils and rice,

lima beans and corn, chickpeas (garbanzo beans) and couscous, or beans, corn and squash. Eaten together, beans and nuts,

seeds or grains provide complete proteins for a balanced diet, contributing to the sustainability of your health.

Bean gardening contributes to sustainable development, which is “development that meets the needs of the present

without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”5. How is this so? Beans improve the health

of your soil by taking nitrogen – a valuable component of fertilizer - from the air and putting it into the soil through their roots.

You can help meet the needs of next spring’s garden also by properly saving seeds from this year’s harvest. This is done by

allowing seeds to fully ripen before harvesting them, usually 90 or more days. For more information on saving seeds, attend

OSU Extension’s seed saving workshop in September. See WORKSHOPS on page 9 for more details.

The following legume (bean) varieties grow best in Cuyahoga County gardens:

Heirloom varieties can be researched and chosen through various catalogs and websites. Years ago I purchased goose

beans through the “Seeds of Change” catalog, which is now available online at www.seedsofchange.com. Other online

heirloom seed sources include: www.heirloomseeds.com (Southwestern PA) and www.localharvest.org (nationwide listings).

A local favorite variety is the Cowpea (a.k.a. Black-eyed pea or Crowder pea). Hoppin’ John is a popular recipe using this

bean. This low-fat recipe version is adapted from Nikki & David Goldbeck’s American Wholefoods Cuisine cookbook6:

HOPPIN’ JOHN

Rice and black-eyed peas with a bit of a “bite”, traditionally served with hot pepper

sauce on the side for individual seasoning.

½ pound (about 1 ½ cups) dried black-eyed peas

3 cups water

1 tsp crushed red pepper or ½ fresh chili pepper, chopped

¾ tsp salt (or less if on low-sodium diet)

1 good-sized onion, coarsely chopped

1 cup raw brown rice (3 cups cooked in 2 ½ cups vegetable stock)

● Combine black-eyed peas and water, bring to a boil for a minute; cover, remove from heat, and let soak for one hour or

longer.

● Return beans to a boil; add hot pepper and cook, covered, over low heat for 30 to 45 minutes until partially done. Add salt

and onion, continue to cook for another 45 minutes until tender.

● Bush Bean: Bush Blue Lake

Bush Kentucky Wonder

Royal Burgundy

Baby Fordhook (Lima)

● Pole Bean: Kentucky Wonder

● Pea: Sugar Snap (Sugar Pea)

Blizzard (Snow Pea)

Wando (Shelling, heat resistant)

Early Frosting (Shelling)

● Cowpea: Purple Hull

California Blackeye

● Peanut: Spanish

Virginian Jumbo

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● While the beans cook, and at least 45 minutes to 1 hour

before dining, cook the rice.

● Serve hot beans in their gravy on top of rice, offering hot

pepper sauce at the table.

● Note: The beans freeze well, so double the recipe for a

future meal.

One last thing to consider is companion planting. The

following suggestions are from Carrots Love Tomatoes,

Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening by

Louise Riotte7:

LEGUMES in general:

● Legumes sown with a small

amount of mustard are

helpful to grapevines and

fruit trees

● Peanuts are excellent to grow with newly set nut trees

BEANS

● Most thrive when interplanted with carrots, cauliflower,

marigolds, summer savory, potatoes, moderate amounts of

celery or cucumbers, strawberries, locust trees, radishes,

cabbages and corn

● Beans are inhibited by any member of the onion family

(garlic, shallots, and chives)

● They dislike gladiolus, kohlrabi & sunflower

PEAS

● Peas grow well with carrots, turnips, radishes,

cucumbers, corn, beans and potatoes

● Plow pea vines under or return them to the compost pile

when done

● Wood ashes around the base of pea vines help control

aphids

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Welcome, Amanda Block!

Amanda is a new Program Assistant with

OSUE’s Community Gardening Program. She

comes with many skills and talents and is eager to

meet all of the gardeners. She will be working with

community gardens in the City of Cleveland,

including developing new gardens in Ward 1

under Kaiser Permanente’s HEAL Initiative. We’re

glad to have her join our “green team” and hope

you look forward to meeting her and benefiting

from her gifts.

Cooking Up Something Fresh This Summer by Becky Orenstein, Student Position

D o you ever feel that you don’t have many

opportunities to meet gardeners from different

areas? This summer, your worries will disappear! With

our brand-new potluck series, you will have an

opportunity to meet gardeners from all over the

Cleveland area, see gardens you may have yet to see,

and break bread with community gardeners and OSU

Extension staff! The potlucks will take place July 14,

from 6-8 pm at Hanna Perkins Garden (located at

19910 Malvern Road, Shaker Heights); and August 6,

from 6-8 pm at Morganic Garden (located at Kenyon

Avenue and E. 65th Street, Cleveland). Come to one, or

come to all! Just remember to bring a dish to share; this

is your time to show off your cooking skills to other

community gardeners! If you need directions or have

any questions, contact Becky at (216) 429.8230.

Your Chance to Shine: Garden Docents needed! by Becky Orenstein, Student Position

C alling all community gardeners! We are looking for energetic representatives from community gardens

to help lead our Urban Harvest Garden Tour! You would

be a tour guide on Lolly the Trolley, enjoying the sum-

mer breeze while sharing some of your knowledge and

experience with community gardening. This is the per-

fect opportunity to share your enthusiasm about commu-

nity gardening with a group of interested listeners! If

you are interested in participating, please contact

Amanda at 216-429-8200, ext. 250 or email

[email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

SAVE the DATE!SAVE the DATE!SAVE the DATE!SAVE the DATE! OSU Extension, Cuyahoga County and Cleveland Department of Community Development present:

Saturday, August 15 from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 Saturday, August 15 from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 Saturday, August 15 from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 Saturday, August 15 from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.p.m.p.m.p.m. The event will kick-off at the Ben Franklin

Garden (1905 Spring Road) in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood and the tour will wind through nine more community gardens and one urban farm. For additional information, call the Garden Tour Hotline at (216) 429-3148.


June Garden Practices Vegetables Fruits

● Weed the garden regularly. ● Water gardens during the

morning if possible. ● Store unused seeds in a cold,

dry location. ● Plant buckwheat in vacant

areas of the garden to retard weeds.

● Inspect your garden daily.

● All summer harvest crops should be in the ground by now.

● Pull soil or mulch up against potato plants when they are 8 to 12 inches tall.

● Sow more carrots and beets for continuous harvest.

● Sidedress asparagus and rhubarb with aged manure or a 10-10-10 fertilizer.

● Remove radish, spinach, and lettuce plants when they send up seed stalks.

● Thin apples, pears and peaches for larger fruit.

● Remove blossoms from newly established strawberry plants.

● Loosely tie grape vines to the trellis using soft twine or plastic ties.

● Protect ripening fruit from animals with netting or row cover.

July

Garden Practices Vegetables Fruits ● Prevent weeds from going to

seed! Scrape smaller weeds with a hoe or hand-pull larger and perennial weeds.

● Water deeply when needed; avoid light sprinkling.

● Remove faded flowers and over-ripe fruit that attract Japanese beetles.

● Never apply pesticides to stressed plants.


● Sow more beets, beans and carrots. ● Sow parsley, dill and basil in pots for use

indoors during winter. ● Plant Chinese cabbage, endive, snap beans,

kohlrabi, lettuce and radish for fall harvest. ● Plant late-season cabbage transplants in the

garden. ● Plant rutabagas for harvest in early autumn. ● Lightly fertilize onions, tomatoes, peppers

and other long-season plants. ● Allow broccoli to develop side shoots after

central head has been harvested. ● Pinch or cut back mint, oregano, and savory

to promote bushy growth. ● Harvest summer squash when they are

young and tender. ● Blanch celery a week before harvesting by

wrapping stalks with paper. ● Allow a few green peppers to turn red

before harvesting.

● Prop branches of heavily loaded fruit trees.

● Renovate overcrowded strawberry beds (ask Extension for fact sheet).

● Prune suckers and water sprouts from apple trees.

● Enjoy local peaches. ● Cut down raspberry canes that

produced fruit earlier this summer.

August

Garden Practices Vegetables Fruits ● Continue to cultivate around

vegetables and flowers to discourage weeds.

● Handpick Japanese beetles and drop them into a jar of detergent and water.

● Do a soil test before planting a new garden.

● Watch for wasps when working near rock piles, old tree stumps and stone walls.


● Harvest tomatoes when their color is fully developed. Know your tomato variety to determine ripeness.

● Plant collards, kale, and turnips for the fall garden.

● Sow seeds of leaf lettuce, radish, turnip (for greens), and spinach for fall harvest.

● Dig potatoes after vines have died. ● Sow spinach for fall harvest. ● If you have too many zucchini or tomatoes,

reduce the number of those plants you put in the garden next year.

● Harvest cantaloupe when the stem separates from the fruit with gentle prodding.

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ALSO,ALSO,ALSO,ALSO,

● SHARE your harvest with neighbors, friends, and those in need. Call the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland at 216-619-8155 ext. 12 to find a location to drop off excess produce, talk to your local church or food pantry, or call OSUE for guidance.

● HARVEST the vegetable garden every few days. AVOID MID-DAY PICKING: Vegetables picked in the cool, early morning taste best and store longer!

● SAVOR fresh vegetables from your garden and farmers' markets. ● ATTEND OSUE Garden Workshops this summer (see below for more details)! ● SHARE, LEARN, EAT, MEET! At a Garden Potluck (see page 7 for more details). ● CALL the Master Gardener Hotline (Mondays and Thursdays 10am-1pm) or Community Gardening staff anytime for Fact

Sheets about Pest and Disease, Growing Tips and Techniques for individual fruits and vegetables, Compost How-to, etc.

Special note for GARDEN LEADERS AND COORDINATORS:Special note for GARDEN LEADERS AND COORDINATORS:Special note for GARDEN LEADERS AND COORDINATORS:Special note for GARDEN LEADERS AND COORDINATORS: ● Create committees and delegate tasks; you don’t have to do it all yourself! For example: Weed Patrols, Compost,

Fundraisers, or Grant Seekers and Writers ● Talk to other leaders/coordinators and share and learn best practices.

Workshop Schedule Weed ID & Management with John Cardina

Saturday, June 13, 2009

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Free to the public

Building Healthy Communities

RSVP to Marty 216-429-8220

Cooking in the Garden Thursday, June 18, 2009

6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.

Free to the public

Paul Revere Garden


Pest & Disease—with Jim Chatfield Saturday, June 27, 2009

10:00 a.m.. – 12:00 noon

Free to the public

Shaffer Miles Garden


Composting Saturday, July 11, 2009

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Free to the public

Hirst Avenue Garden


Season Extension

Saturday, July 25, 2009

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Free to the public

Herman Avenue Garden


Soil/No Till Thursday, August 20, 2009

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Free to the public

West 47th Garden


Cooking in the Garden

Thursday, August 27, 2009

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Free to the public

El Sol Garden


Harvesting/Seed Saving Thursday, September 10, 2009

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Free to the public

Madison Community Garden


Grant Writing Tuesday, October 13, 2009

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Free to the public

YWCA of Greater Cleveland

RSVP to Michelle 216-429-8224

Upcoming Events Community Garden Tours Saturday, August 15, 2009

9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Ben Franklin Garden

Cuyahoga County Fair Monday, August 10 – Sunday, August 16, 2009

Berea Fair Grounds

“Medieval Times at the Fair”

ACGA 30th Annual Conference Thursday, August 6 – Sunday, August 9, 2009

Franklin Park Conservatory

Columbus, Ohio

Garden Leader scholarship applications are due

June 30th (City of Cleveland Summer Sprout only)

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Ohio State University Extension

Cuyahoga County

9127 Miles Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44105

www.cuyahoga.osu.edu

Mission Statement The Community Gardening Program provides education and resources, helping communities to

grow nutritious food, develop important life skills, and create a healthy environment.

Do you have a question about your garden?

• Unsure of when to plant seeds or transplant seedlings?

• Curious about what vegetables make good companion plantings?

• Want to improve the health of your soil naturally?

OSU Extension Master Gardeners can answer your questions and send you

information to increase your gardening successes.

Call (216) 429-8235 between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Mondays and

Thursdays or email your questions to [email protected]

state.edu.

Our Horticulture Staff:

Michael Auerbach, Student Position

Amanda Block, Program Assistant

Brad Melzer, Program Assistant

Becky Orenstein, Student Position

Morgan Taggart, Program Specialist

Nicole Wright, Program Assistant

Michelle Key, Office Associate

THANK YOU for making the Community Gardening Program possible through your monetary contributions, time, and effort:

The Cleveland Foundation

The George Gund Foundation

The Edward and Betty Sloat Foundation

Centers for Disease Control’s Steps to a Healthier US

The SK Wellman Foundation

City of Cleveland, the Honorable Frank Jackson, Mayor

City of Cleveland, Department of Community Development, Division of Neighborhood Services

Cleveland Department of Public Health

Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Cardiovascular Health Program

Cuyahoga County Board of County Commissioners

Ohio State University Extension embraces human diversity and is committed to ensuring that all research and related educational programs are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or veteran

status. This statement is in accordance with United States Civil Rights Laws and the USDA. Keith L. Smith, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Agricultural Admini-

stration and Director, Ohio State University Extension. TDD No. 800-589-8292 (Ohio only) or 614-292-1868.

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