Posts tagged Gardens
June 8, 2016 · Filed under Photo Diary · Tagged Arthur Littsey, BE Culturally Exposed, Bonnie Odom-Brown, Community Garden, Community gardening, Community Service, Detroit, Garden, Garden Resource Program, Gardening, Gardens, Keep Growing Detroit, Maura Ryan-Kaiser, Nolan Elementary-Middle School, Nolan's Fierce Gardeners, Organic Gardening, Planting The Seeds, Project Sweet Tomato, Raised bed gardening, Snelling Staffing Services, Urban Gardening, Vegetables
2016 will be a much different year than previous years at the Nolan Elementary-Middle School “Planting the Seeds” garden in Detroit. We have taken steps to change the look and feel of the garden and we are growing a slew of new crops that hopefully will make this year’s efforts more fulfilling and fun for our young growers. Much thanks goes out to our supporting sponsor, Snelling Staffing Solutions! They came out on a chilly April morning to build the new beds, clean out the old ones and plant some cold-weather crops in the ground. We really appreciate all that they have done!
We would also like to announce that Be Culturally Exposed, led by Bonnie Odom-Brown, received yet another grant for $1000 from the Healthy Environment Partnership (www.hepdetroit.org). We are very excited to be recognized once again for our efforts for maintaining this community garden and working with children and to receive the additional support.
What’s New?
New in 2016 will be 10 raised beds! Our original beds were placed in 2011 and served us well until vandals and the weather caused a few of them to rot and decay. We got 5 good years out of them but they had become a safety concern as they were breaking down and splintering.
Blueberries are new in 2016 also! We actually planted the new bushes last fall (Oct. 2015) and we were very fortunate they made it through the winter. It takes a number of years for the bushes to get established and to produce fruit, but we will be ready when they are.
We are also going to try to grow celery, popcorn, peanuts, okra and various winter squash. It is vitally important that we continue to add new crops to the garden as it enhances the appeal to our young gardeners, primarily those who have come back from previous years.
Lastly, from an editorial standpoint we are going to introduce more recipes using the vegetables we are growing in the garden.
April – Cold Weather Crop Distribution & New Bed Construction
And a way she goes!
April 23rd
Getting Started!
Breaking out into teams!
Cabbages
Broccoli
Strawberries
One wheelbarrow load at a time!
May 3rd
Blueberry Bushes and Curly Kale
Collard Greens
Planting Celery
Planting lettuces!
Planting Onions and Leeks
The villagers have gathered!
Yeah, I Got It!
May 5th
Planting Potatoes…
May 17th
Keep Growing Detroit came out to test the soil!
May 19th
Hot Crop Distribution Day at Earthworks! Oops, excuse my thumb!
What a crowd!
I got some tootsie rolls and some candy corn!
May 24th
Cabbages @ 1 Month
Broccoli @ 1 month
Pretty lettuces in a row @ 1 month
We need to weed this kale and blueberry bed @ 1 month
Red Skin and Blue Potatoes @ 3 weeks!
June 6, 2014 · Filed under Contributors File · Tagged Arthur Littsey, BE Culturally Exposed, Bonnie Odom-Brown, Community Garden, Community gardening, Detroit, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Keep Growing Detroit, Maura Ryan-Kaiser, Michigan First Credit Union, Nolan Elementary-Middle School, Nolan's Fierce Gardeners, Organic Gardening, Planting The Seeds, Project Sweet Tomato, Snelling Staffing Services, Urban Gardening, Vegetables
Intercom Voice: (SQUELCH) All students in the garden club please come to the auditorium immediately. BEEP!
It’s Tuesday at Nolan Elementary-Middle School and Bonnie Odom-Brown (BE Culturally Exposed) and I (Arthur Littsey/Project Sweet Tomato) are meeting with our student gardeners for the first time. They are a rag-tag bunch that covers at least 4 different grade levels. For the first time since the move to Nolan, Planting the Seeds has an abundance of students. There are almost 20 kids of varying ages and for another first, we have strong representation from the young males of the school. 8th graders too? Yes, I am very surprised.
As you would expect, this has brought a few more challenges for the team, but we are starting to get a grip on things, with the help of some recent advice from our sponsor, Maura Ryan-Kaiser. She helped create a plan for managing so many students. One can tell that she never forgets that she is dealing with kids (I think she has the camp counselor gene) and in spite of that they can be managed effectively. And she had an immediate affect on them. She grabbed their attention and held it throughout the gardening session. They performed very well for her. And I can tell you from previous experiences that’s not a very easy thing to do.
We’ve got a lot of vegetables in the ground with more on the way, courtesy of Keep Growing Detroit. New this year will be watermelon, a new variety of sunflower, peas, strawberries (they are surviving so far), onions and sweet potatoes. We are also growing many of the standard summer vegetables, like tomatoes, green and yellow beans, garlic, zucchini, greens, cabbage, kale, broccoli, lettuces, basil, parsley, peppers, radishes and potatoes (Yukon Gold and red skins). There’s a lot going on and it would be difficult to manage without the help that we get from the Snelling Staffing Services volunteers. They are a great bunch…easy to get along with; supportive (for me that means young and strong)…that takes their volunteer work seriously and has fun doing it. It’s a lot of fun to watch them learn a few things about gardening too!
There has been a change outside the garden as well. Sandra Tomlin, the former Vice President, Community Relations, of Michigan First Credit Union, retired. She was a wonderful advocate for our little program and we thank her for her support. She has said that now that she is retired, she might pay the garden a visit. So, now would be a good time to welcome Mark Guimond as our new contact at Michigan First Credit Union. Mark’s title is Assistant Vice President – Business & Community Relationships. MFCU is active with several schools in and around Detroit and I hope that we continue to earn their support.
Pictures? Yes, here’s a few…
Getting ready to plant some onions!
Lettuce, Cabbage and Greens
Prepping the big bed!
Putting the kids to work!
Is this a weeding party?
Our first peas…ever!
Thursday’s Garden Angels!
Well, I’ve got to get back to work. Between home and here, there’s a lot of work that needs to get done.
This story is dedicated to one Jack Kaiser. He’s a great guy to be around and to have around. Thanks Jack…for what you do, the way you do it and for who you are!
Thanks To…
BE Culturally Exposed
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And a Special Thanks to the gang at…
Keep Growing Detroit
December 23, 2013 · Filed under Photo Diary · Tagged Angela Underwood, Arthur Littsey, BE Culturally Exposed, Bonnie Odom-Brown, Community Garden, Community gardening, DeAndrea Rogers, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Halloween, Holidays, Jack-O-Lantern, Maura Ryan-Kaiser, Michigan First Credit Union, Nolan Elementary-Middle School, Nolan's Fierce Gardeners, Planting The Seeds, Project Sweet Tomato, Pumpkin, Snelling Staffing Services, Urban Garden Programs and Events, Urban Gardening
Bonnie’s Pumpkin!
It’s the last week of October and the garden club, under the direction of DeAndrea Rogers, P.C.I.S., and teacher Carrie Hahn, were decorating pumpkins to take home. With the cooperation of Farmer John’s Vegetable Market (Warren), we were able to give away nearly 20 pumpkins.
(Click on each picture to enlarge)
Without the cooperation and the support of the following this classroom
moment would not have happened…
The Administration of Nolan Elementary-Middle School
Angela Underwood, Principal
DeAndrea Rogers, Parent & Community Involvement Specialist
Carrie Hahn, Teacher
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Bonnie Odom-Brown
B.E. Culturally Exposed
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Sandra Tomlin, Vice President Community Affairs
Michigan First Credit Union
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Maura Ryan-Kaiser
Snelling Staffing Services
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Project Sweet Tomato
Arthur Littsey
December 19, 2013 · Filed under Photo Diary · Tagged Arthur Littsey, BE Culturally Exposed, Bonnie Odom-Brown, Community Garden, Community gardening, Detroit, Flowers, Food, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Maura Ryan-Kaiser, Michigan First Credit Union, Natural landscaping, Nolan Elementary-Middle School, Nolan's Fierce Gardeners, Organic Gardening, Planting The Seeds, Project Sweet Tomato, Raised bed gardening, Snelling Staffing Services, Urban Gardening, Vegetables
These are mostly third-graders we are talking about!
- They learned order and discipline. The garden is not a place for physical hijinks and bad behavior. They had fun while showing respect for the unique environment that was theirs.
- They learned patience through the science of plant life. They planted seeds and watched them mature into food producing plants or flowers.
- They learned to focus and pay attention to detail. Usually, they only needed to be told something once before they were capable of doing it on their own.
- They learned responsibility. They were very diligent in their role as gardeners. No one complained.
- They learned that work could be fun.
- They got a sense of accomplishment. When harvesting of the garden begun, August through the end of the school year, each child (estimated) had taken home 8 to 10 pounds of vegetables. Those who came subsequently were able to take home an additional 5 to 10 pounds.
- They went to market where they learned social skills and earned money (age appropriate).
- They learned how to grow potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, yellow wax beans, kale, collared greens, squash and zucchini, purple and green cabbage, ground cherries, cantaloupe, acorn squash, eggplant, jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, carrots, radishes, lettuces, wildflower garden, and sunflowers.
What’s Next? Our Goals for 2014
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Engage with the students as early as possible (get an early start indoors as well as outdoors)
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Work with the Contact teacher to develop in-class activities.
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Attract older students (11 years and older) to take to market.
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Get more parents involved.
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Work more closely with the school food service.
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Develop a column for the school newsletter or other communication vehicle to the parents.
We are looking for gardeners in the classroom as well as out in the field. Beginning in January we hope to create a few classroom projects to keep the children interested. If you are interested in your child becoming a member of the 2014 garden club please contact Ms. Bonnie Odom-Brown at (313) 804-6776 or b.e.odom203@comcast.net.
Nolan’s Fierce Gardeners Certificate Presentation
October 9, 2013
December 14, 2013 · Filed under Photo Diary · Tagged Arthur Littsey, BE Culturally Exposed, Bonnie Odom-Brown, Community Garden, Community gardening, Flower Gardens, Flowers, Gardening, Gardens, Maura Ryan-Kaiser, Michigan, Michigan First Credit Union, Nolan Elementary-Middle School, Nolan's Fierce Gardeners, Project Sweet Tomato, Raised bed gardening, Snelling Staffing Services, Sunflowers, Urban Gardening, Vegetables, Wildflowers
For the second straight year, the “Planting The Seed” garden at Nolan Elementary-Middle School, grew sunflowers. Spearheaded by our sponsor, Maura Ryan-Kaiser, who knowingly went against all the standard rules of garden planting and management…just to have “fun”, the sunflower patch was quite successful. Her method was absolutely maddening and yet she was successful. So successful, I move that it should forever be called the Maura Ryan-Kaiser & Family Wildlife Preserve. She may not accept the designation but after what she accomplished, it should be hers to lose. Whether or not she accepts the honor, the flowers did become a wildlife reserve and that was pretty cool in itself.
We had attempted to grow flowers, including sunflowers the last couple of years. Due to poor timing and vandalism, we haven’t had much luck. But this year, we all have come to accept that this was a banner year. The flowers added another dimension to the garden (and I’m not a flower guy) from a beauty standpoint but also from a practical standpoint. Our flowers brought bees and lots of them to pollinate our vegetable plants. Gardeners, at all levels, know the benefits of working in the garden side by side with our pollinating partners as they move from flower to flower.
Our flowers, more so than our vegetable plants, attracted and fed birds, rabbits and squirrels. They also attracted beneficial insects. Not quite intentionally, Maura, her lone young assistant and God, created an eco-system in the school yard adjacent to the raised beds we were growing vegetables in. We were able to grow our vegetables in relative peace as the varmints…ahem, I mean pests…um, the animals found comfort with what was theirs to take. To be so exposed, a garden without barriers, and not lose more than 3% of our yield to animals and two-legged varmints is quite an accomplishment. To be truthful, we lost more to vandalism that we did to the hungry animals.
Not knowing what we were going to get from the wildflower patch this year, we will be better prepared in 2014. There are a lot of ways the flowers can be used in the classroom and they should be used to decorate a few desks also.
(Where’s that suck up Little Arthur David when you need him?)
So take a look at the flowers. I’ve posted them from start to finish. You will see after facing incredible odds (in Maura’s hands), how they grew and grew.
And Maura, This One’s For You!
- Bringing Smiles…To Nolan’s Fierce Gardeners! (beculturallyexposed.wordpress.com)
- Not Your Ordinary Sunflowers (whereslynda.wordpress.com)
- Kids Companion Planting (cookingmagicforkids.wordpress.com)
- How Does Pollination Work? (proplants.com)
- Witchy Wednesday: The Sunflower (paganperspectives.wordpress.com)
- Flower Glossary (proflowers.com)
- Beneficial Insect Spotted (faroutflora.com)
- Master Keys – Week 9 – Sunflowers (nicolewmasterkey.wordpress.com)
December 10, 2013 · Filed under Photo Diary · Tagged Angela Underwood, Arthur Littsey, BE Culturally Exposed, Bonnie Odom-Brown, Community Garden, Community gardening, Community Service, DeAndrea Rogers, Detroit, Detroit School Garden Collaborative, Education Achievement Authority, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Keep Growing Detroit, Maura Ryan-Kaiser, Michigan First Credit Union, Nolan Elementary-Middle School, Nolan's Fierce Gardeners, Planting The Seeds, Project Sweet Tomato, Snelling Staffing Services, Urban Gardening
It’s August and it’s Harvest Time at the garden! And, we’re bringing smiles to the kids of Nolan’s Fierce Gardeners as they were finally able to reap what they had sown! There was so much excitement in the air as they went from bed to bed and started to pick vegetables. It was like Halloween to them (lots of smiles). Mind you, they had their first epiphany a few weeks back when we harvested our first radishes.
Getting their “minds right”
Radishes…Hang “Em High!
And these kids liked to work the garden. They kept it clean and orderly. We told them what to do and they did the work…all of it!
Getting rid of weeds before they can get started
Early Sunflower Bed…You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet!
Green Beans on your left and Yellow Wax Beans on your right.
Wildflower patch…look how weed-free the kids kept the rows!
Two more rows of beans…Green and Yellow Wax
Sowing!
The first of many eggplants!
Those are peppers she is after!
Gorgeous Broccoli
Child’s eye few of the sunflowers
Our first Potato Sprouts
But it was nothing like the expressions of amazement and joy that followed on garden days throughout the month of August. Take a look…
Reaping!
From sprouts to this!
He’s holding it like it’s an egg!
Potatoes and garlic…now we’re talking!
The perfect size!
He’s not done yet!
There’s so much…everywhere!
Did you ask for some summer squash?
Jalapeno Peppers…student favorites!
Can you believe this Kale?
Collards, mmm mmm…Collards, mmm mmm
She’s got “Fried Green Tomatoes” on her mind!
Red Skin Potatoes
A salad is calling for these peppery radishes!
Yankee Bell courtesy of “Keep Growing Detroit”
What is she thinking of doing with that?
A forest of Tomatoes!
Purple Cabbage and a proud gardener!
Positive Efforts Yield Positive Results!!!
Without the cooperation and the support of the following, these garden moments would not have happened…
The Administration of Nolan Elementary-Middle School
Angela Underwood, Principal
DeAndrea Rogers, Parent & Community Involvement Specialist
Carrie Hahn, Teacher
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Keep Growing Detroit
Detroit School Garden Collaborative
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Bonnie Odom-Brown
B.E. Culturally Exposed
Sandra Tomlin, Vice President Community Affairs
Michigan First Credit Union
Maura Ryan-Kaiser, Vice President
Snelling Staffing Services
Project Sweet Tomato
Arthur Littsey
November 27, 2013 · Filed under Events/Happenings · Tagged Angela Underwood, Arthur Littsey, BE Culturally Exposed, Bonnie Odom-Brown, Carrie Hahn, Community gardening, Community Service, Detroit, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Maura Ryan-Kaiser, Michigan, Nolan Elementary-Middle School, Nolan's Fierce Gardeners, Picnic, Planting The Seeds, Project Sweet Tomato, Snelling Staffing Services, Urban Garden Programs and Events, Urban Gardening, Vegetables
2013 Summer Potluck Picnic
at
Nolan
Elementary-Middle School
“Planting the Seeds”
School Garden
on Saturday, July 27th
Starts
@ 12:00 noon – 3:00
Hamburgers/Hotdogs/Beverages
will be provided!
Bring a dish to pass around!
2013 at the garden was full of changes…a lot of them. Our student base was younger. The support was stronger…more consistent over term. Our goals were a little higher. One thing we really wanted to do was to change the dynamic of the mid-season picnic. Because of the extended school semester (another change) we foresaw an opportunity to get more parents involved by having a good old-fashion “potluck” picnic. Each young gardener took home a flyer to their parents seeking permission to attend because it was on a non-school day. The turnout…students to parents, was better than previous years and we all had a great time. It was nice to see the kids take their parents out to the various beds and tell them what they were growing. If they were even a little bit like me, they were planning future dinner menus as they strolled through
It was also significant for us to have our teacher, Ms. Carrie Hahn and the school principal, Angela Underwood and her family show up. This reflects the new attitude that Principal Underwood and her teachers represent. They do everything they can to reach all of the positive touch points they can. This means that they are always pretty busy. Busy yes, but there is no shortage of sincerity in their efforts.
There were plenty of candid moments, some that the cameras didn’t capture. The sampling of Ms. Hahn’s homemade Kale Chips for starters! Babies were pampered, it didn’t matter whose baby it was, on this day we were all family. The kids, as they proudly introduced us and the garden to their parents. There were the moments where we could talk directly to each parent about how well their child was doing and how hard they worked. There were compliments from the parents as well. You could see how proud they were of their little munchkins as they showed off their hard work!
Mazin Shina (Imperial Super Market) &
Bonnie Odom-Brown
One of our garden families!
Principal Underwood getting a tour by her students
Two of our garden superstars!
Ms. Hahn with her students and her brother
I’m talkin’ about love…L-O-V-E
Does she like what she sees?
Bonnie’s always working!
Picnic Central!
A Special Thanks to Our Food & Supplies Sponsors…
Mazin Shina
Imperial Super Market
(8 Mile & Dequindre/Detroit)
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Maura Ryan-Kaiser
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Sandra Tomlin
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Bonnie Odom-Brown
B.E. Culturally Exposed
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Arthur Littsey
November 8, 2013 · Filed under Contributors File · Tagged Angela Underwood, BE Culturally Exposed, Bonnie Odom-Brown, Carrie Hahn, Community gardening, DeAndrea Rogers, Detroit, Education Achievement Authority, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Maura Ryan-Kaiser, Michigan, Nolan Elementary-Middle School, Nolan's Fierce Gardeners, Planting The Seeds, Project Sweet Tomato, Snelling Staffing Services, Urban Gardening
There is one more person that has proven to be as important to the garden and the program as Ms. Underwood and Ms. Rogers, and that person is Carrie Hahn. Ms. Hahn is an art teacher and she was the winning volunteer to supervise the garden club. Teaching, itself, is hard enough without taking on the task of managing a disparate group of kids that range from six to nine years of age. But there she was, two days a week, marching the kids in double rows to and from the garden. A professed, non-gardener, she learned as her students learned and shared many “firsts” with them. What you need to see is the “current” that flows through this teacher and her students. Without her, we would not have been able to “teach” the students. Our methodology rose to a higher level because she showed us how best to communicate with the kids. I mean, we ARE talking about third graders! I think that these “open minds”… “little sponges” …soaked up and learned more about gardening that our previous groups. I look forward to sharing with you the stories of their development as gardeners.
“From a teacher’s lens I experienced many of my students come to life on Tuesdays and Thursdays because it was GARDEN CLUB DAY! You could say that the student’s minds GREW right along with the CROPS!”
–Carrie Hahn, Teacher–
I am impressed by the connectivity of the three ladies I am talking about. Always striving to be on the same page, working together through conflicts with a mutual purpose to do what it takes to keep the club going. And if anything good could be said about living by proxy, I believe the following words from Ms. Hahn would be felt by all of them if they could have been out there.
“Some of my favorite memories include the following:
· I loved seeing how excited each student was while being involved in everyday gardening processes like planting seeds, weeding, and harvesting crops.
· I was also touched by the looks on each child’s face when they knew they could take home the crops to share with their families and the way each child would parade around the school as if they had just won the jack pot. They worked so hard and seeing their pride was amazing!
· I’ll never forget their faces when they tried green beans fresh from the gardens… some students loving it, while others nervously anticipated their first bite.
· Our cook out party was a great event and gave us all an opportunity to enjoy fellowship and get to know each other’s families a little bit better.
Each memory is rich in my mind and they are ones I will always treasure. There are so many things to learn that happen outside the classroom walls and the students involved in Garden Club were fortunate to be a part of that.
I look forward to this season and many more memories to come.”
–Carrie Hahn, Teacher–
Pretty good, eh? There were a lot of moments like she described that we, Bonnie Odom, our corporate sponsor and I, were able to enjoy. We are already working on our fall projects and though the students aren’t outside with us, we will be bringing the outdoors indoors real soon. The program and partnership is stable and in the good hands of Angela Underwood, DeAndrea Rogers and Carrie Hahn…our ladies of Nolan Elementary-Middle School!
“As we enter the 2013-14 school year, Nolan’s Garden Club continues to be a vital member of the school community.”
–Principal Angela Underwood–
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Arthur Littsey
May 16, 2012 · Filed under Contributors File · Tagged BE Culturally Exposed, Bonnie Odom-Brown, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Public Library, Gardens, Nolan Elementary School, Nolan's Fierce Gardeners, Snelling Staffing Services
The Fierce Gardeners of Nolan Elementary-Middle School have the opportunity to do more than plant a garden. As part of our mission, BE Culturally Exposed makes an effort to expose the children to very diverse, educational and entertaining experiences. One such event took place last November and another took place just last month, April. Both events provided very positive benefits for those that participated.
BE Culturally Exposed and its partners setup an outing to the movies which took place during the Christmas break from school. The gardeners and I spent an afternoon at the movies to see “We Bought A Zoo”. The message of the movie was all about family and following your dreams. After the movie, they enjoyed lunch and were surprised with school supplies donated by Snelling Staffing Services. This donation enabled the students to return to school ready to learn with brand new tools in hand.
Picture This
This past April, some of the returning and new gardeners made a trip to the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum (DIA) to participate in Reveal Detroit. This project allows the youth to have a camera provided by the DIA to use in taking pictures of their environment. The pictures are intended to represent what Detroit means to them and their neighborhood.
In addition to the cameras our children got a chance to spend some quality time at the museum. For some it was their very first time and they were quite impressed. I am proud to be able to expose these kids through BE Culturally Exposed, and hopefully others, to historic and socially significant establishments like the DIA.
As part of the program, the DIA requested that the cameras be returned so that they could create an exhibit/display slated to open to the public at the main branch of the Detroit Public Library sometime in June. We hope that some of our kids photos will be included. That would make it extra special for them I am sure. We will post more information about the display so that you can go out and see Detroit from the perspective of our youth, from across the city, as well as from the eyes of our gardeners.
Bonnie Odom-Brown, BE Culturally Exposed
January 17, 2012 · Filed under Contributors File · Tagged Atlee Burpee & Co, Baker Creek Heirloom, Catalogs, Fruit and Vegetable Seed Information, Gardens, Heirloom Seeds and Plants, Home and Garden, Organic Seeds, Seed Saver Exchange
It is that time of year when most, if not all, gardeners are thinking about seeds and sets. If you are a “seasoned’ gardener you probably have a group of resources that you can trust and rely on for quality seeds that will give you the yield that you are looking for. For the novices (of which there are many), I want to provide them with links to seed providers that are very well-known for the superior product that they produce. Feel free to browse these sites as you think about what you want to grow. You will be able to order a catalog from any of the sites shown here. Some of the sites allow you to download .PDF of their catalogs. All of them will send you a printed version if their catalogs in the mail for free.
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
http://rareseeds.com/
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
http://www.burpee.com/
Fedco Seeds
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/
High Mowing Seeds
http://www.highmowingseeds.com/
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
http://www.johnnyseeds.com
John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds
http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com/
Seed Savers Exchange
http://www.seedsavers.org/
Territorial Seed Co.
http://www.territorialseed.com/
The Cook’s Garden
http://www.cooksgarden.com/
Tomato Growers Supply
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/
Have fun! Remember quality in means quality out!
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Planting The Seeds 