AmeriCorps Earth Day Work Party

Join the AmeriCorps team from Ossining Open Door as they help prepare our garden for the 2012 gardening season.

Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm

Location: Ossining Organic Community Garden

Wear sturdy clothes & gardening gloves.  Bring shovels or gardening tools if you have them.

10 Steps for Successful Vegetable Gardening

http://extension.unh.edu/resources/representation/Resource000597_Rep619.pdf

Gardening Class

Westchester Community Gardening Workshop - Part 2
Co-facilitated by Master Gardeners Pamela Davis and Donna Sharrett

When: Monday, April 30th at 5pm-6:30pm
Where: Cornell Cooperative Extension/Westchester,
            26 Legion Drive Valhalla 10595
Cost: $10

· Successful community gardening - problem solving
· Environmentally friendly pest & disease control

· Harvesting
· hands on demonstration of soil pH testing (bring your garden soil sample to be tested)  · Soil pH test kits will be available for purchase for $15 each (cash or check) 

For more information or to register contact:JoAnn DiRico Trautmann: jdt34@cornell.edu  
For driving directions: www.cce.cornell.edu

Inspiration from 2011

Starting Seeds

Everything you need to know about starting seeds:
http://www.seedlibrary.org/wp/category/seed-starting-101/

Companion Planting

Great link sent from the Green Community Garden of Hope/Ossining:
http://www.gardensablaze.com/Companions/CompanionYield.htm
(With links for companion planting to ATTRACT beneficial insects & companion planting to REPEL pests.)
Info about GCGH: http://gcgh.weebly.com/

Cornell Vegetable Growing Guides

http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/scene0391.html
Keep in mind that only organic practices are allowed in our garden. Do not use any non-organic recommendations, if given.

Getting Ready to Garden - info from Stone Barns

http://www.stonebarnscenter.org/winter-tool-cleaning-video/
http://www.stonebarnscenter.org/wake-up-your-garden/
Info about Stone Barns: http://www.stonebarnscenter.org/
TedX talks: About soil: http://www.stonebarnscenter.org/the-good-earth/

AmeriCorps Pictures

We truly enjoyed the morning at the garden with the kids!

and we can't wait to work with them at the garden next Spring

All the best,
AmeriCorps Members 2011-2012

Our new AmeriCorps Gardeners with headstarters

Headstart

Gay & Carin's plot

2011 Gardeners -part 2

Potato Bucket Harvest Day

Carrots

More Headstart/AmeriCorps & CCE

2011 Gardeners -part 1

OOCG 2009 Redesign Team

Albert & crew

AmeriCorps Garden Glove Donation Project