Winter months and cold temperatures provide a perfect time for gardens to rest and our soil, with all the wonderful little microbes living within, to rejuvenate. This rest period is crucial and truly something to be thankful for as it readies the garden for the next round of seeds and seedlings you’ll plant in the […]
Last week, Center High School’s garden club toured Kansas City Community Garden’s Beanstalk and greenhouse. Typically, we host tours through the Beanstalk between March and early November when the plants are alive and growing. Still determined to come out and visit, I warned them that the Beanstalk will look a lot different during the winter […]
Last week, Kansas City experienced the first snow of the season. Which immediately prompts me dig out my favorite “go to” recipes I like to make during the cold winter months. I’m always on the lookout for new recipes to showcase at upcoming holiday gatherings. Here are just a few that I have found so […]
While most veggies from the garden have been harvested by now or are soon to be, there’s one that gets the garden all to itself over the fall/winter season – Garlic! We recommend planting garlic between Nov. 15th – Dec. 15th, but watch the weather for any unusually warm days and avoid these for planting. […]
The cold dark winter has me feeling like the days are on repeat and the desire to hibernate is strong. If you’re like me, you’re feeling a little less inspired to cook dinner after a long day’s work. Finishing off the last of the holiday popcorn for dinner is all you can muster, and that’s […]
Cold Kansas City temperatures have some our school districts scheduling their last day of school well into the first part of June! It feels like forever since we’ve been able to spend time gardening in the warm sun! But here at KCCG, spring is in the air, at least in our greenhouse! Since February, […]
Despite all this crazy weather, we’ve been busy all winter building new gardens at schools across the Kansas City metro! A few weeks ago, we built a garden with the students at Hawthorn Elementary and it was such a blast! We put together this short video so you can experience a garden construction along with […]
One common question we get at SYG is, “what do you do during the wintertime?” Since it’s too cold to garden, you might think all we do is drink hot chocolate and eat soup, but you’d be wrong (though we do a lot of that too)! Actually, we’re busy building new school gardens (among […]
Happy New Year friends! New to SYG or just need a refresher? Here is what to expect during a year of schoolyard gardening. In January, most garden beds are resting, waiting for warmer weather to soften up the soil for spring planting. This month, schoolyard gardeners can be planning and dreaming about the upcoming […]
Hello SYG friends, I don’t know about you, but I have been enjoying this beautiful snow. It’s not normal for us to get this much moisture this time of year and I am kind of loving it! There’s just something so magical about waking up to a blanket of fresh snow covering the ground. At […]
