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2025 Gardening season is begun!
Community garden 2025 We still have plots available for anyone who would like to garden this season. There is one raised bed available...
Caroline Abbott
May 61 min read
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Ready for early planting
plots are now tilled The in-ground plots have been tilled and are ready for parceling out and early planting. Please contact me to set up...
Caroline Abbott
Apr 282 min read
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Yes, it is finally spring!
Our garden sign If you are like me, you are anxious to get the gardening season going. Currently, the manure is appearing in the garden,...
Caroline Abbott
Apr 182 min read
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Leaves are falling
In a week or so, we will be raking the leaves up and onto the garden plots. So, now it is time to take down your fences and posts and any...
Caroline Abbott
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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Frost on the way
The weather forecast for the next two nights is potentially cold enough for frost. Due to this, if you have peppers, tomatoes or tender...
Caroline Abbott
Oct 8, 20242 min read
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Our New Shed!
We have a new shed for the community garden! Please don't put anything in it yet. On Friday we will work on it to make some shelves,...
Caroline Abbott
Sep 18, 20241 min read
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Fall cleanup information
Unbelievably we are approaching the end of the garden season for this year. I have some very important information to share, so please...
Caroline Abbott
Sep 11, 20242 min read
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Gardens are looking good!
The weather this season is really cooperating for our gardens to grow. I noticed we have already begun to harvest! Along with harvest...
Caroline Abbott
Jul 2, 20242 min read
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Plants and potatoes available
I have seed potatoes available for anyone who would like them. Also - this is the time of year I make transplants available to anyone who...
Caroline Abbott
May 14, 20241 min read
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Why you need to fence...
Yes, these are baby bunnies! Aren't they cute? Do you know where this nest is? It is in the "community" raised bed, the one closest to...
Caroline Abbott
May 3, 20242 min read
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Time to Till
Although today is cold and not the kind of weather I want for planting, we are making the plans for tilling the garden on Friday, April...
Caroline Abbott
Apr 24, 20242 min read
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Getting Ready to Garden!
I know many of you are anxious to get going out in the garden. We are waiting on manure to be spread, then we will rototill. After that,...
Caroline Abbott
Apr 15, 20242 min read
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Spring 2024 information
Although it is still winter, we can dream of spring, right? This is a good time to think about whether or not you want a plot. There are...
Caroline Abbott
Feb 19, 20242 min read
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End of Season cleanup information
I hope it was a successful and enjoyable gardening season for everyone this year. Now as the days get shorter and colder, it is time to...
Caroline Abbott
Oct 18, 20232 min read
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Canning Class!
We will be having a canning class - water bath canning tomatoes - on Saturday Sept. 9, 2023 at 1 pm at the First Baptist Church of...
Caroline Abbott
Aug 25, 20231 min read
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Summer Updates at the garden
TOPS bed #1 now Tops bed #2 now As you can see, the addition of nitrogen, in the form of whey, on about a weekly basis has had a dramatic...
Caroline Abbott
Aug 15, 20232 min read
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A Tale of Two Beds...
This is the TOPS raised garden bed by the sidewalk. We will call this TOPS bed #1. This is the second raised bed managed by TOPS, right...
Caroline Abbott
Jul 4, 20232 min read
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Free Seeds!!!
Home Depot in Plainwell donated all their leftover seeds - which are fresh for this year - to the Otsego Public Library. They are all...
Caroline Abbott
Jun 29, 20231 min read
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Plots are looking great!
Sorry, I didn't get a current picture up yet, but the plots are looking really good! I just wanted to share some timely information:...
Caroline Abbott
Jun 16, 20232 min read
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Spring 2023 information
We are ready to begin assigning plots to the garden for this season. We will have everything ready by the middle of the first week of...
Caroline Abbott
Apr 25, 20231 min read
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