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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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New Plans for Spring 2023
This spring I am planning to add four raised beds to the garden. Each bed will be four feet wide and eight feet long. They will each be...
Caroline Abbott
Jan 13, 20232 min read
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Transformed!!!
Here is the flower bed in the community garden at the end of the summer season 2022. Starting in September 2022, a group of Otsego High...
Caroline Abbott
Nov 4, 20222 min read
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Spring garden updates
For everyone's information, here are a few things to know as the season gets going: I organized the shed, so you should be able to find...
Caroline Abbott
May 17, 20222 min read
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Time to get started!
Join us this Saturday, May 7, 2022 starting at 10:00 am as we till up the plots and prepare for this year's garden. If you are new to the...
Caroline Abbott
May 6, 20221 min read
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Winter thoughts of spring
As we look forward to the 2022 spring gardening season, I am thinking of what has worked, what didn't work and how we can improve the...
Caroline Abbott
Feb 8, 20222 min read
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Think Spring!
This year we will probably schedule a day or two to prep the garden beds prior to planting. We will need some help moving finished...
Caroline Abbott
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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Time for 2020 plots!
We are accepting applications for 2020 plots in the community garden. First preference is given to those who had plots last year. After...
Caroline Abbott
Feb 25, 20201 min read
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Summer Happenings!
The plots are doing great! I will add some more recent pictures soon. Now that some produce is coming in, we are ready to begin...
Caroline Abbott
Aug 5, 20191 min read
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And the plots grow on!
Here we are in the best growing days of the summer and the plots are looking really good! We have a little bunny problem we hope to solve...
Caroline Abbott
Jun 29, 20191 min read
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Our beginnings...
We broke ground on Friday, May 31, 2019 at the community garden. Here is the first plot that was tilled. Since then the garden has...
Caroline Abbott
Jun 10, 20191 min read
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Preparing to break ground!
Everyone who is interested in a plot should come on Saturday, June 1st to the garden. We will assign plots, plow them and help you get...
Caroline Abbott
May 21, 20191 min read
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Time for a full launch
We have full permission to get people signed up, so now we need help getting the word out that we are here. I have tomato plants...
Caroline Abbott
May 15, 20191 min read
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Sign-up has begun!
We have officially begun the sign-up process for the community garden. Flyers and posters have been distributed throughout the city and...
Caroline Abbott
May 2, 20191 min read
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