Tag: community garden

P-A Community Garden Update

& The Amazing No-Dig No-Till Lasagna Garden Method The Perth-Andover Community Garden is now ready to go! It’s been tilled, and plots are marked out and several plots are still available and are free!   The Community Garden has a Facebook page for meeting notes and updates, and if...

It’s Spring…Time to Plan Your Garden!

Stephanie Kelley Falls Brook Centre had a booth set up at the Women’s Day event where Emily Shapiro was demonstrating a really nifty method to recycle old newspaper into totally biodegradable seedling pots to start your garden seeds in.   She was using a wine bottle with a “punt”,...

Growing Community with a Community Garden

There’s still snow on the ground up to our eyeballs and higher…but it’s time to start planning our community garden for 2014! Clifford and Sylvia Crawford have generously donated the use of their property just off Legion Street in Andover, behind the Wesleyan Church.   During 2013, 8 people...

Perth-Andover Community Garden

The P-A Community Garden Meeting on January 28th was attended by a baker’s dozen of interested potential gardeners. The meeting was led by local organic gardener Wayne Sabine, with David Dow as the special guest speaker. Dave is a long-time organic gardening maestro, and he offered much useful advice...