Special Shout Out to the 5HF!
Chelsea Community Garden Blog
by Chelsea Community Garden
4M ago
This past summer, dry conditions and a faulty pump caused a LOT of water anxiety at the garden. Many of us hauled buckets of water from the creek (and a few folks fell in!) to keep our veggies alive. Thanks to a very generous grant from the Five Healthy Towns (5HF) Foundation, we were able to have a water connection to the City installed that can be used in emergency situations. Thanks 5HF! You ROCK ..read more
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My belief that all of God’s creation is beautiful has been tested this week…
Chelsea Community Garden Blog
by Chelsea Community Garden
10M ago
by the rhubarb curculio (or rhubarb weevil) we found in the garden! It is a large snout beetle, about 1/2 inch long. It is dark colored, with a yellow powdery material dusted on its back. The yellowish covering easily rubs off when the insect is handled.  The head has a downwardly curved snout, at the end of which are the mandibles (the chewing mouth parts). The eggs are oblong and yellow- white in color (similar to Colorado Potato Beetles). The mature larva is a legless grub about 3/4 inch in length, with a brown head. The curculio overwinters as an adult, in piles of debris or in other ..read more
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What are you growing this year?
Chelsea Community Garden Blog
by Chelsea Community Garden
1y ago
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Oh, time for garlic!
Chelsea Community Garden Blog
by Chelsea Community Garden
1y ago
Planting garlic cloves in mid to late October will help get roots established before the ground freezes. Shoots may not emerge from the soil until the following spring. Separate the individual cloves no more than two days before planting. I like to use organic hardneck garlic from Johnny’s Seeds and cloves harvested from the summer (one wise community gardener uses the largest cloves she harvested so that she is propagating larger cloves over time). Plant them with the base of the clove 2-3 inches deep with the pointed end up. Row spacing may vary, but spacing 4 inches apart within rows is sat ..read more
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Vintage fashion
Chelsea Community Garden Blog
by Chelsea Community Garden
1y ago
I’ve been researching vintage fashion for gardeners and found this image. This year I’m growing collards to make this outfit for my sweetheart ..read more
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“Spring when the world is mud-luscious when the wo...
Chelsea Community Garden Blog
by Chelsea Community Garden
1y ago
“Spring when the world is mud-luscious when the world is puddle-wonderful” e.e. cummings ..read more
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When is it time to plant?
Chelsea Community Garden Blog
by Chelsea Community Garden
1y ago
When spring arrives, I can’t wait to work in the garden, but when is it too early? The USDA hardiness zone map breaks the United States into zones based on average minimum winter temperature. That is, the coldest temperature we are likely to see each winter, on average, for a given location in the country. This is critical information for choosing landscape trees and shrubs since winter cold is one of the main determinants of where plants can survive. In Michigan, our hardiness zones range from 4a in the western Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula, to 6b in the southeast and along the ..read more
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Vegetable Rotations
Chelsea Community Garden Blog
by Chelsea Community Garden
1y ago
As a new community gardener, I made several mistakes in planning my haphazard garden plot last summer so I’m taking time during the winter months to work on a better plan for the upcoming season. One planning resource I’ve been using is the book “The New Organic Gardener” by Eliot Coleman. Eliot has been a market gardener for over 40 years and is quite knowledgeable about effective intensive organic gardening. One area of garden planning I want to work on is plant rotation. Descriptions of the benefits of crop rotation can be found in the earliest agricultural writings of the Romans. Firmin Be ..read more
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New content coming soon!
Chelsea Community Garden Blog
by Chelsea Community Garden
1y ago
Welcome to our new website and blog! We’re still under construction. Stay tuned for new content ..read more
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